About Us

Once upon a time, in the weirdest town in America, a woman had an idea for a shop where she could wear her favorite smart-as…um, smart-alecky little tee shirts and funky high-tops. The woman was afraid to take the entrepreneurial plunge, but her husband encouraged, inspired and finally convinced her they could succeed. They figured it would have to be a fun place, and that people would have to have a good sense of humor to come in and enjoy all the alarmingly funny stuff crammed into it.

That was the "A-ha! Why not?" moment that gave birth to A Sense of Humor.

And you may have guessed…that couple was us. We're not a fictitious figurehead couple made up by a marketing division in a concrete building in a city far, far away. We're a real mom and pop (two kids prove it) who are trying to open their first mom and pop shop.

What do we want? Well, since we both hate mission statements (after working for countless corporations that spent more time agonizing over their mission statement than actually doing something) we're not going to do that to you.

Instead, we'll spell it out this way: we want you to have fun looking at really cool stuff. When you buy something, we want it to be a satisfying experience, and we'll do what's necessary to make it that way for you (so you'll come back and buy more stuff later). Good products, quality customer service. What a concept.

Oh…and just where is the weirdest town in America, you ask? Asheville, NC, and we can prove it: Rolling Stone Magazine dubbed us the New Freak Capital in America back in 2000. Nothing's changed. And that's what makes opening a store that celebrates having fun at our fellow man's expense so easy. All we have to do is poke our heads out our door and see enough inspiration for a week's worth of blog entries. Become our friend on MySpace! We're under "asenseofhumorstore".