A Bad, Funny, Joke!?

As I was driving home yesterday, I made a phone call. I listened to the warm greeting on the other end. I smiled. I had a great joke to share. I provided a brief synopsis of the scenario in which it was employed. I delved in, with great enthusiasm and said, "If you notice my voice shaking...it's because my vocal chords are cold." I waited for an outburst of laughter. I put my phone on speaker. I turned it up. I listened closer. Nothing. I believe the silence on the other end to be an accurate recording of it's merit. Finally, after about three seconds, which felt like an hour as I was bursting at the seams, cheeks hurting from smiling, eyes watered enough to blind me, I heard, "hmmm, that was...ok." I was like no, they can't be serious. I told everyone else about the joke; no one else laughed. My Pastor smiled, shook his head and ate another piece of sushi, my roommate chose to continue practicing his scales, the Sandman laughed; he thought it sucked. Oh, I heard something else that made me laugh, a friend said, "You waited to tell the worst joke of your life at that moment..." I think I have some work to do.