On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, White Wolf wrote:

In A Stranger In a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein proposed that laughter 
is the human response to pain.  At the root of humor, could be an insult, 
or a tragedy, or some other form of human misery.  Laughing is how we 
keep it from hurting so much.  Explains how the truly depressed can laugh 
hysterically, huh?

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

                                  ~~~~
                The Chaotic Trickster - kergma@sv.net.au

%% 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.