Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!cca!ima!ism780!judy From: judy@ism780.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: Re: Re: 'Offensive' jokes, minoritie - (nf) Message-ID: <244@ism780.UUCP> Date: Sat, 16-Jun-84 00:08:38 EDT Article-I.D.: ism780.244 Posted: Sat Jun 16 00:08:38 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 02:14:05 EDT Lines: 10 #R:sun:-122900:ism780:12400003:000:410 ism780!judy Jun 14 15:58:00 1984 Having spent some part of my life trying to make people laugh I have found that the best jokes are always about the unmentionable. If there is an underlying tension about a situation, making a joke about it allows everyone release from that tension through laughter. Therefore, I would say that tension rather than sorrow are the reasons for jokes. Like crying, laughing allows that tension to be released.