Friday, July 11, 2008

Why Dirty is Funny

7/11/08. Jim Holt, author of "Stop Me If You've Heard This. A History and Philosophy of Jokes," tells us why dirty jokes often make us laugh. It is not, he says, that dirty jokes corrupt us, it is that we are already corrupted.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-holt29-2008jun29,0,1133811.story

http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121573627623544417.html

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