On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Ranma al'Thor <ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu> wrote:

Find at least 10 jokes that don't involve someone or something being 
humiliated in one way or another.

Why did the Chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side.

Poking fun at the chicken.

My local Denny's advertises Breakfast Any Time.
So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

...Denny's.

The local Drivein had a sign that says "Adults $5.00, Children $2.50."  
I've always wanted children, so I told them I'd like two boys and a girl.

...The joke teller.

I bought a coffee table yesterday.  It's decaffinated.

...Caffine addicts.

I used to work at a place that makes "No Parking signs", but I had to 
quit because I couldn't find anywhere to park.

...Factory workers.

I came home one night and accidentally put my car key in the front door 
of my apartment building. The engine started up, so I decided to take it 
out for a drive.

...Locksmiths.

My upstairs neighbor makes artifical hairballs for ceramic cats.

...Cat lovers.

I decided to paint my house, so I went down to Sherwin Williams and 
bought some used paint in the shape of my house....

...Lazy painters.

I couldn't find my socks this morning, so I called Information.  She told 
me they had fallen down under the bed.  

...Ma' Bell.

I got in an elevator the other day, then noticed one of the buttons said 
"Phoenix", so I pushed it to see what would happen.  The elevator moved 
for a while, then the doors opened and two tumbleweeds blew in. I got out 
and was in Phoenix.  

...Elevator Operators.

There's this button in my house that doesn't do anything.  Well, I 
thought it didn't.  So I used to push it periodically, just for fun.  One 
day I got a letter from this lady in West Germany:  "Will you please stop 
that?"

...Electricians.

I used to live in a house powered by static electricity.  To get the 
toaster to work, you had to rub balloons on your head.  To get the 
microwave to work, one of us had to keep putting on and taking off a 
sweater...

...Power company.

Frankly, I think that as usual, Heinlein was full of shit.  The core of 
humor isn't pain, it's incongruity...the reversal of expectations.  Yes, 
this can often involve pain, but can just as often involve puns, word 
play, and unexpected events.

Gee, I found someone being made fun of for each of those.  Guess he isn't 
so far off, is he?

%% Its hard isn't it?  And if you've thought of 10, examine them more 
%% closely.  And if you don't grok any of this, the joke is on you.

No, actually it's rather easy.  

Sorry Jhon, you didn't grok.