1. Midgetism
Short people are automatically funny because nobody is threatened by them and we know how insecure they are about their height. Their attempts to compensate are obvious and in themselves amusing. Dwarfs, being particularly short, are particularly comical. They are also rare, so finding one is like finding money.
2. Strabismus
This is why Mike Huckabee is oddly funny for a republican. Laughter is partly about creating tension (the set-up) and then relieving it (the punchline). It’s a reflex. What makes people with wandering eyes funny is that there is a moment before you catch the good eye (the set-up), when you are not quite sure that they are looking at you.
3. Bandy legs
I can’t see somebody who looks like a Sergio Aragones cartoon cowboy without at least wanting to laugh. It’s wrong, I know.
4. Gopher-teeth
Disproportionately large incisors that give the person a rodent-like appearance. It is interesting that I have never met a decent, likable person with these. It’s almost like a sign of character for me these days. They are still funny to look at. I chalk it up to the fact that when they were in their early teens and were physically smaller, those teeth were probably the same size they are now, in their adult heads. It had to have been traumatic for them, worse than being fat.
5. Baldness
Only if the person is really insecure about it and tries to compensate like the vertically challenged people noted above. Combovers and toupees are comedy-gold, as is spray-on hair.
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