Be assured that your tax Dollars are not being wasted. The neurological dept at the University of Washington have recently produced a report on how adept people of different ages are at guessing the correct punchline to a joke. One example: "A businessman is riding on a train after a hard day at the office. A young man sits down next to him and says: 'Call me a doctor, call me a doctor!' The businessman asks: 'What's the matter, are you sick?'" The four suggested punchlines were categorised by the researchers as : Correct funny ending (FC), Straightforward ending (SF), Humorous nonsequitur ending (HNS) Unrelated nonsequitur ending (UNS)' 1) The young man says: 'I just graduated from medical school.' - FC 2) The young man says: 'Yes, I feel a little weak. Please help me.' - SF 3) The young man says: 'My sister is a nurse.' - UNS 4) The young man pulls out a water gun and squirts the businessman. - HNS Overall, the 18-22 age group did 6 per cent better than the over-65s in matching the punchlines to the jokes.
So when an old man smashes into the side of my car destroying my ability to walk ever again, because a few weeks prior he broke his hip and continued to drive despite not having adequate reaction skills, will he find the ironic humor in that? I sure hope so!
5) The young man pukes up all over the businessman's nice suit, and shouts "Of course I'm sick you twat!"
Number 1 is not very funny. It is a little worrying that some old people found the others funny. 2. Young Man: "Yes, I Feel a little weak. Please help me" Old Man reading joke: (laughing) Ha!Ha!Ha! 3.Young Man: "My Sister is a nurse" Old Man reading joke: (laughing) Ha!Ha!Ha! 4. Young Man says nothing but starts squirting old man with watergun Old Man reading joke: Ha!Ha!Ha! In fact. Old man is shown blank piece of paper Old Man: Ha!Ha!Ha!
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That's what I was going to post. 6% ? Jesus, call me a friggin press conference, this is serious news!
i worked with OAP's for a few years and i loved it, most of them had great sense of humours, but some were just miserable assholes who whatever you do for thwm is never enough!! i dont understand though why they always say, "you should respect me, i am your past" yeah right perhaps "you should respect me because i am your funture" also they seem to walk diagonaly accross the road, and if they dont look accross the road the cars cant hurt them, its almost has though they use they're ages has shields of respect.
