Comments on: The world’s funniest joke… http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/07/the-worlds-funniest-joke/ explorations and inspirations... in how we learn science Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sciencegeekgirl http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/07/the-worlds-funniest-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-219 sciencegeekgirl Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:20:35 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=222#comment-219 Yes, yes, but I have no qualms about presenting old stuff (unless it's been disproven or something). It seems to me that if I spent my life getting to understand all the cool research that was done 20, 30, 50 years ago, that would be fantastic in itself! This is why I don't purport to be a "science news" blog -- there are plenty of people doing that already. I just post stuff I think is cool and interesting. So there. Nyah. :-) Yes, yes, but I have no qualms about presenting old stuff (unless it’s been disproven or something). It seems to me that if I spent my life getting to understand all the cool research that was done 20, 30, 50 years ago, that would be fantastic in itself! This is why I don’t purport to be a “science news” blog — there are plenty of people doing that already. I just post stuff I think is cool and interesting. So there. Nyah. :-)

]]> By: Tracy K http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/07/the-worlds-funniest-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Tracy K Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:58:29 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=222#comment-218 I hate to break it to you but LaughLab was about ten years ago :D Still, a really great piece of research. I hate to break it to you but LaughLab was about ten years ago :D

Still, a really great piece of research.

]]> By: Matt http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/07/the-worlds-funniest-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Matt Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:22:26 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=222#comment-216 Richard Wiseman is in charge of the laughlab and this is actually only a small part his work, which is incredible. Read his 'Quirkology' book or look at the Quickology videos on youtube. They are great stuff involving human perception, etc. Great blog, BTW. I was trying to find sciencey girl stuff for a friend on another blog. Richard Wiseman is in charge of the laughlab and this is actually only a small part his work, which is incredible. Read his ‘Quirkology’ book or look at the Quickology videos on youtube. They are great stuff involving human perception, etc.

Great blog, BTW. I was trying to find sciencey girl stuff for a friend on another blog.

]]> By: David Samuels http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/07/the-worlds-funniest-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-217 David Samuels Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:16:13 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=222#comment-217 That's absurd. Everyone (everyone who watched Monty Python, anyhow, which means everyone that matters) knows that the world's funniest joke was written in England in 1942, and was pivotal in helping the Allies defeat the Germans in WWII. A documentary about this joke, which cannot be repeated in this space for safety and security reasons, can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWGlJrG6sQ That’s absurd. Everyone (everyone who watched Monty Python, anyhow, which means everyone that matters) knows that the world’s funniest joke was written in England in 1942, and was pivotal in helping the Allies defeat the Germans in WWII.

A documentary about this joke, which cannot be repeated in this space for safety and security reasons, can be seen here:

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