To want to know the small things you do to make yourself laugh

[MaMaD1990]

Just that, nice and lighthearted. I sometimes beep and at random people I don't know as I'm driving and wave enthusiastically as if I know them. Their reactions are so funny sometimes, especially the ones who wave and look totally confused 😂

I occasionally run up the stairs using the most exaggerated movements possible, it’s really fun! (I live alone. I’m often found laughing to myself, singing in a stupid voice etc)

I’ve found my people!
I love making my kids jump. Standing in the dark in their bedroom is a very easy way, ready for when they walk up the stairs & turn the light on, or just standing outside the bathroom.
Turning all the noisy Christmas toys on in shops.
Hiding & telling the kids to look for me somewhere completely wrong & then moving quickly.
When ds3 was younger, when he pretended to kill me with a pirate sword, nerf bullets or whatever he was into, doing a dramatic death & pretending to really die. Which led to, Mummy please don’t die I didn’t really mean to kill you! (Don’t worry he wasn’t actually traumatised by it.)
Moving the cuddly toys in shops into different positions.
Loving the hole punch one. Could be fun at work...

I like singing silly songs about stuff. My song of the day is "My cat she has four corners...."

I once ordered a packet of googlie eyes and then stuck 2 on everything in the fridge so when DH went to get a drink everything in the fridge was looking at him

I love this thread, it's just cheered me up no end!

The sheer bonkers-ness of some of these makes me feel slightly less sheepish at revealing that I make myself laugh by remembering when I was little and used to record myself singing on tape putting burps in place of certain words.

Or any recollection that's connected to burping, really, I'm normally a 'proper' adult but for some reason burps just properly crack me up, I have no idea why. I'm 53 btw. sheepish

Oh, and I'm seriously considering sticking eyes on my new robot vacuum cleaner. Not goggly ones, though, or he won't be able to get under the sofa.

My colleagues and I have kazoos in our desks. We play 'guess the tune' when we have quiet moments, and always end up crying with laughter.

i stuck googly eyes on quite a few of my mother's photos, it took her days to notice them all
DD moved out recently and I noticed (when we were delivering her furniture at a responsible social distance) she has a wooden duck in the bathroom...that duck will have eyes to see with next time I go to visit.

also flash dh occasionally, also will gasp dramatically for no reason and he always looks concerned, and then a bit mad cos I got him again

I slurp my tea as it infuriates him

I rearrange the spices in tesco to spell things....haven't done that for a while as i have not been in there. I spelled something rude on the Matalan initialled cushions once.

also I will set timers/alarm clocks

I jump out on people too, but i don't do that often, i like to keep that as a special treat.

I also have conversations with the cats and dogs, and speak on their behalf.

Once had arranged a night out with a fairly new friend...
Over my dress I had put on something from dc's dressing up box...
My dh took us to town. As we left the car she noticed the Ninja turtle shell attached to my dress!! We absolutely fell about laughing - I knew then we had the same sense of humour!! A great friendship had begun!!
*I took it off before the first pub!!

@Hangingover

I do deliberately weird dancing around the kitchen while the coffee percolates. I mean REALLY weird, not standard weird.

If I get a nosebleed in the shower and it runs down I sometimes dramatically pretend I've been stabbed.

I do this too while the kettle boils and really enjoy it. It often involves a lot of butt-shaking and wiggling/flapping my arms around manicly. The worse dance moves possible. Really grateful that the neighbours can't see into our kitchen.

I talk to my cat when she comes in from the garden. She always says "Mmmrp!" when she enters, so I go "rrrp" back at her, which then turns into a full-blown conversation. She also meows when she gets up on the bed, on the sofa etc so I reply back - "Hello!", "Meow!", "What?" etc

Sometimes I go upstairs and lean slowly round ds2's bedroom door to say hi. Then pop out of sight, and come back to do it again. I usually get to about three or four times before he tells me off (although he always laughs, bless him)

I made myself laugh last night by doing star jumps without a bra on. Listening to my boobs clap me for all my efforts made me slightly hysterical.

When the dog and I are home alone, I make up nonsensical songs based on existing song lyrics and sing to her. I can't sing at all, but she doesn't care. She does that ears up head to one side and sort of grin that dogs do. At least I think she's grinning.

So on my bookshelf I have a framed pic of me and my ex. We’ve been separated 3 years now but I’d left it up as I think I look really nice in it.

