The 6th Sense

Not everyone is blessed with a 6th sense. Some people are. In fact, it may be more common than you think. Many people brag about this 6th sense. In fact, next to liking long walks on the beach and having a job, it's the number 3 most looked for attribute in a potential online mate. At least by the female of the species. What is this mysterious 6th sense? The much coveted sense of humor.

Suzy has gobs of this 6th Sense. She has it in spades. If there was a definition of "a tonne of sense of humor" (probably in a Canadian dictionary, since they spell Ton wrong), it would simply say Suzy Garrett.

Just as D&C 50:22 seems to insinuate, sometimes it takes two to tango. Or in this case a number larger than 1. I guess one person can have a sense of humor, but it has the ability to exponentially increase in fun if the number involved is more than 1.

Unfortunately, it seems that some people are not as blessed as my wife with a keen wit. She was in some kind of Relief Society meeting the other day (on emotional well being apparently).
One lady asked, "If you're feeling Anger, is it ever appropriate to voice that emotion?"
Suzy, realizing this is a chance to lighten the mood slightly and make it easier for others to speak about this sensitive subject, immediately popped out with, "Testimony meeting is a great place to voice your anger".

At this point, I must insert a brief aside, as I'm wont to do on occasion (if by occasion one means constantly). The Nestlers recently moved into our ward. Some people who know Suzy, and have known Suzy for a long while (especially growing up), know that Suzy is funny and is often not serious. Those who are "johnny come latelys" to Suzy (or more likely "Janey come latelys" since I tend to rip off the lips johnny come latelys who are hitting on my wife and shove those lips in inappropriate places) sometimes don't understand that she is not being serious when she says something. That can, at times, be somewhat awkward.

Case in point, when she returned home from her mission, she gave her homecoming address in a new ward (her parents had moved). The people in the audience didn't laugh. Or smile. I won't comment on the fact that this may be because this was in an Eagle ward and such a ward may take itself a tad too seriously since that may give offense. She soon after that gave her talk in the ward she grew up in, and had the audience in stitches.

Now my sense of humor is universally appreciable. By males everywhere. Or pretty much anyone under the age of 8 (my girls think it's pretty funny when I have them pull my finger and then toot). Suzy has a much more witty sense of humor which can at times even be slightly on the dry side. Needless to say, she's hilarious.

Back to Nicole N. Nicole totally gets Suzy. In fact, as soon as Suzy had made the comment about expressing your anger in Testimony meeting, she burst out loudly laughing. And soon realized she was the only one. Yes, many of the ladies just looked askance at Suzy. Awkward.