Comedy and humor are all about timing, location and the situation. When you tell what you thought was a funny event to others, and no one laughs, you say, "well, I guess you just had to be there."

The difference between comedy and tragedy is time. Somehow the joke, "So, other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" is okay. (The reference to Mrs. Lincoln witnessing the assasination of her husband President Lincoln at the theater.) But it is still too soon for anyone to say, "So, other than that, Mrs. Kennedy, how was the trip?"

I was glad to see the remarks finally edited.