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Wed 26 Mar 2008
Not all people, granted; in fact, it only occurs to me because I personally love ‘em. But there are a lot of folks out there who react negatively to puns or even to the abstract notion of puns. Where’s all this wordplay animus coming from? Did puns beat someone up as a kid?
Posted by Josh MillardTue 4 Mar 2008
Everybody’s got a mother, and everybody knows yo mama jokes. They’re classics but they’re also fight-starters — yeah, it’s just a joke, but you better not talk about my momma, etc.
Why are the reactions to these jokes so complicated? What makes yo mama jokes funny, and what makes them offensive, and how do those things overlap?
Posted by Josh Millard