Sense of Humor - Page 3 - Historum

Patheya · September 9th, 2008, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by avon

That's okay, I'll tell Granny!! Ha ha, that'll sort her out!

BTW -I had nothing to do with that, it was you that started that as well -- how my innocence is sooo over-looked! Do I ever get sympathy? No I don't. It's soooo unfair!!

Boys!
You're doing it again... doing your 'in jokes' and running off anyone with something different to say.....
I won't mention it again... (deadly silence and serious face)

Avon - the granny joke did not go unnoticed.... YOu can be assured... we are not amused...
(that will be my next thread - famous and fun quotations from the old days that have lasted into the modern era...)

**Pedro** · September 9th, 2008, 09:36 PM

I hope and pray that we aren't running anyone off. (I really doubt we are) We need everybody's input to keep us going.

**Lucius** · September 9th, 2008, 10:41 PM

Might there be a sort of historical timeline for humor?

You know, like it starts out in prehistory with a guy sitting under a tree and a cocoanut falls on his head, and ends up with Mr. Hanky?

What are the milestones along the way? The priest from Dundee? The two rabbis that go into a bar?

Patheya · September 9th, 2008, 11:07 PM

**Pedro** · September 10th, 2008, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucius

Might there be a sort of historical timeline for humor?

You know, like it starts out in prehistory with a guy sitting under a tree and a cocoanut falls on his head, and ends up with Mr. Hanky?

What are the milestones along the way? The priest from Dundee? The two rabbis that go into a bar?

This one is going to keep me awake.

I nominate for the time line the joke that went "Why worry about the speck of sawdust in my eye when you have a 2 by 4 in your own".

Pfaxt3ld · September 10th, 2008, 02:43 PM

The ancient greeks had a cup that they called a greedy cup. Whenever someone asked for their cup to be filled completely the air pressure would dipense the liquid out the bottom. I couldn't find a good picture so here's a good demonstration.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Verus · September 11th, 2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedro

Take a gander at
Schopenhauer: not dry at all. Especially his essays.
John Dewey: not as funny as Schopenhauer but very readable.
Bergson wrote a book on humor. I smiled now and then but not with him. But that is true of all books that try to dissect humor, interesting but the patience dies in the process.
Haven't read Frankfurts book. Did read one about the Burger Court tho.

Thanks! I'll look for Schopenhauer's & Bergson's works. I'm at the library now (home internet is down) so should be here somewhere. I've read some of Dewey & didn't learn much or enjoy his writings at all.

You might also try Frankfurt's follow up called On Truth.

**Lucius** · September 11th, 2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedro

This one is going to keep me awake.

I nominate for the time line the joke that went "Why worry about the speck of sawdust in my eye when you have a 2 by 4 in your own".

Well, He was some sort of carpenter, wasn't He?