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Official Friday Silliness Thread's Salute to Sex and Laughter
Popular Science ^ | July, 2006 | Per Study of Eric Bressler and Sigal Balshine

Posted on 07/14/2006 12:42:03 AM PDT by sully777

From the OFST Education FIles: Subgroup The Sexes and Silliness and Sex


Women Like Funny Men



Women Like Funny Men--The Study: “The influence of humor on desirability,” Evolution and Human Behavior, Jan. 2006

The Findings: Psychologists Eric Bressler and Sigal Balshine enlisted 210 undergraduate psychology students at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, to consider, for class credit, photographs of campus peers. Each photo was paired with a remark that was ostensibly funny (“My high school was so rough, we had our own coroner”) or ostensibly dull (“I like having friends over for dinner”). Women found the “funny” men most desirable, and a follow-up study showed that men preferred women who were receptive to their jokes.

Why Bother? The scientists acknowledged in their paper the well-established observation that “humor is . . . more readily appreciated in the presence of others” but wondered why it is that women prefer funny guys. Could the phenomenon be a matter of Darwinian survival? The lead scientist declined an interview, but the paper suggests that studies like it further our understanding of evolution by pinpointing which human traits might confer survival advantages. One theory is that men may “produce humor more” to help “monopolize the reproductive potential of more than one woman,” a.k.a. to spread their genes.

For the abstract click here Original study abstract
Evolution and Human Behavior Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 29-39


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KEYWORDS: bastilleday; cheese; comicsex; humor; moose; punmania; punsandpunsoffun; sexyhumor; sister
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Comment #161 Removed by Moderator

To: nuke rocketeer
Or this


162 posted on 07/14/2006 10:45:32 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.)
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To: Chanticleer

Just a little messy!


163 posted on 07/14/2006 10:45:49 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: sully777
I like the idea of putting Big Bird in a guillitoine:


164 posted on 07/14/2006 10:45:51 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: BJClinton

YOur baby is just so adorable!


165 posted on 07/14/2006 10:45:51 AM PDT by Kate of Spice Island (Modern day psychic, but first I was a US soldier)
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To: BJClinton; nuke rocketeer
I'm not sure it was a pun, but the lethal joke helped us win WWII. Funniest Joke in the World
166 posted on 07/14/2006 10:46:28 AM PDT by Chanticleer (Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point. Lewis)
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To: ArGee

Q: What's a blonde's favorite wine?
A: "Daddy! can I go to Miami!

Q: What did the blonde do when she noticed that someone had already written on the overhead transparency?
A: She turned it over and used the other side.

Q: How do you change a blonde's mind?
A: Blow in her ear.

Q: What do you get when you cross a blonde and a lawyer?
A: There are some things even a blonde won't do.

Q: What did the blonde do when she heard that 90% of accidents occur around the home?
A: She moved.

Q: Why do blondes look up and smile at lightning?
A: They think someone is taking their picture.

Q: What's the difference between a blonde and a trampoline?
A: You take your shoes off before you jump on a trampoline!

Q: Why do blondes have square breasts?
A: Because they forgot to take the tissues out of the box!

Q: What do UFO's and smart blondes have in common?
A: You keep hearing about them, but never see any.

Q: Why can't blondes count to 70?
A: Because 69 is a bit of a mouthful.

Q: What is the difference between blondes and traffic signs?
A: Some traffic signs say stop.

Q: What did the blonde customer say to the waitress when reading her nametag?
A: "Mary... that's cute. What did you name the other one?"

Q: Why did the blonde put her finger over the nail when she was hammering?
A: The noise gave her a headache.

Q: What is the difference between a blonde and a 747?
A: Not everyone has been in a 747.

Q: What do blondes say after sex?
A: "Thanks, guys!"



168 posted on 07/14/2006 10:47:47 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Liberty Valance

LMAO!!!!!


170 posted on 07/14/2006 10:50:57 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: nuke rocketeer
Q: What did the blonde do when she heard that 90% of accidents occur around the home?
? A: She moved.

Then there was the blonde who called the DoT and asked them to move the deer crossing sign in front of her home. "They keep getting hit when they cross here," she explained.

Shalom.

171 posted on 07/14/2006 10:51:44 AM PDT by ArGee (The Ring must not be allowed to fall into Hillary's hands!)
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To: ArGee

There was a Blonde, a Brunette, and a Redhead standing on the beach. They had decided the previous evening whilst in the pub to try and swim the English channel. After some dicussion, they decided the quickest way would be to do the breast stroke, so off they set.

