A family had a New Year's tradition of making a time capsule. One year, the youngest child accidentally put his stinky old sock in the time capsule thinking it was a 'lucky item'. When they opened the capsule the next New Year to add new things, the smell was so bad. But they all ended up laughing about it and it became a funny story they told every New Year.
There was a New Year's party where the host planned a 'reverse countdown'. Instead of counting down to midnight, they counted up from 1. Everyone was so confused at first, but then they started to have fun with it. By the time they reached a random high number like 500, they all burst out laughing and then continued with a normal countdown to midnight. It was a really different and funny way to start the New Year.
Here's a New Year's story. A group of friends planned a big New Year's party. One of them, who was always forgetful, was in charge of getting the noisemakers. But when midnight struck, he realized he left them at home. So instead, he started making animal noises. Everyone was so amused that they all joined in, making the New Year's countdown a zoo - like but very funny experience.
There was a Twitch streamer who attempted to do a yoga session live. However, every pose he tried seemed to go wrong. He ended up falling flat on his face during a simple downward - dog pose, much to the amusement of his viewers.
A police officer stopped a car for speeding. He walked up to the driver and asked, 'Do you know how fast you were going?' The driver replied, 'I'm not sure, but I know I was late for my flying lesson.' The officer was very confused and said, 'Flying lesson? What are you talking about?' The driver then pointed to a paraglider on the roof of his car and said, 'I'm learning to fly that thing and I didn't want to be late for my class.' The officer laughed and let him go with just a warning.
One day, a cat chased a mouse into a library. The mouse ran behind a bookshelf. The cat followed, but it was so focused on the mouse that it didn't see the 'Quiet Please' sign. As it chased the mouse around, it knocked over a whole stack of books, making a huge noise. The librarian came running and saw the cat. The cat froze, looking very guilty. The mouse peeked out from behind the bookshelf, seemed to smirk, and then ran away. The cat just meowed pitifully at the librarian as if asking for forgiveness.
Sure! One person's New Years resolution was to stop using exclamation marks in their texts for a whole year. But every time they got excited, they had to rewrite the message multiple times to avoid that mark. It was really funny seeing them struggle with self - control in their digital communication.
Last New Year, my family tried to do a synchronized countdown dance. We practiced a little bit before but when the actual countdown started, everyone got so excited and started doing their own crazy moves. My little brother started spinning in circles, my mom was doing some kind of disco step from the 70s, and my dad was just jumping up and down. It was a hilarious mess.
There was a time when my roommate got drunk and believed that the refrigerator was a portal to another dimension. He opened and closed it several times, looking inside expectantly. He even tried to talk to the food items as if they were from another world. He said things like 'Oh, little pizza slice, tell me the secrets of your dimension'. We were laughing so hard that our stomachs hurt. It was a very memorable drunk roommate moment.