Yes, that's right. Scientists are now conducting the largest empirical study of humor the world has ever seen. If you visit
here, you can submit a joke, rate a joke submitted by someone else and find out what the highest rated jokes in the world are.
Some of them aren't bad. One that I rated was:
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When NASA sent astronauts into space, they found that ballpoint pens wouldn't work. Scientists spent decades and $1.2 billion in research developing pens that would write in space, upside down, underwater, on glass etc.
The Russians used pencils.
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There are also some real stinkers. Here's another one I was forced to rate:
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Why did the chicken cross the raod? To prove to the possum it could be done!
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According to the website, this the world's funniest joke:
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are going camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night Holmes wakes Watson up. `Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me what you deduce.' Watson says, 'I see millions of stars and even if a few of those have planets, it's quite likely there are some planets like Earth, and if there are a few planets like Earth out there, there might also be life.' Holmes replied: 'Watson, you idiot, somebody stole our tent!'
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And this is the joke rated highest by Canadians (who must have serious humor deficiencies, might I add, if this is at all representative):
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What do you call a woman who can balance four pints of beer on her head? Beatrix.
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Finally, here's a joke that's supposedly funny in England. I don't understand it myself, so if an English person could explain it to me, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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Why do elephants have big ears? Noddy wouldn't pay the ransom.
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Go rate some jokes and tell me what you think.
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