Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcs.uucp Path: utzoo!utcs!flaps From: flaps@utcs.uucp (Alan J Rosenthal) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: Theories of Humour Message-ID: <883@utcs.uucp> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 15:14:31 EDT Article-I.D.: utcs.883 Posted: Tue Sep 24 15:14:31 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 24-Sep-85 16:25:04 EDT References: <1117@mtgzz.UUCP> <67700005@trsvax> <424@looking.UUCP> Reply-To: flaps@utcs.UUCP (Alan J Rosenthal) Organization: University of Toronto - General Purpose UNIX Lines: 5 Summary: >... Why do we laugh most at extreme cleverness? We don't. In fact when something is extremely clever we are less likely to laugh at it. It causes a deeper appreciation of the humour which involves less laughing and more saying "Gee, that's clever".