Interesting, oedipus~ thanks for the link.

seems to me, though, that the humor referred to therein is pretty much of the "joke" genre, and i think most folks (at least in this forum) would agree that the *funniest* humor doesn't contain a punchline at all, but rather exists in the form of witty retorts, esoteric references, dilogical statements, tongue-in-cheek cynicism hi tsuwmetc. it's the repartees that have me rolling hi, mav, and hardly ever the jokes (particularly shaggy dogs.. blech).