[Promotum] World's funniest joke

[Edmund A. Hintz]

The University of Hertfordshire actually made a scientific study of
jokes, and came up with the joke most universally found funny.
Personally, I thought it (the joke) was somewhat dumb. But what really
caught my eye were the following two paragraphs:

>People from the Republic of Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand
>most enjoyed jokes involving word plays.
>...
>Americans and Canadians, on the other hand, preferred jokes where there
>was a strong sense of superiority - either because a character looks
>stupid or is made to look stupid by someone else.

Word play is commonly enjoyed by (dare I say it?) hackers, and this would
tend to explain why the British comedies seem to have a generally high
appeal to same. And I'm pleased to note that kiwi's seem to share my
sense of humor, yet another indication that I might fit in well there.

<http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/
page.cfm?objectid=12251019&method=full&siteid=50082>

<http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/hacker-humor.html>

Peace,

Edmund A. Hintz              **|**     "You may say I'm a dreamer,
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