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Popular Science ^ | July, 2006 | Per Study of Eric Bressler and Sigal Balshine

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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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Ouch...

Here's a real racket...

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In the days of yore, a knight was on his way to do something terribly important, riding his horse into the ground to get to his destination as fast as possible.
After being ridden too hard for too long, his horse became lame, and seeing a small town ahead he headed straight for the stables there.
"I must have a horse!" he cried "The life of the King depends upon it!"
The stablekeeper shook his head. "I have no horses," he said. "They have all been taken in the service of your King."
"You must have something - a pony, a donkey, a mule, anything at all?" the knight asked.
"Nothing..... unless.... no, I couldn't"
The knight's eyes lit up. "Tell me!"
The stablekeeper leads the knight into the stable. Inside is a dog, but no ordinary dog. This dog is a giant, almost as large as the horse the knight was riding. But it is also the filthiest, shaggiest, smelliest, mangiest dog that the knight has ever seen.
Swallowing, the knight said "I'll take it. Where is the saddle?"
The stablekeeper walked over to a saddle near the dog and started gasping for breath, holding the walls to keep himself upright. "I can't do it." he told the knight.
"You must give me the dog!" cried the knight. "Why can't you?"
The stablekeeper said "I just couldn't send a knight out on a dog like this."

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Checking the air pressure...

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Golfing fun....

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Practice makes perfect.

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Here's another fold.....

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Dealing a new hand....

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OK, I need to see a happier fold...

Ahhhhh,.... much better.

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Shortarm inspection......

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Dang mosquitos!

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Udderly boring practice...

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Dang mosquitos!

Lucky bugs!

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The elderly priest, speaking to the younger priest, said, "It was a good
idea to replace the first four rows of pews with plush bucket theater
seats. It worked like a charm. The front of the church always fills
first now."
The young priest nodded, and the old priest continued, "And you told me
a little more beat to the music would bring young people back to the
church,so I supported you when you brought in that rock 'n roll gospel
choir. We are packed to the balcony!!"
"Thank you, Father," answered the young priest. "I am pleased that you
are open to the new ideas of youth."
"However," said the elderly priest, "I'm afraid you've gone too far with
the drive-thru confessional."
"But, Father," protested the young priest, "my confessions and the
donations have nearly doubled since I began that!" "I know, son, but
that flashing neon sign, "Toot 'n Tell or Go To Hell", just can't stay
on the church roof!"

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These love bugs take their name seriously.

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Sandra Bernhard /she's got a weird hot sexy case of the uglies /she's doable

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Tom Arnold: Is that you?

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