HAHAHA! It’s funny cuz it’s employment…

This is related to a task we were set in the Creative Writing class, to create a bizarre, satirical piece of journalism in the style of The Guardian’s George Saunders. Here’s mine, and yes, it makes absolutely no sense, I believe that’s the point:

“What jobs are funny?” I hear you scream at an inanimate object that vaguely resembles my face. I’m over here, you poltroon. There. That’s better. A good example of of a funny job is, contrary to the opinions of millions of of bed wetting children worldwide, a clown. Not because they are entertaining people in themselves, most of them are serial killers, but because the admiration of them (and what they do) is so post modern they become instantly hilarious. If a clown is covered in bees, however, they are less funny, because bees are dying out, and death is not funny. Unless of course it involves teddy bear gang bangers kicking someone in the gonads until they expire.

Many people think that pimps are funny, however this is bitterly untrue. Pimps are vile, often violent criminals that objectify women and perpetuate an unforgiving sex trade. However, they do wear wonderful hats, often adorned with brightly coloured feathers, giving them the appearance of ghetto fabulous peacocks. This is funny. This creates an awkward ethical mexican standoff, broken only when a pimp breaks out of his sinful constraints and becomes a feminist, whilst retaining his hippity, hoppity, blingin’ ass fo styly.

- Thomas Harrison.

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