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Thu Feb 11 18:36:39 2010

Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. People of all ages and cultures respond to humour. The majority of people are able to be amused, to laugh or smile at something funny and thus they are considered to have a "sense of humour". The question of whether or not something is humorous is a matter of personal taste.

The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which stated that a mix of fluids known as humours (Greek: χυμός, chymos, literally juice or sap, metaphorically, flavour) controlled human health and emotion.

A sense of humour is the ability to experience humour, although the extent to which an individual will find something humorous depends on a host of variables, including geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education, intelligence and context. For example, young children may favour slapstick, such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or cartoons such as Tom and Jerry. Satire may rely more on understanding the target of the humour and thus tends to appeal to more mature audiences. Nonsatirical humour can be specifically termed "recreational drollery".

Many theories exist about what humour is and what social function it serves. It would be very difficult to explain humor to a hypothetical person who did not themself have a sense of humor already. In fact, to such a person humor would appear to be quite strange if not outright irrational behavior. Something humourous to an individual can be entirely repulsive to another. Among the prevailing types of theories that attempt to account for the existence of humor there are: psychological theories, the vast majority of which consider humor to be very healthy behavior; there are spiritual theories which may, for instance consider humor to be a "gift from God;" there are also theories that consider humor to be an unexplainable mystery, very much like a mystical experience.

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Sat Feb 6 20:45:58 2010

What was a specific example of humor from Great Expectations?
Q. In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, what were two specific examples from the story of when humor was used?
Asked by Lesa - Sun Feb 14 18:32:00 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. in stage 1, when Pip introduces Joe to Miss Havisham in Satis House, Joe tippy-toes his way in to the room where Miss Havisham is, and he also addresses Pip (only). What is more funny than a 20-30 something year-old acting like a nervous child!? more...? IDK, sorry but ive only read stage 1
Answered by paola_uranga - Tue Feb 16 22:33:11 2010

What is the distinct difference between humor and satire?
Q. What's the distinct difference between humor and satire?
Asked by Rajasegaran S - Wed Nov 26 08:22:51 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. A satire is usually something which is based on what a person has done, or failed to do - impersonations in otherwords. Good satirists also create impersonations, much like sasha bowen cohen with Borat and Ali G. Humour is the reaction that people give towards satire. I believe it was infact, the greeks that said that all forms of comedy have satire in them.
Answered by the redcap - Wed Nov 26 08:34:47 2008

What kind of twisted abnormal sense of humor do you have?
Q. What are the kinds of things you laugh at that would kill someones braincells if you tried to explain it to them? Does your humor go by randomness, funny shapes, angles, abnormal phrases, funny noises, smell? For eg. I go by funny shapes and angles. When someone asked me what I was laughing at, I said "oh, can you imagine if that vacuum cleaner handle started bouncing out of nowhere?" His response was "...".
Asked by Julian D - Sat Feb 28 00:21:39 2009 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. My humor's more like America's Funniest Home Videos stuff, like where people do the stupidest things and expect not to get hurt. Like skateboard on a rail and bust a ball out of their sac...
Answered by aseptic technique - Sat Feb 28 00:34:42 2009

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:04:13 GM

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Humor. such as slapstick, dry . humor. , etc. [A LOT more than that].could you please give me examples and definitions of it..or send me a site that will.

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