Hughm her? I hardly know her! But seriously, folks, humor is the way we make light of the way things aren't as they should be. It's a stark juxtaposition between what should be and what isn't (or is, as the case may be. For instance, it's not nice to be mean, people shouldn't be mean, so being mean is always funny because it's not quite right.
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Stupid [insert hair color here], pfeh. ;)
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Dumb [insert ethnicity here], heh. ;)
Every stand up comedian ever:
Who here's a [insert something that members of the audience will self-identify with], huh? Yeah, me too! Well, you know the thing about [insert same thing from earlier] is that [insert the comedian ripping the audience members a new one].
Puns are funny because it's not the word that should be there, it's just not quite right.
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A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
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Take the prisoner downstairs," Tom Swift said condescendingly. (Get it, con descend... oh, it's not as funny when I have to stop and explain it... Who am I kidding, when you're finally let into the in-joke it's always more funny or at least you pretend it is after being on the outside.)
So, long winded is...
