Jokes...impromptu

Everybody likes a good laugh and a good joke is one of many ways towards it. There is however a downside to joking too often and at the wrong moment. First of all you don't joke around with a person who are obviously in a foul mood and agitated. You probably don't joke at around 3am and expect the person to accept your sense of humour in a jest. Joking is actually not a very good thing to do, in a sense it makes you look stupid when the joke is lame and rather distastefully done. Another big minus to joker-wannabe is that people won't take him seriously when he meant business. The others will have the perception that this joker was joking yet again. However this is not the biggest issue here. The biggest being that joking too often makes people lose respect for you. For instance, your friend has always been a humourous person for many years and you probably don't know him that well after all this years because he has been joking a lot all this while without actually revealing his trueself. Jokes do make you happy but what do you actually gain after listening it time and again. A person who jokes well might have alot of casual friends due to his infectious jokes that can trigger your laughing nerve. But after all thess jokes, do you take him as a friend who can confide your secrets to? The answer is probably no, why would I share my secrets who can easily joke without shame. He might dismiss his act of exposing my secrets as a joke gone bad. Well everything went wrong you said its a joke huh? The 1 million dollar question here is when not to treat jokes as your excuses for saying something that brings disdain to others. Why is it so convenient to say "I'm just joking" when in fact you actually meant it. I guess everybody understand why...a bad joke can be forgotten after sometime but if u meant it as something serious, the person will be mad at you for a longer time if not forever. After all this minuses, is there any reasons to joke anymore? Of course there is, will you want a friend who is always so serious with you and don't think jokes are funny? Those who can take a joke in a positive manner reflects his or her personality as a person who is forgiving and loving in nature...but still don't jump to conclusions and start joking at the wrong time. Don't push your luck and start running your mouth at the wrong time for even angels have temper. Here is a tip when not to joke...when a person is sleepy, he tends to be agitated no matter how good his manners is...so don't start your charm offence(in this context trying to be funny) at that moment. One more thing, if you want people to respect you do joke less. Respect is not gained by making people laugh until their tears start flowing but rather when you start conserving it for the right timing. When is the right timing? I seriously dunno but mine is after 3am in the morning...=P

Joke, Joke, Joke,
You brought me laughter,
And a bit of pleasure,
But when you do it wrong,
I feel so wronged,
You are afterall nothing but a joke...

PS: cheers its my 1st attempt of being a poet, so spare my rythm...