Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!kmtureski From: kmtureski@watmath.UUCP (kmtureski) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: signs of life Message-ID: <5527@watmath.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 01:28:25 EDT Article-I.D.: watmath.5527 Posted: Mon Jul 18 01:28:25 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 18-Jul-83 01:55:54 EDT Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 24 Yes, there are some out here who actually are interested in discussing humour. Take for example a goodie from a while back. (this might be a bit offensive to some (even though it was not rot13) but it doesn't look like there is an overabundance of subscribers to this topic anyway) Puns ... considered by some as the lowest form of wit (Shakespeare gave puns to only the least important and least intelligent of his characters, for example, the gravediggers in Hamlet). I think that the best sort of puns are those in which not only are there two meanings for the operative word, but those meanings have opposite connotations. Now for the offensive example: (courtesy jrf@hp-pcd.UUCP) ----- What is the difference between a wife and a job? After ten years the job still sucks. ----- What makes this joke are the contrasting meanings of 'sucks' -- one obviously very good and the other rather bad. Anyone out there know of other puns that have this quality? Anyone care? kevin tureski, university of waterloo (soon to be known as utzoo!oscvax!kevin)