Stupid stories

I love stupid stories. And I'm not talking about stories that don't make sense or are poorly written - I'm talking about stories that are intentionally stupid. Stories that are obvious jokes that just keep going, and have an in-depth explanation involved in them. Entire lores behind jokes, things that you can't help but laugh at as you explain.

The best is when people make full on stories. Not necessarily novels, but full fiction pieces for these jokes. It doesn't happen very often, and especially not well, but when you get that perfect mixture together it's like magic. Telling legends about utter madness like it is an epic tale based down through the generations. Legends of ridiculous fighters, of fast food chains, and of man children fighting for their rights to love people who don't truly exist. Absurdity taken to the extremes.

I think the best part about them is that you're never expecting them. They always pop up at the strangest times, and they catch you completely off guard. I thought about this because of a story a friend of mine recently told me, which may have to write a more detailed story for at some point. The story of the Burger King and Ronald McDonald, and their struggle to defeat one another over the centuries. Tirelessly doing battle, trying to rid the world of one another.

I can hardly believe that anyone would even think of that. I mean obviously they are 'rival' companies, but it's a leap to stretch it out into an endless war with backstories behind each of the warriors. A leap that I adore. A leap that I wish occurred more frequently. It takes a certain level of creativity and madness that more people would be better off displaying. The more often that people express this kind of creativity, the better.

I suppose calling it stupid doesn't help. Very few people want to be considered stupid, after all. But I think that there's a good kind of stupid, the kind of stupid that makes people laugh instead of groan, and these stupid stories certainly fall into the former. And they are intentionally so. Stupid, to make you laugh.

And anything that makes you laugh is a good thing.