The wedding from Hull
I was at a particularly dull wedding a few years ago and was trapped on a table with a few of the bride's particularly dull friends. One of these friends loved the sound of his own voice and clearly thought he was hilarious. He wasn't. he was one of these "I hate anything popular" types and thought he was a total non-conformist (he wore a shit metal t-shirt - it was Bell Shaggeroth or something like that - to the wedding, because "suits are for boring people with jobs").

His "humour" basically consisted of interupting whatever conversation was going on by going "hmmm hmmm yes yes" then slagging off whatever or whoever we were talking about. Killing every conversation stone dead. He also reminded me a lot of Ritchie out of Bottom.

Now, I had been told to "play nice" by the missus since it was her mate getting married, so refrained from saying anything to this tool. However, we were talking about flms and one lass p[ut forward the poinion the Titanic is the bestest film of ever. So in chips tollboy "hmm hmm yes yes. I went to see that film with a few mates and it was so shit that I had to liven it up by making funny comments. Everyone in the cinema was laughing because, as you might have noticed, I'm a really funny guy!"

I was taking a large swig of over-priced lager at this point and half coughed, half laughed, which resulted in some beer going back into the glass and some coming out my nose. Everyone on the table burst out laughing at this point, except for the funny guy, who took offence to being laughed at and didn't speak for the rest of the night. Result.
(ScousersPet, Mon 16 May 2011, 9:53, 7 replies)

noice
*click*
(Ross McBingobangobongo bingobangobongo, Mon 16 May 2011, 13:11, closed)

i like this...
...because it was involuntary and insignificant but had such a serendipitous outcome.
(OTT, Mon 16 May 2011, 15:34, closed)

if someone has to tell you that they're funny
then they're not.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 16 May 2011, 16:08, closed)

Clicked.
Titanic is shit though -- as are most "popular" things. [Of course a lot of things which aren't popular are not popular because they're shit also.]
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 16 May 2011, 17:52, closed)

hmmm hmmm yes yes

(four, Mon 16 May 2011, 23:52, closed)

Did you attend a wedding a few years ago by any chance?

(Godwin's Lawyer is more evil than Hitler, Tue 17 May 2011, 0:12, closed)

Nope, not that wedding at least.
It stands to reason though that "popular" generally means "crap". Popular things tend to be cheap (if they're products) and/or appeal to a wide range of people -- both of which mean they're likely to dissapoint everyone in some way. Of course, some popular sruff is not crap and does well because it manages to either satisfy everyone just enough or somehow satisfy a specific need that everyone has.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:46, closed)