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Puzzles and Games: Which is Funnier |
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 Which is funnier: gonorrhea or syphilis?
Clue: This is according to cultural critic Lee Siegel
Answer: Gonorrhea. “Gonorrhea is funnier than syphilis, but not anywhere near as good for a laugh as crab lice.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Lee Siegel, Love and Other Games of Chance: A Novelty (2003), p. 358.
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Who is funnier: Milton or Shakespeare?
Clue: This is according to a Milton scholar
Answer: Shakespeare. “Almost all men are less humorous than Shakespeare; but most men are more humorous than Milton.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Walter Alexander Raleigh, Milton (1900), p. 7.
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Which genitalia is funnier: male or female?
Clue: This is according to science fiction novelist Brian Wilson Aldiss
Answer: male. “Male equipment looks a lot funnier than those rather pretty little purses you women have.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Brian Wilson Aldiss, Forgotten Life (1989), p. 96.
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Who are funnier: Germans or Russians?
Clue: This is according to an expert on Chinese history
Answer: Russians. The Germans are “less humorous than the Russians, less witty than the French.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Edward Harper Parker, China, Past and Present (1903), p. 323. --- Jeff writes: Hey, anyone can be funny when he's full of wine, or vodka. Not so easy with a mouth full of liverwurst. But less witty? I think not.
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Which is funnier: Tom and Jerry cartoons or ambassadors trying to out-dance and out-gobble one another at parties and conferences?
Clue: This is according to an author of speculative fiction
Answer: Ambassadors trying to out-dance and out-gobble one another at parties and conferences. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Emerald, Revolution, the Greatest (2006), p. 463
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Which word is funnier: child or kid?
Clue: This is according to the book Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain
Answer: Kid, as it is “zippier sounding” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Christopher Hart, Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain (1998), p. 107
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Which word is funnier: motel or hotel?
Clue: This is according to the book Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain
Answer: Motel, as it is “low rent.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Christopher Hart, Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain (1998), p. 107
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Which word is funnier: person or guy?
Clue: This is according to the book Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain
Answer: Guy, as it is “funny sounding.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Christopher Hart, Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain (1998), p. 107
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What is funnier than a sudden outspoken declaration of the truth?
Clue: This is according to scholar Northrop Frye.
Answer: Nothing. “In our world, there is the proverb ‘children and fools tell the truth,’ and the Fool’s privilege makes him a wit because in our world nothing is funnier than a sudden outspoken declaration of the truth.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Northrop Frye, Northrop Frye on Shakespeare (1986), p. 111.
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What is funnier than the sudden escape of the exact truth of any situation?
Clue: This is according to essayist Northrop Frye
Answer: Nothing. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Northrop Frye, The Eternal Act of Creation: Essays, 1979-90 (1993), p. 31.
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Which is funnier: the New York Times or Mad Magazine?
Clue: This is according to political analysist George Thayer.
Answer: New York Times. “How the New York Times’ Straight Approach to the News is Funnier than Mad Magazine’s Self-conscious Approach to Boffo Laughs.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: George Thayer, The Farther Shores of Politics (1967), p. 434.
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Which type of insult is funnier: ironic or literal?
Clue: This is according to psychologist Rod A. Martin
Answer: ironic (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Rod A. Martin, The Psychology of Humor (2007), p. 246.
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Which word is funnier: foot or toes?
Clue: This is according to the book Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain
Answer: Toes, as it sounds “slightly gross.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Christopher Hart, Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain (1998), p. 107
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Which is funnier in its growing-up stage: a fern or a schoolboy?
Clue: This is according to a gardener
Answer: A fern. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Frances Anne Bardswell, The Book of Town and Window Gardening (1903), p. 85
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Which is funnier: a wolverine or a porcupine?
Clue: This is according to Jack C. Horn.
Answer: A porcupine. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Julius Nicholas Hook, All Those Wonderful Names (1991), p. 317 --- Jeff writes: Having been unnaturally infatuated with the Wolverine for some time, I note (without spoiling the riddle) this magnificent animal's little-known facility with ironic one-liners, e.g. "Have you eaten yet?" Just fyi.
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Which is funnier: “Tuesday afternoon” or “Wednesday afternoon”?
Clue: This is according to a geologist
Answer: Tuesday afternoon. “I don't know why Tuesday afternoon sounds funnier than any other time of the week.” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Derek Ager, The New Catastrophism (1993), p. 83.
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