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[Smunkeeville]

That is pretty funny. The humour is proportional to the type of cancer, of course.

Amm no thats not funny at all, no matter what

It could be. People who can't laugh at life threatening diseases aren't going to be very much fun when they get one.

I mean I wouldn't laugh immediately after diagnosis, but jokes would be welcome like 2 hours later.

[Milks Empire]

It takes great care to joke about cancer. I can't say that your friend is a bad person for joking about cancer, but he is a bad person for not making it funny. You should probably kick him in the groin. *nod*

I have a steel-toed shoe you can borrow for that. *nods*

You're an evil evil person. I like that.

Doumo arigatou gozaimasu, LG-sensei!

[Vojvodina-Nihon]

Cancer doesn't lend itself as well to jokes as do some diseases (like Alzheimer's, for instance), but there's no reason humour about it shouldn't be amusing. If you don't find the humour funny, either you don't have a very good sense of humour, or your friend isn't very funny. It's all too easy to mistake shock value for humour in jokes about death and disease (much like a good number of "dead baby" jokes), so I'd bank on the latter.

I'm considering instructing in my will that a comedian should deliver my eulogy, with the express instruction to joke about death and whatever caused mine until people start leaving the cemetery in disgust. <.<

Also, there's a quote referencing the title someplace.

[Milks Empire]

I'm considering instructing in my will that a comedian should deliver my eulogy, with the express instruction to joke about death and whatever caused mine until people start leaving the cemetery in disgust. <.<

That's just a tad different. It's you - the one living with/dying of the condition in question - initiating the joke.

[JuNii]

When one of your best friends starts laughing and a bit of making fun of your dad for having a form of cancer.

depends on several factors.

1) the joke itself
2) the intent of saying the joke.

I had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled out. so I was groggy, in pain and not feeling up to snuff.

I called my sister for a pickup... and she started joking about how I spoke...

let me tell you... giggling while shot up with painkillers, and a mouth full of gauze and blood and saliva...

well... now I laugh about it... but back then... I was too busy giggling.

[Blouman Empire]

Cancer doesn't lend itself as well to jokes as do some diseases (like Alzheimer's, for instance), but there's no reason humour about it shouldn't be amusing.

The good thing about telling jokes to someone with Alzheimers is that you can repeat the same joke over and over again and will always laugh.

[German Nightmare]

It takes great care to joke about cancer. I can't say that your friend is a bad person for joking about cancer, but he is a bad person for not making it funny. You should probably kick him in the groin. *nod*

Sound advice as always!

Oh, and by the way: Thanks for introducing me to my new lord and master, Foamy.