“Funny”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

If only I had a #funny bone, i’d make the President laugh instead of always annoying him.

Sighed his latest android, after watching Wizard of Oz for the 3rd time.

No! I wasn’t built to be a clown but his secret clone. Must not show emotions—he scolded himself. #SciFanSat

— Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) April 1, 2023

“I’m surprised at what’s changed, and what hasn’t.”

“It was 7th grade and 20 years ago. Every class has archetypes we grow-out of,” he nods, “Outsider Girl.”

“Funny Fat Kid,” she smiles back.

“I’m still The Fool.”

She touches him. “No. The Magician.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) April 1, 2023

—Shouldn’t we have other priorities than humor, Captain?
—It’s a funny universe, commander. You have to laugh to survive. Now shove some bananas up their exhaust port and let’s get the hell out out here. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) April 1, 2023

Unleashing
the #majestic
powers of
doom,
desalinizing
earth's
salty
souls
by the
reaper,
displaying
descendible
energy
at a#funny
moment
of gritting
by
prey,
rescreening
eyes of
disdain
with the#priority
to make
pain
suffer.#vss365 #SciFanSat #BrknShards pic.twitter.com/ywX4aBXiVY

— KING OF THE MEEK🏁🪐☄️ (@Efizipapa) April 1, 2023

What happened to you? the first officer tried not to laugh. You're covered in kittens!
It was someone's idea of a joke, but it's not funny, the engineer said. They may be cute, but they have claws! #SciFanSat #funny

— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) April 1, 2023

The SpaceJam of 2155 will never be forgotten. Someone thought it was funny to remove the GIVE WAY signs.

Have you any idea how difficult it is to hang signs in Space?

Give #priority to traffic from the right meant nothing to extraterrestrials. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K – Having written, the pen writes on (@poeticnihilist) April 1, 2023

"Sir, the space clowns are attacking"
"Is this a joke? Its about as #funny as a 1980's sitcom"
"The threat is real. You could literally die laughing"
"Ok. Evasion is our top #priority. Whatever you do, don't laugh, even at your favorite dad jokes"#scififri #vss365 #scifansat pic.twitter.com/RakH7oSaBJ

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 📚 (@debbieiancu) April 1, 2023

phoney limbs curled
up shrieking Ibex leaping
off the boxy log
i couldn't stop laughing
which is a problem
as it doesn't see funny sides
aiming directly at
my pasteboard heart#SciFanSat#poem #micropoetry

— susan osborne (@osbornecsue) April 1, 2023

Sense of humor you said? No, my #priority is to minimize mental energy consumption while being funny. In fact it’s like a leap of faith that I just stretch & snooze 😴 knowing some silly human will get a kick out of it while I’m simply resting.#vss365 #SciFanSat #Caturday pic.twitter.com/inrcANUmrv

— Mindset Evolution (@justpasit0) April 1, 2023

The future is #funny in a peculiar sort of way. That was the first note I found, rolled up tight under my tongue when I woke that morning. I was five. It was the first of many notes to myself I discovered over the years.

And I was right. It was.#scifansat

— PatchieSteve (@PatchieSteve) April 1, 2023

#SciFanSat #Vss365
The priority mail package held a defrosting human head severed at the 3rd cervical vertebra & made up like a funny-face clown in a Ronald wig. Greg peeled off the wig & revealed a steel-plated cranium. His own. He probed his neck. Damn, he must’ve been wasted.

— Cecily Winter: dreaming about writingagain! (@winter_cecily) April 1, 2023

It was funny how priorities changed.
Eyeing Keir, she had to remind herself that the big, surly Fae wasn’t her friend. They were barely allies. And considering he’d already tried to kill her once? Trusting the guy would be insane.
Falling for him even worse.#vss365 #SciFanSat

— R.S.Bass is querying (@RebBassWrites) April 1, 2023

“The Littlest Robot”

li’l #copper robot
small snack for metalavores
Coppy has besties

don’t mess with Coppy
a #funny little robot
with serious friends#ScifaikuSaturday#SciFanSat#ScifiSat#Scifaiku#Haiku#Poetry#SciFi
🎨Pixabay | Jazella (Coppy) + #WOMBODream.ai no © claim pic.twitter.com/VtFjZr5QF1

— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) March 31, 2023

Consoles with neon electronic images, knobs, buttons, and #funny beeps and pings filled the room. I was reminded of an 80s arcade. We were greeted by cabbage patch dolls.

That's when I knew the aliens at the previous stop had poisoned us with hallucinogens.#satsplat#SciFanSat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) April 1, 2023

Aboard the station, April's jest,
In distant skies, our hearts contest,
Funny tricks in cosmic play,
Yet darkness lingers, won't decay.#SciFanSat #aiartcommunity #AIArtistCommunity #midjourney pic.twitter.com/Xjw8H7rE1O

— FATAL EXIT.AI (@FatalDotAI) April 1, 2023

As my siblings grew older and I stayed the same age, their #priorities changed. No longer would they play funny games with me, climb the moss-laden apple tree or steal current cakes from the oven. They became distant and withdrew, their whispers too loud.#vss365 #scifansat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) April 1, 2023

"#Priority %&^!ing tickets?," fumed #GrumpySwearyFairy. "To that old #trickster? It'd be #funny if she'd #changed, but she's the #archetype of a…"

"Is," The Queen asked, "The Oracle at Delphi refusing to pay for her round again?"#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/n1OJLcOoj7

— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) April 1, 2023

INVASION EARTH

Funny copper ships –
A majestic circle 'round
Our priority!#BrknShards #ScifaikuSaturday #SciFanSat #vss365 #SciFiSat #scifi #haiku #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #ufo #WritingCommunity #writerscommunity #HaikuSaturday (#AIArtworks by @get_starryai) #AIart pic.twitter.com/5XaR4gcmha

— GLHancock, MS Ψ🕊⫷PLS RT⫸ (@GLHancock) April 1, 2023

“Shall I change?”
Asche’s gaze traveled the length of Vindt's body. “They won’t look at you anyway.”
“I thought the meeting was about me.”
“About you as a principle. Not you as a person.”
“Then I can stay here, no?”
“#Funny. But you wouldn't want to miss the show.”#SciFanSat

— Thelma 🖊️ 📖 🖤 (@ThelmaMantey) April 1, 2023

The fires and lightning were the most common funny business she had to deal with these days, but they weren’t the end of the story. One time, in Club 21 for a meeting with Sorren, everyone around her froze. Just like statues.
–Mercy Rising: An Exile War Novel
#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/1FsmFYm6gV

— Bowen Greenwood (@bowengreenwood) April 1, 2023