It’s totally incredible to learn what psychology and technology together can achieve.
They have discovered the World’s Funniest Joke and its Origin.
SMH report:
DETECTIVE work by a British academic investigating the psychology of humor has shown that Spike Milligan was the author of the world’s funniest joke.
Five years ago Richard Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire, conducted an online experiment in which 300,000 people from around the world took part in LaughLab, in which they voted for the best gag.
And the winner (joke) is….
Two hunters are out in the woods in New Jersey when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed.
The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps: “My friend is dead! What can I do?”
The operator says: “Calm down, I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard.
Back on the phone, the guy says: “OK, now what?”
This is so freakin-cool. So what next now!! Identifying the world’s stupidest President. But then don’t we all know the answer already.
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Harsh
Jun 10th, 2006 at 9:29 am | #
Well, I somehow don’t agree. Maybe the voters hadn’t heard this one:
The final round of the National Poetry Writing competition was on. The two finalists were a Harvard graduate scholar with a major in Literature, and a Redneck pick-up driver.
The rules were read out, and they were fairly simple. Each contestant had to compose a 4-line poem within 2 minutes. The only condition was that the poem should end with the word ‘Timbuctoo”.
The Harvard guy went first, and after 1.5 minutes of straining his imagination, he stood up and recited his poem:
“Across the dreary desert sand, Walked the tired caravan,
Men on camel, two by two, destination: Timbuctoo”
The audience acknowledged this with a heavy applause.
It was th Redneck’s turn. He scratched his head, thought hard and 2 seconds before the deadline, yelled out his composition:
“Tim ‘n I a-huntin’ went, met three whores in a pop-up tent,
They was three ‘n we was two, so I bucked one, and Tim bucked two!”
No prize for guessing the winner….
IndianArchie
Jun 10th, 2006 at 7:02 pm | #
LOL…I found harsh’s joke funnier!
As for the original winner…its a sad joke. I didnt laugh at all.
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rahul
Jun 11th, 2006 at 2:02 am | #
Is it Abdul Kalam ?
Saakshi O. Juneja
Jun 11th, 2006 at 4:24 am | #
Harsh _ me already posted this one on my blog..ages ago. See here Maybe this was for only vegetarian jokes category !!
Rahul – Come on Yaar !! Its a phirang President, who believes in World Domination and is a distant cousin of Satan, himself. Got it ?