October 11, 2002
Laughlab.
If the gloom and doom of war and such is getting you down, you should try a visit to the
Laughlab. Experts, in cooperation with the British Association for the Advancement of Science, rank the funniest jokes and tell you how and why different groups find different things funny. I should warn you that some are pretty bad, but still worth laughing at. :)
I thought the
hunters' joke, which was selected as the funniest of all, pretty good. But I also liked number two,
Sherlock and Watson go on a camping trip.... Your mileage may vary. Curious though that both of the winners involve hunters and campers out in the woods. There must be something especially funny about that situation, but I can't imagine what it could be.