From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!jce Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Re: Where Do Jokes Come From? (Discussion) Article-I.D.: floyd.266 Posted: Fri Jun 11 16:43:00 1982 Received: Sun Jun 13 01:41:25 1982 References: sdcsvax.2078 No, in Asimov's story the jokes stopped being funny, the aliens didn't stop supplying them. At the end, the main character (who is a very funny guy in the story) tries telling jokes, but no one thinks they're funny anymore. John Eldridge harpo!floyd!jce