One day later the Redhead reached the French coast. Having lost sight of the other two swimmers just off the English coast she decided that they couldn't be far behind so sat on the beach looking out to sea waiting for the other two.

After a cold night of waiting, the Brunette finally came into sight. "What took you so long?" inquired the Redhead.

"There were some strong currents out there! But I'm here now! Am I the last?" replied the Brunette.

"No. Blondie is still out there somewhere." They decided to wait.

Day after day the two swimmers sat on the beach until on the 5th day Blondie came into view. Once on dry land the Brunette asked the blonde "What took you so long?"

"What do you expect? You guy's cheated, replied the idignant blonde, "You used your hands!"


172 posted on 07/14/2006 10:51:54 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: nuke rocketeer
Q: What do blondes say after sex?

A: "Thanks, guys!"

A2: "Are all you guys on the same team?"

173 posted on 07/14/2006 10:52:52 AM PDT by Doomonyou (Moderate Bumper Sticker: Bush Lied, Terrorists Died!)
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To: ArGee

A young blonde woman is distraught because she fears her husband is having an affair, so she goes to a gun shop and buys a handgun.

The next day she comes home to find her husband in bed with a beautiful redhead. She grabs the gun and holds it to her own head.

The husband jumps out of bed, begging and pleading with her not to shoot herself.

Hysterically the blonde screams back at the husband, "Shut up! You're next!"


174 posted on 07/14/2006 10:53:16 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: finnman69

Unnngh.. I'd hate to find that in woman's pants...


175 posted on 07/14/2006 10:54:08 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Chanticleer

Carlos the ice-cream man's van is parked at the side of the road. Lights flashing, music playing, a big queue of excited kids stretches down the street. But no sign of Carlos.
A policeman walking down the road wonders what is going on. Where is Carlos? Why is he not dishing out the ice-cream?
He goes over to the van and peers over the high counter. On the floor he spots Carlos, Lying very still covered in chocolate sauce, strawberry sauce, nuts, hundreds and thousands and those little jelly bits.
"Get back kids," he shouts. Moving away so the bemused kids cannot overhear him he gets on the radio to the station.
"Sargent - you'd get a team down here quick," he stutters, "It's Carlos the ice-cream man......He's topped himself!"


176 posted on 07/14/2006 10:54:21 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Doomonyou

One day a blonde was horseback riding. Everything was going fine until the horse started going too fast and bouncing out of control. The blonde tried with all her might to hang on, but soon was thrown off.

With her foot caught in the stirrup, she fell head first to the ground. Her head continued to bounce on the ground as the horse would not stop or even slow down. Just as the blonde was about to give up hope and was losing consciousness...

The K-Mart manager came out and unplugged the horse.


177 posted on 07/14/2006 10:55:55 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: nuke rocketeer
The blonde couldn't hide her disappointment when the talent searcher from Playboy told her that they would not be publishing her pictures. "Why not?" she demanded.

"We have a policy at Playboy of only publishing natural blondes. After you got to the nude part of your audition we discovered that your pubic hairs were black."

At that she grabbed the paperweight on his desk and pounded it down on the fingers of his left hand. Yelling with pain he demanded, "Why did you do that!!??"

"Look at your fingers," she said. "They're turning black already and they've only been banged once!"

Shalom.

178 posted on 07/14/2006 10:56:29 AM PDT by ArGee (The Ring must not be allowed to fall into Hillary's hands!)
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To: nuke rocketeer

Kinky squirrel orgy.. I hate when that happens.....


179 posted on 07/14/2006 10:56:48 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: ArGee

A blond girl comes back from school one evening. She runs to her mum and says: "Mummy today at school we learnt how to count. Well, all the other girls only counted to 5, but listen to me: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10! It's good, innit?"

"Yes darling, very good."

"Is that because I'm blond?"

"Yes darling, it's because you're blond."

Next day, the little girl comes back from school and says: "Mummy, today at school we learnt the alphabet. All the other girls only went as far as D, but listen to me: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K ! It's good "innit?"

"Yes darling, very good."
"Is that because I'm blond, mummy?"

"Yes darling it's because you're blond.

Next Day, she returns from school and cries: "Mummy, today we went swimming. Well, all the other girls have no breasts, but look at me!" She proceeds to flash her impressive 36 D's at her mummy. "Is that because I'm blond, mummy?"

"No darling, it's because you're 25."


180 posted on 07/14/2006 10:58:25 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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