The moral of the this comic is quite simple, “Never teach someone with ADD the art of ‘active listening.'”

Actually, I have had a couple of people tell me how witty I am in the past couple of months.  Other folks have remarked that they find me “funny.” These are designations which I actually find I’m unworthy to have placed on me.  When I’m in public, especially when I’m in a situation where there is some sense of being closed in (such as in a meeting), the truth is I feel emotionally stressed and extremely insecure.  When I’m in a reasonably healthy state of mind, those feelings get handled by blurting out one-liners or chuckling at the proceedings.  I do this not for the benefit of others, I do it for my own.  It’s a survival instinct which allows me to remain in a place where it might otherwise be considered a terrible faux pas to run away from in abject terror.

That, and often times I find I’m really not paying attention.

I wonder if most “witty” people are similarly insecure in close-quarters and are using a similar defense strategy.  Perhaps professional comedians are just terribly insecure folks who make their social weakness a career choice.