{"id":15267,"date":"2024-07-24T15:37:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/betty-grumble-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:37:35","slug":"betty-grumble-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/betty-grumble-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Betty Grumble: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The performance artist and \u2018sex clown\u2019 shares her list of (mostly) wholesome clips: the cutest children, the best dog and the glitziest aerobics workout<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am a person who believes in laughter. I work in live art. My main medium is performance. In art-making I revere legacies of border-riders, defiant sexualities, witches and rascals. I have been known as a sex clown and I am proud to invoke laughter.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the best laughing is out of absurdity. Laughter erupts and massages. Purrs and murmurs. It erodes calcified, rational, top-down thinking. It appears mysteriously, sometimes even when we think we should not laugh. My grandmother Betty used to say to my brother and I: \u201cYou\u2019re laughing now, you\u2019ll be crying in a minute!\u201d We need our tears and hope; I wouldn\u2019t be laughing so hard if it wasn\u2019t so deeply serious.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/article\/2024\/jul\/25\/betty-grumble-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/239f1566d3cf96e99f6633957873b92d9e1621e1\/0_417_2253_1352\/master\/2253.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c355986a4635935efd7991a457471c6e\" title=\"Betty Grumble: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)\" \/>The performance artist and \u2018sex clown\u2019 shares her list of (mostly) wholesome clips: the cutest children, the best dog and the glitziest aerobics workout<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nI am a person who believes in laughter. I work in live art. My main medium is performance. In art-making I revere legacies of border-riders, defiant sexualities, witches and rascals. I have been known as a sex clown and I am proud to invoke laughter.<br \/>\nSome of the best laughing is out of absurdity. Laughter erupts and massages. Purrs and murmurs. It erodes calcified, rational, top-down thinking. It appears mysteriously, sometimes even when we think we should not laugh. My grandmother Betty used to say to my brother and I: \u201cYou\u2019re laughing now, you\u2019ll be crying in a minute!\u201d We need our tears and hope; I wouldn\u2019t be laughing so hard if it wasn\u2019t so deeply serious. 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