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World's Funniest Joke
« on: Oct 3^rd, 2002, 5:50pm »

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from http://canoe.ca/CNEWS/joke_oct3-ap.html

World's funniest joke discovered?

By JILL LAWLESS -- Associated Press

LONDON (AP) -- Drum roll, please -- an online search for the world's funniest joke has produced a winner.

In a yearlong experiment called LaughLab, a British psychology professor asked thousands of people around the world to rate the humor value of a list of jokes; they could also add their own favorites.

In December, Richard Wiseman and his associates announced the front-runner, an old gag involving fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. Watson. But in the final tally of some 2 million votes for 40,000 jokes, announced Thursday, a new joke emerged as a round-the-world rib-tickler:

"A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head.

"The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: 'My friend is dead! What can I do?'

"The operator, in a calm, soothing voice, says: 'Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead.'

"There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: 'OK, now what?"'

"Many of the jokes submitted received higher ratings from certain groups of people, but this one had real universal appeal," said Wiseman, who has published a book based on the experiment.

Wiseman, who teaches at the University of Hertfordshire in southern England, said the research revealed that different countries preferred different types of jokes. Respondents were asked to rate jokes on a five-point scale from "not very funny" to "very funny."

Germans were the most likely to find all types of jokes funny, while Canadians were the least amused of the 10 top responding nations.

The British, Irish, Australians and New Zealanders favored jokes involving wordplay, while continental Europeans liked jokes with a surreal bent. Americans and Canadians preferred jokes invoking a strong sense of superiority -- either because a character looks stupid or is made to look stupid by someone else.

Wiseman said jokes work "for lots of different reasons. They sometimes make us feel superior to others, reduce the emotional impact of anxiety-provoking situations or surprise us because of some kind of incongruity."

The winning joke about the hunters, he said, "contained all three elements."

Computer analysis also threw up a number of arcane humor "facts." Not all animal jokes, for example, are created equal -- jokes mentioning ducks were rated as funnier than other jokes.

And length matters. Jokes containing 103 words were thought to be especially funny. The winning joke is 102 words long.

from http://canoe.ca/CNEWS/joke_oct3-ap.html

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Re: World's Funniest Joke
« Reply #1 on: Oct 3^rd, 2002, 5:54pm »

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Personally, I didn't find that joke very funny. I must prefer the jokes with word play (must be my British genes)

I just never find :rifle: to be funny. Call me a stick in the mud. :freak:

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Re: World's Funniest Joke
« Reply #2 on: Oct 3^rd, 2002, 6:44pm »

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Well Addams, we can be mud sticks together, 'cause it didn't even make me smile. Huh

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A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat.
She asked him if it was dead or alive.

"Dead." She was informed.
"How do you know?" she asked her pupil.

"Because I pissed in its ear and it didn't move," answered the child innocently.
"You did WHAT?!" the teacher exclaimed in surprise.

"You know," explained the boy, "I leaned over and went 'Pssst!' and it didn't move."
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Now THAT'S a cute joke! Grin

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Two delicate flowers of Southern womanhood, one from Georgia, the other from Alabama, were conversing on the porch swing of a large white pillared mansion.

The Georgia peach said, "When my first child was born, my husband built this beautiful mansion for me." The lady from Alabama commented, "Well, isn't that nice?"

The first woman continued "When my second child was born, my husband bought me that fine Cadillac you see parked in the drive." Again, the belle from Alabama commented, "Well, isn't that nice??"

The first woman boasted, "Then, when my third child was born, my husband bought me this exquisite diamond bracelet." Yet again, the second lady commented, "Well, isn't that nice?"

The first woman then asked her companion, "What did your husband buy for you when you had your first child?" "My husband sent me to charm school," declared the Bama belle.

"Charm school!" the first woman cried, "Land sakes, child, what on Earth for?"

The Alabamian responded, "So that I could learn to say, 'Isn't that nice,' instead of 'Who gives a shit.'
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And that one is downright funny. :rofl:

« Last Edit: Oct 3^rd, 2002, 6:45pm by LibertyBelle »

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Re: World's Funniest Joke
« Reply #3 on: Oct 3^rd, 2002, 7:19pm »

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I Love your sense of humour :rofl:

You are as twisted as I am Wink

Way Cool!

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Re: World's Funniest Joke
« Reply #4 on: Oct 3^rd, 2002, 8:22pm »

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Psst

Now those are funny! Thanks Belle.

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Re: World's Funniest Joke
« Reply #5 on: Oct 3^rd, 2002, 10:43pm »

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Coggy, I read those jokes imagining your "honey-drawl" cajun accent and those eyes batting as you delivered the punch lines. . . . . .

Priceless! Grin

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Re: World's Funniest Joke
« Reply #6 on: Oct 4^th, 2002, 5:15am »

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Oh, Bumper, you just like being blinked at! Wink

The jokes were much funnier than the winner, though.

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Re: World's Funniest Joke
« Reply #7 on: Oct 4^th, 2002, 5:25am »

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The winning joke didn't make me laugh either!

But Libertybelle, I declare that you are now the new winner! Those two jokes were hilarious.....

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Re: World's Funniest Joke
« Reply #8 on: Oct 4^th, 2002, 9:26am »

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Well I don't know who the joke polsters asked, but it certainly wasn't the fun crowd! Grin

(batting eyes at Bumper)

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