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Scientists say listeners who hear groan-inducing puns are actually GRATEFUL for the gags
2022-12-04
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Emitting a 'groan' to a pun is 'indicative of approval', a study in the US has found
    • Or gas..
  • Researchers asked 300 people the type of jokes they liked to give and receive

  • Puns and observational comedy topped the receiving list, surprising researchers
Posted by:Skidmark

#22  [more groans from the back row]
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-12-04 23:15  

#21  I lost my job at the bank on my very first day. A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed her over
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-12-04 20:58  

#20  “I see,” said the blind carpenter, as he picked up his hammer and saw.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-12-04 19:45  

#19  A book on proper punctuation: The Panda Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Posted by: magpie   2022-12-04 18:38  

#18  The blind carpenter picked up his hammer and saw.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2022-12-04 17:54  

#17  Santa's elves listen to wrap "music". I asked the librarian if she had a book on Pavlov's dog and Schrodinger's cat. She said it rings a bell but she's not sure if it was there or not.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-12-04 17:35  

#16  Santa's elves listen to wrap "music".
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-12-04 17:31  

#15  /hey now!....
Posted by: Frank G   2022-12-04 17:12  

#14  "I have a split personality," said Tom, being frank.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-12-04 17:10  

#13  Groan.... What the hell did I do to deserve all this punishment?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-12-04 17:02  

#12  Other day daughter opened with, "What is a fish's favorite candy - Reese's Pisces."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-12-04 14:45  

#11  I have a few jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-12-04 14:25  

#10  Ha ha ha... now that was ...ha ha ha ha!
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-12-04 13:58  

#9  /\ He must return to his.... bench.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-12-04 13:57  

#8  "Release the Deacon!"
Posted by: SteveS   2022-12-04 13:57  

#7  I once accidently drank a bottle of invisible ink. I went to the hospital and was waiting to be seen.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-12-04 13:47  

#6  Groan... 🙃
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-12-04 13:41  

#5  Dron66046 I got a new pet termite and named him Clint Eatswood.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-12-04 13:40  

#4  Flogged that out of me.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2022-12-04 10:24  

#3  My parents flogged that "play them off each other" at an early age. Good lesson in life.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2022-12-04 10:21  

#2  See? My dad and I are right mom!
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-12-04 10:14  

#1   Did they just give Deacon a questionnaire to fill or did they make him wear an electrode cap and freeze frame his engrams? 😁
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-12-04 04:03  

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