esoteric

I just don't get people without a sense of humor.

Sure, sometimes my particular wit can be a little on the so-subtle-I-have-to-think-about-whether-that-was-a-joke-at-all side. I like to think of my humor as "esoteric". Belinda likes to call it "not funny".

Regardless of which camp you side with, there are times when you're in a polite social setting and it's obvious that a joke is being made, even if you don't find it funny, you give a little polite laugh and move on. We all do this, if we didn't society would break down into total anarchy.

So, we're meeting with the freelancer to help us solve a very serious and vexing issue that cropped up recently with the device I've been working on:

Boss: Well, think about it tonight and let us know if you think of any solutions for this problem. Maybe you'll come up with something while you're in the shower or something...
Freelancer: OK (nods head pensively)
Grumpy: (har harring) Well, as long as it's about this, we don't want to know everything you think of in the shower!
Freelancer: (looks at me disdainfully) Riiight...
Boss: (laughing politely)

See, even my pole-up-his-ass boss knows what to do.