From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp*lib.org)
Date: Fri Jul 18 1997 - 23:09:29 MDT
When you say "puns" I take it you mean "wordplay" in general...
Well, there's plain silliness. But stuff that makes your burst out laughing?
Yeah, pretty much has to do with somebody getting the short end of the stick.
I know Heinlein commented on this in _Stranger in a Strange Land_, and I
wouldn't be a bit surprised if he was cribbing from someone else.
MMB
At 11:02 PM 7/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Good Joke.
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>As an aside...I've noticed that all forms of humor save one deal with pain.
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>That exception being puns.
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>Has anyone else noticed this?
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>EvMick
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