When is anything really funny or sad?

Why is that on the covers of books or dvd's that we are told that the enclosed is the funniest item that we will read or watch in a decade. Is there a group of people out there who are very different from me because they have to made to laugh, all of the time? Last night I watched the new Mike Leigh film, 'Another Year.' (His film 'Nuts In May' is classic and made me laugh - although it was also very sad.) 'Another Year,' is a poor reflection of his other work, don't buy borrow. David Bradley, remember him from 'Kes' was superb. But funny or sad, we didn't get to know the characters very well.
But it could be I'm missing something.
Yesterday afternoon my daughter rang. The family had been swimming and the little one did a weewee on the changing room floor.
I asked her if she knew what happened to me in a changing room once. She said no, and I told her the following.
I was getting changed back into my outdooe clothes. The changing rooms were quite crowded. I forgot to put my trousers on. So I was sat there wearing shirt, jumper, underpants, socks and shoes. Now what does any sensible person do in this situation? Rather than look a fool I pretended this was the way I always got dressed and attempted to put my trousers on over my shoes. Of course I got completely stuck and I could neither get my trousers on or off...
All the time I'm telling this story I'm in tears of hysterics and I can hear my daughter laughing in the same way.
When I'd ended the call my wife said, 'I don't find that story at all funny.'
Got to know your audience I guess.
I'd be interested to know what anyone else thought to 'Another Year.'

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