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The study of humor is no joke to science
Washington Times ^ | 9/10/01 | Jennifer Harper

Posted on 09/10/2001 1:03:15 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Cows wear bells, it is said, because their horns don't work. Then there's the observation that the ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter is equal to Eskimo Pi. Perhaps some have heard of Sosumi, the new sushi bar for lawyers.


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1 posted on 09/10/2001 1:03:15 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
And the researchers' theme song is - drum roll please-
Too Much Time On My Hands!
2 posted on 09/10/2001 1:44:39 AM PDT by petuniasevan
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To: kattracks
Wasn't there a Monty Python skit about this? The Worlds Deadliest Joke, and it's use against the Germans in World War II? :)
3 posted on 09/10/2001 3:35:38 AM PDT by WyldKard
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To: WyldKard
Wenn ist das Nunstuck git und Slotermeyer? Ja!

Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!?

4 posted on 09/10/2001 4:02:18 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: kattracks
Well, at least they finally proved that guys grunting is more common than woman grunting....
5 posted on 09/10/2001 6:17:14 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks
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To: kattracks
I'm partial to the "fake Tickling machine"...

Fiendish, James...

6 posted on 09/10/2001 6:24:03 AM PDT by No!
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