During the second lockdown I decided after a few glasses of wine I couldn’t bear to look at his face any more so cut out a pic of Ryan Reynolds’ head (who I have a massive crush on) and stuck it over ex’s head.

I still laugh now every time I look at it.

When walking home from nightclubs years ago

We use to move the for sale posts in people's garden to a few doors down
😂😂😂😂

The last time DH and I were in Next, I was delighted to spot a big anchor-shaped ornament in the bathroom section. I ran off to the big display of letter-shaped ornaments, found an M, turned it upside down and placed it next to the anchor. Continued with my purchases and cackled as I left the store. DH pretended he didn't know me. I am a respectable, mid-30's Sunday School teacher

I chase 8yo DD up the stairs at bedtime, pretending to be a crocodile. This started off as me amusing myself but she now comes downstairs to request it if I forget.

I declare random new house rules which the kids have to abide by things like 'no walking on your feet' it greatly amuses me as the eldest rolls their eyes at me whilst the younger two try to do the new rule.

Also, lots of kitchen dancing , especially when the eldest had their music on.

Singing answers and questions at DH who then sings back.

Flashing DH ( he also randomly moons me which makes me howl)

Declaring the floor is lava is always fun.

Do dances in the kitchen. Like interpretative dances. The milk frother makes a sort of whomp whomp noise so I have to dance to that. Run upstairs on all fours pretending to be a cat/dog. Make faces to myself - gurning type of thing.
Sometimes I pretend I’m a ballerina too which must be truly wondrous to behold, seeing as I’m short, fat and middle aged.
Talk to the dog. He replies. With a bit of help from me. I have a special dog voice and accent.

@TwoZeroTwoZero
I have just ordered a bag of 200 from Amazon to do this at some point 😂

I took my 3yo to the loo earlier & told her I couldn't get her off because my hands had fallen off. She wasn't fooled & knew they were just tucked up my sleeves. So I went round the corner, took my arms out of my cardigan, leaving it on my shoulders, & tucked my arms behind my back. She checked up my sleeves again & was baffled when she couldn't find them! Five minutes later, having "found" my arms again & sorted her out, my legs detached themselves & ran away leaving me sitting on my bed with the duvet half over me & my trousers hanging down the side. DD very helpfully went in search of my legs but they came back of their own accord while she was looking. Pretty sure she now thinks body parts are detachable...

I've also done the googly eyes thing & frequently jump out at the DC. DC2 in particular has the most hilarious startled face & often jumps about a foot! I'm plotting April Fools already... I'm thinking I'll change all the photos for random pictures off the internet. I'm just waiting for an opportunity when I won't be disturbed to measure all the frames.

I sneak up behind my DP and pull his trousers and pants down! I laugh much more than he does.......

Every now and then I’ll tell my husband in a serious voice that I have something I have to tell him and then when he looks at me in concern I sing the chorus of Galantis’s Peanut Butter Jelly. Drives him round the bend

This is the funniest thing I have ever read on Mumsnet

I pretend my chihuahua is really a massive dog and we are giants

Omg, I love these! I often dance around the kitchen but these posts have just reminded me how boring I am and that I don’t have a sense of fun anymore.

So I hearby declare that tomorrow I will

• go up the stairs on all fours
• come down flapping my arms and making a bird noise
• stick googly eyes on a couple of photos

And Attempt to put cuddly toys in shagging positions. Dc are too young to understand what the toys are doing but I will laugh!

Rearranging the spices in the big Tesco to spell rude words - in Tesco superstores, there are so many more options.

Rearranging the wooden letters that spell "LOVE" to read "VOLE" in The Range

Asking Alexa to make animal noises

Changing my WiFi network to something that sounds a bit sinister for the neighbours' benefit

Competing with my DD to make the most realistic dog or cat noises when the amazon driver knocks at the door. When I open the front door, I then shout towards the closed kitchen door "quiet" and my DD stops. The imaginary dog provides so much entertainment I haven't been asked for a real one yet.

Every few months i feign seriousness and tell one of the kids I'm thinking of entering a singing competition / dancing competition. Then i do my routine for them and act deadly serious asking their feedback. I add to the hilarity by usually choosing a rap song and 'cool' dance moves. The whole thing sends them over the edge with irritation and fear that i might do it all in public. I get so much joy out of it.