the funny thing is

the funny thing is

Here is what is unexpected. After all the time I've spent trying to find a new house, the funny thing is, I kind of want to stay here.
See also: funny, thing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • too funny for words
  • funny ha-ha
  • funny peculiar
  • funny-peculiar
  • peculiar
  • haha
  • funny
  • be a laugh a minute
  • a laugh a minute
  • laugh a minute
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The funny thing is that I never planned to be a filmmaker, and here I am; I never planned to live in the country and I fell in love with an extraordinary country house; I never planned to become a mother at 45, and then I go and adopt a child.
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The funny thing is, Ryan Murphy, the show's creator, loves to read Cherry Cherry in the run-throughs, and he has her down perfectly.
Deltas dawn