Education, How To Make Someone Smile


by Robert Bell - Date: 2008-08-06 - Word Count: 493 Share This!

If you don't think you're comical enough, then this is the right manual for you and your friends,as it describes the ways that will make you improve that ability.The first thing we should do is understand why we find something funny, at least the way scientists claim it is.When we take meaning of a certain thing we haven't heard of , the brain produces a brand new 'path', from one neuron to another.

This 'route' we call a synapse and here is an example of how it works:While thinking about food, if we think of, let's say, avocados our brain will make a route (the synapse which will get thicker), connecting the two neural cells that contain the data we have on food and that fruit. The next time the food pops up in your mind, there are good chances the apples will come along, as well. You must be all like, "This has nothing to do with humor". And you're wrong, this is the actual way humor works.

Everything begins with another person telling you a short, yet common story. Stand-up comedians call this a setup. After that, you're expected to think about the given story in a certain way. And so, our brain will now make a path which will go from the setup to it's suitable punch-line. A completely different version of the punch-line, that you have not thought of, is what will make you laugh. And in case, you don't get this, the following example will help you out.

The Setup: What is the most satisfying thing next to being shot at and missed? The Punch-line: An income tax refund.

How have you felt when you heard the setup? I am sure you have thought that the car is being driven by one of the three folk. It's ok, because our brain simply works that way, during the setup. You've noticed that the punch line is totally different than what you have expected it to be. This is in fact the main principle of the way humor works.

The main thing is good setup. The greatest comedians will usually tell you a setup which will make you think of a number of different possible punch-lines. The more you think that your punch-line is the most suitable one, the more you'll laugh when you hear the actual one. If you have already heard the joke, it will most likely no longer be funny, because your brain knows the punch line and there are no more new routes being made in the brain.

This should be helpful in case you want to create some brand new pranks. When someone tells a story that all the folk thinks about in the same way, but you figure out an unexpected way to understand it. Now, if you tell this to others, it should be really funny. My site is very good resource for fat jokes, for funny jokes, as well as mexican jokes.


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