Does this make you laugh?
Lottie:
August 16th, 2006
A vast experiment was recently undertaken by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire to find the world’s funniest joke, as voted for by people who logged on to their website www.laughlab.co.uk. Before you read any further let me stress once again that this is meant to be the WORLD’S FUNNIEST JOKE…
“A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: “Just take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy’s voice comes back on the line. He says: “OK, now what?”
I can’t say this had any impact on me of the smiley variety, perhaps my pulse quickened as I read it, we will never know. Luckily Dr Richard Wiseman is on hand to tell us why ‘we’ find this joke so amusing. “We feel superior to the stupid hunter, realise the incongruity of him misunderstanding the operator and the joke helps us to laugh about our concerns about our own mortality.”
So there we have it. If anyone has a better joke that also makes us consider the nature of humanity, send it in to this website and I will analyse it and also tell your fortune.