What makes Humour Cards Funny?

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Image shows entrepreneur Derren Seal, inventor of the self-seal greetings card, laughing at the Bare Cards Giggle Balls humour range whilst wearing funny fish slippers!

🤣 we all like a good laugh but people find so many different things, subjects, situations and pictures funny.
Image show the front of the Bare Cards Giggle Balls Humour Range 'Chicken Sees a Salad'. The illustration shows a startled cartoon chicken looking at a bowl of salad with a question mark hanging in the air and the caption 'Chicken sees a salad'. Behind this is the image of the vibrantly coloured Giggle Balls posting page with multioloured plastic balls on it.Image show the front of the Bare Cards Giggle Balls Humour Range 'Scotty Joke' Birthday Card. The illustration shows an empty public toilet cubicle with the toilet seat up and the words "Scotty Don't Beam Me Up, I'm taking a SH...." written on the wall with a marker pen sliding upwards suggesting that Scotty did beam them up mid toileting! Behind this is the image of the vibrantly coloured Giggle Balls posting page with multioloured plastic balls on it

😁 How then as greeting card publishers do we ensure we have the scientific blend correct?

😂 I thought, as we first set out to create a range of humour cards, that if I thought they were funny then everyone else would - right??

🤣🤣 Funny enough , this wasn’t exactly true. Although when I show my creations to my customers I have a very mixed result….
Some crease over crying with laughter (my kind of people!!), Some read and look at them with no emotion or reaction what so ever 😳 and some may like a few and not others.

Image shows the front of the Bare Cards Giggle Balls Humour Range 'When Life Gives you Melons'. The illustration shows a cute cartoon dog holding 3 melons and the caption reads 'When life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic'Image shows the Bare Cards Giggle Balls Humour Range 'Siri Joke'. The illustration shows two men looking glum and sitting down using their phones. The caption reads 'Iasked Siri today why I was still single.... It activated the front camera!'Image show the front of the Bare Cards Giggle Balls Humour Range 'Mermaid Birthday card'. The illustration shows a pretty cartoon mermaid with pastel blue hair and a lilac tail. She has lilac seashells covering her upper body for modesty. The top caption reads 'Why do you wear Seashells?'. The bottom caption reads 'I outgrew my B-Shells'
😆 Point is - humour is a very personal thing. Although I believe most people enjoy receiving and sending humour cards on a birthday, it’s an extremely complicated process - for the buyer, for the customer and of course the recipient.

Image shows the front of the Bare Cards Giggle Balls Humour Range 'Erectile Dysfunction Joke' Birthday Card. The illustration shows the headshot of a very satisfied man led in bed with the caption "I take Erectile Dysfunction Drugs for my sunburn. Doesn't cure it, but keep the sheets off my legs at night!"
🤪 I’ve never been one to deeply think of anything too much (maybe my downfall) but I do believe in trial and error. So I keep throwing and see what sticks

🥳😉 And so I try to do things that people can relate to. I think if you can connect with people’s real life experiences you just may strike a chord…….

😌🙂 it maybe the frustrations with modern life, infuriating friends that never listen, friends that try to save money only to regret it, or even a simple play on words!

😃😃😃 whatever it is - I know in my heart of hearts that someone out there will laugh! Job done 👍

Image show the front of the Bare Cards Giggle Balls Humour Range 'Gym Joke' Birthday Card. The illustration shows a larger lady in gym gear holding dumbells taking to a fit gym instructor. She is saying "I'd really like to be able to do the splits". He replies "How flexible are you?" She replies "I can't make Tuesdays or Wednesdays.."Image show the front of the Bare Cards Giggle Balls Humour Range 'Russian Roulette Joke' Birthday Card. The illustration shows a man sat on a sofa holding his hands up, in resignation. The caption reads 'I tried to warn my friend against playing Russian Roulette But it went in one ear and out the other'

Derren Seal, Entrepreneur and All Round Funny-Man!
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