Chapter 70 Use words as a bridge to find humor

The forms of humor are flexible and diverse. It is not necessary to search for humorous materials by yourself. Sometimes you can use local materials and borrow words as bridges.That is to say, grab a word from the other party's speech in the conversation, use it as a bridge of transition, and use it to organize a sentence of your own that the other party does not want to hear, so as to produce a humorous effect. A transitional bridge has a characteristic, that is, the two ends are connected, and they must be in line with nature, one end is connected with the original words, and the other end is connected with the meaning to be elicited, and the seamlessness is the top priority.

Mark Twain once browsed books in a neighbor's library and found a book that was very attractive.He asked a neighbor if he could borrow it. The neighbor said: "You are welcome to come and read anytime, as long as you are here to read. You know I have a rule that my books cannot leave this house." A few weeks later, the neighbor visited Mark Twain and asked him to borrow a lawnmower.Mark Twain said, "Of course you can, but my rule is that you have to use it in this house." Mark Twain's sense of humor is manifested in borrowing the other party's words to express the meaning that is contrary to the other party's wishes.

To use borrowed words as a bridge is not to look for words that match at both ends, but to pick out a word from the other party's words and extract it. This word should be easy to form your own sentence.This is like elementary school students doing sentence-making exercises, but there is one more requirement than elementary school students' sentence-making exercises, that is, the meaning of the sentences they create must not be consistent with or similar to the other party's wishes, but can only be opposite to the other party's wishes. British writer Richard Savage suffered from a serious illness, but fortunately the doctor's skillful skills saved him from danger.But he couldn't pay off the medical expenses owed.Finally, the doctor came to the door to demand.

Doctor: "You have to know that you owe me your life, and I hope to pay you back." "I understand." Savage said: "In order to repay you, I will use my life to repay." After that, he handed over two volumes of "The Life of Richard Savage" to the doctor. It's a lot more fun than saying no to the other person or pleading for a reprieve.The method is not complicated, it just takes the other person's word (life) and then distorts it, turning "life" into "life".Obviously, the two are not consistent in connotation, but they can be linked conceptually.

Borrowing as a bridge has many functions, and not all of them have to be used for witty banter, but can also be used for general ridicule.Its characteristic is to seize a word in the opponent's Huatou to form a non-offensive sentence. The use of borrowed words as a bridge is to spread the wings of your imagination after taking over the Huatou, and dare to think in places that are divorced from reality, in places that are absurd and illusory.