The Sunday Stills challenge this week is to capture moments that are funny, silly, and just plain unexpected. The image can represent an inside joke (which you may have to explain); something ironic, or something that is just plain silly. Sometimes we take a bad photograph, and it ends up being quite comical.
History of Funny Papers
Are you old enough to remember when the comics section of the Sunday newspaper was called the “funny pages (or the funny papers)”? As a kid in the 1960s-70s, I couldn’t wait to wake up on Sunday morning and grab the thick newspaper from the front porch full of huge ads, The Parade and other special items saved for Sundays. Alas, those days seem gone and I can’t remember the last time I read the Sunday newspaper edition.
The author of this article shares how (after being a newspaper delivery boy in his teens), he “fell in love with comic strips in all their glorious variety — humor, adventure, romance, you name it. I had favorites — Peanuts, Prince Valiant, Pogo, The Phantom, Blondie, Li’l Abner — but I would also get caught up in the soap operas unspooling in the likes of Brenda Starr, Mary Worth, and Rex Morgan, M.D.” (Source: Saturday Evening Post: The Funny Papers)
Here is an example (free image public domain) of a comic in a Chicago Examiner Sunday newspaper circa 1916.
If you have ever watched the 1947 film, It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring Jimmy Stewart, there is a scene where George says to Sam, “See you in the funny papers — goodbye Sam.” I personally don’t remember this scene, but the reference relates to leaving a friend with a lighthearted greeting like you would feel after reading the comics section of the newspaper.
“Newspapers may be in trouble, but the comic strip is alive and well — and flourishing online.” ~ Ed Dwyer
Photos That Are LOL Funny
Animals always seem to make us laugh. I’ve captured funny expressions on various birds and dogs, especially. With animals, sometimes its posture or the setting in which it is found becomes funny.
The angle of this dragonfly looks like a funny face!
Animals and Birds
A photography mistake can make for an interesting image. My two-headed hummingbird taken a few years ago made me smile when I discovered the mistake.
This Western Bluebird seems to look annoyed that I interrupted his bath!
My dogs have always been a source of humorous photos over the years.
I snapped this grainy photo in 2014 of Aero facing off cows in a pasture. He was a lion-hearted little dog!
Just for fun, I edited this photo of my dogs through the Painnt app which gives it a comic-book or cartoon texture. But you don’t have to go that far!
I couldn’t resist adding this to today’s collection. This park ranger guarded the slow tortoise as it meandered across the bike trail. Talk about averting danger!
Inanimate Objects
“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” ~ Dr. Seuss
Inanimate objects can also be an accidental source of amusement.
As I took the photo of this orange tea kettle for a color challenge, things lined up perfectly to make an unexpected smiling face 😊
Last winter, I walked back to our driveway and found my Toyota smiling at me!
And the Sign Says…
This week we enjoyed an outing on one of the last glorious autumn days of the year at nearby Green Bluff, an area that boasts a variety of local farms. Picture corn mazes, pumpkin patches, apple-picking, food vendors, restaurants, and retail (which can be a bit dangerous to my wallet). In many of the retail shops, folks can purchase decorative signs for the home. These were two I snapped.
While shopping the farms, I found some tiny pumpkins and bird-like gourds.
When was the last time you read an actual newspaper or read the “funny pages”?
(Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash)
Inspiring Photo Challenges This Week
Each week I find inspiration from my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.
How To Participate in Sunday Stills Photo Challenge
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
This Week’s Featured Bloggers
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers, poets, and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared their photos of funny things. I add these all week as new links are posted.
- YOUR BLOG’S NAME GOES HERE…
- Always Write
- Between the Lines
- Bushboys World
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- The Day After
- Easin’ Along Image shared in comments
- Flights of the Soul
- Graham’s Island
- Hugh’s Views and News Image shared in comments
- Lifelessons
- Light Words
- Now At Home
- Quaint Revival
- Roberta Writes
- Stevie Turner
- This is Another Story
- Travels and Trifles
- NEW Walkin’ Writin’ Wit and Whimsy
- WillowDot
- Wind Kisses
- Working On Exploring
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