A Doorstep Joker

How often can you say you visited someone's place and you got told a joke on the doorstep? Some doormats can be pretty funny, so watch out for them next time you go visit someone. Of course how funny they are sort of depends on your own sense of humor, but for the most part, they can at least raise a smile.

So far, the trend seems to be that more people are buying these mats to liven up their doorsteps and help to make light of the mundane. But you still don't see them very often, so when you do it can be a pleasant surprise.

What To Look For in a Funny Doormat

Of course it wasn't always this way when you visited someone's place. So far, we have doormats that have evolved from just plain boring ones, to ones that said, simply "Welcome" to the latest ones that display artfully printed images and/or accompanying captions that can be clever, witty and devilishly funny!

So what would you look for when considering buying one of these funny doormats for yourself? Would you be more attracted to a great image that was humorous in itself, or would you lean more toward an in-your-face caption that was pretty witty?

Personally, I like to go for something unusual, off the wall sort of like a doormat with attitude. I take a look online at what's available and then check which the best selling items are. You can do that on Amazon at least, so it can actually give you a pretty good idea of what everyone's buying.

Then I go for one that is at the back of the line in terms of popularity, because very few people are buying it. Neat trick, huh?

Do You Follow the Herd?

Of course, not everyone wants to be so different from the rest, so most people go for the most popular mats. I guess they figure if everyone's buying this or that particular mat, it must be the best!

The way I see it, if I walk down a street and every home has the same doormat, the funny aspect sort of dies. A joke is funny the first time and maybe the second if you haven't heard it for a while, but a line of four or more and it sort of goes a little flat.

I know there's not much you can do especially if you tend to visit the same house every day or at least pretty frequently and the same mat greets you every time. After a while you stop seeing the message or image, it stops registering on your brain as something you need to look at because it's funny!

Funny is Better than Boring

Does familiarity breed contempt? I guess it does especially when we see the same thing every day. It's like seeing a billboard advertising a brand of soap powder or some such and we register it the first few times we see it but after that it just becomes background noise.

Whatever, I think I would rather be greeted by the same humorous slogan or image than a boring plain doormat or even one that just said "welcome" any day. It tells me the owners of that house have a sense of humor and that I'm going to enjoy being in their company.

What does your welcome doormat say about you, I wonder?