I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.
According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary.
Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.
Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.
If a cat spoke, it would say things like, 'Hey, I don't see the problem here.'
Lots of people have expressed consternation that I haven't gotten rid of Southern accent, but I just never saw any reason to lose the flavor that I grew up with. I enjoy saying some things with a Southern accent.