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Puzzles and Games: Which is Funnier |
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In terms of being pelted by non-lethal objects, which is funnier? Lemons, rubber balls with "boop" written on them, tomatoes, or muffins?
(This is according to someone called DiMono on a Funhaus bulletin board.)
The answer also appears in Punch, 1863.
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Which words of this joke are funniest?
"The Pop-Tart suddenly appeared in the supermarket ... and we were like chimps in the dirt playing with sticks." —Jerry Seinfeld
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Which is funnier: a dog or an oyster, a monkey or an amoeba?
Clue: This is according to a philosopher.
Answer: "The funniest animals are not necessarily the ones to which we feel more superior; animals that remind us of ourselves are the funniest: so, for instance, a dog is funnier than an oyster; a monkey is funner than an amoeba." (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)Citation: Paul McDonald, The Philosophy of Humor
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Groucho Marx is surely funnier than Karl Marx1, but is Plato also funnier than Karl Marx, and is Barbra Streisand funnier than Plato2?
Clue: This is according to a logician.
1 As of this post, there are only two Google results suggesting that Karl Marx is funnier than Groucho. Alexander Baron notes, "Karl Marx is funnier than Groucho Marx in a sad kind of way." And a certain Shovelhead says: "The EU: Where Karl Marx is funnier than Groucho."
2 " Were space-time not linear and Plato could have Barbra Streisand speak next at that Athenian table (though of course he wouldn’t, as she’s a woman), he would undoubtedly have her sing 'People.'" —Richard Carpenter, "The Heart of the Matter"
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Which is funnier for stuffing a bra for a fancy dress party: a couple of oranges or ... what? We find the answer in the "Up Captain Peacock" episode of Are You Being Served:
And so we learn that tangerines are funnier than oranges.
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 Which is funnier: a tuba or a French horn?Clue: This is according to humor historian Christopher Miller. Answer: a tuba is funnier (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.) Citation: Christopher Miller, American Cornball
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Which is funnier: lunch or dinner?Clue: This is according to humor historian Christopher Miller. Answer: Lunch is a funnier word, but breakfast is the funnier meal. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.) Citation: Christopher Miller, American Cornball
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Which is funnier: a mastodon or a pterodactyl?Clue: This is according to absurdist playwright N. F. Simpson. Answer: pterodactyl (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.) Citation: N. F. Simpson, One-Way Pendulum. In Simpson's original version, the protagonists' daughter had changed herself into a mastodon on a whim, but in his film adaptation, Simpson revised the mastodon to a pterodactyl.
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 Which is funnier: an apple or a banana?Clue: This is according to a radio presenter. Answer: banana (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.) Citation: Peter Stewart , Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio Show (2010), p. 216
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Which word is funnier: tomato or banana?Clue: This is according to the classic satirical magazine Punch. Answer: tomato (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.) Citation: Punch (1923)
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Which word is funnier: moist or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?Clue: This is according to feminist/humour academic Gina Barreca. Answer: ..............moist................ (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.) Citation: Gene Weingarten & Gina Barreca, I'm with Stupid (2006)
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Which word is funnier: bucket or pail?Clue: This is according to rhetoricians. Answer: Bucket. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.) Citation: Wilma R. Ebbitt, William T. Lenehan, The Writer's Reader (1968)
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