Jokes can be classified many ways. The most common on the internet is by theme or subject area. And the one that pops up a lot is "Dad Jokes". That got me wondering whether there is a formal subject classification of jokes.
I checked out Wikipedia as it includes an index of joke types. The list is less than 80 items long, so I don't think it would be considered comprehensive. And it seems so specific at times - what make Romanian humour its own topic compared to every other country?
I liked this one - Monsieur et Madame jokes. A Monsieur et Madame joke is originally a French type of joke, which takes the form of a riddle. It involves providing the surname of a husband and wife and asking for their child's given name, with the answer forming a pun. For example, Monsier and Madame Mauve are said to have a son called Guy, where his name is a homophone for guimauve ("marshmallow").
And then I was surprised by how unpleasant this type of joke is - Cruel Jokes would be renamed Macabre in my view -
Mommy why is Daddy still sleeping. Shut up and keep digging.
Things seem incomplete and more complicated than I imagined. Maybe more work is needed.
So I went to The Onion's article which claims all jokes fall into one of 11 categories:
I took this picture at the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. It was a narrow tall water tank of bubbles rising. Some sort of interest at the entrance. The effect was achieved with multiple exposures and a slow shutter speed.
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