08 November 2005

I'll Moider Ya! Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.

Man's love (and women's confusion) for the Three Stooges explained:

"It doesn't take a lot of analytical machinery to think someone getting poked in the eye is funny," he commented when asked about humor like the Three Stooges. While there is a lot of overlap between how men and women process humor, the differences can help account for the fact that men gravitate more to one-liners and slapstick while women tend to use humor more in narrative form and stories, Reiss said.
Tip to Eugene Volokh

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