That's Funny
March 30, 2006
"That's funny."
That's a term I use once in awhile. Most of the time it means, "that's interesting." Sometimes, it means, "that's humorous."
A couple of times somebody takes it literal and calls me on it. That happened today. I was speaking to a client who was in need of a photographer for an event. She had already scheduled a photographer, but he was called away to take pictures of some migrating animal or something. I thought it was interesting, so naturally I said, "that's funny."
Very matter-of-factly, she said, "actually, it's not funny at all. It's rather inconveniencing."
Sorry, lady. I guess I'd better speak more literally next time.