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Humour is the interpretation of a situation or event to find the comedy. Humour is an ability and a basic human reaction and skill that can bring people together. The use of humour can describe uncomfortable or delicate events and conditions and introduce people to subjects the may otherwise normally reject.

This can make humour, and it’s more demonstrative relation to comedy, a powerful marketing tool because of the sense of intimacy it creates between the creator and the amused. The level and nature of the humour or joke or can directly target a very specific group of people or amuse a wide group. It is said that the demographics of humour are nine to ninety - a grandchild and grandfather can laugh at the same thing.

Humour and it’s cousin wit are often signs of a quick thinking brain and certainly of a person that can look at the world laterally or in a different way. This makes the humourist or comedian, like many musicians, have a special place or relationship within their audience – the ability to make the audience laugh is considered by many as a great gift.
Humour is not to be confused with the patronizing action of ‘humouring’ someone,  which ultimately will not endear you to anyone..

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    nakedpastor — Authority Authority: 554
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  • Travel shows get makeover in India: Gaurav Kapoor (With Image)


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 506
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  • Those dam regulations


    CKA Canadian Forums — Authority Authority: 133
    by ShepherdsDog Received this in an e-mail. This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries regarding a pond on his property. It was sent by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality, State of Pennsylvania . This guys response is hilarious, but read The States letter before you get to the ...
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  • Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. First Look Trailers and Photos


    Frost Magazine — Authority Authority: 416
    My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding starts 14/02/2012 on Channel 4 It’s time to go frocking bananas, as the new series of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is almost upon us.Welcome to a world of bridal excess, where the cakes are the size of dresses, the dresses are the size of limos, and the limos are the size of small Central ...
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  • Happy Birthday, Dickens


    Letters of Note — Authority Authority: 744
    Image: Charles Dickens, via Lenin Imports Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of someone who, hopefully, needs no introduction:  Charles Dickens — a man who wrote so many letters (some 15000 have survived) its a wonder he ever found time to write the novels he did. Last month I featured the ...
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  • church enmeshed


    nakedpastor — Authority Authority: 554
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  • Typical Traffic Situations


    FUNNYPHILO — Authority Authority: 111
    The driver in front of you, is always slower than you. The driver behind you, is always more impatient than you. The driver on your left is always more irresponsible than you. The driver on your right is always ruder than you. And it doesnt matter which lane you are in, the cars in the other ...
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  • Religion and bears


    Not a sheep — Authority Authority: 120
    A priest, a Pentecostal preacher, and a rabbi all served as chaplains to the students at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isnt really all that hard. A real challenge would be to ...
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  • Viagra


    AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority Authority: 117
    All drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name. Example, the trade name is Tylenol and it’s generic name is Acetaminophen.. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also called Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen. The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After careful ...
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  • Tea Time With the Hulk [pic]


    Two Sexy Geeks — Authority Authority: 130
    Have you ever wondered if the Incredible Hulk could maybe look just  a little more camp? For more hints, tips, news and all things technology and geek related please follow us on Facebook or Twitter or subscribe to our feed . [via - funkymnkey1945 ] Related Posts: The Incredible Obama Hulk [pic] ...
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  • How to Back Up a Trailer…


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  • two theological libraries


    nakedpastor — Authority Authority: 554
    In Philippians 2, when the writer encourages the community to be like-minded, he immediately launches into a hymn about the emptying of God and the humiliation of Jesus. The Pauline writings reveal the intense focus on this theme. By their fruit you will know them. Knowledge is important, but it must stem from ...
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  • Bin Laden + Zombification = Osombie


    Nerds Raging — Authority Authority: 425
      God bless independent film-makers. Seriously. How else would Osama Bin Laden come back as a zombie? Check out the Kickstarter page for this movie – the makers are looking for that final bit of post-production funding as well as providing a whole lot more info about their movie.
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  • How the Alphabet is Taught to Kids Today [pic]


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  • Awesome Name!


    Ambush Predator — Authority Authority: 498
    Seen at my local farm shop: Certainly made me do a double-take!
    3 days ago

  • Spellcheck: Not Always Your Friend....


    Ambush Predator — Authority Authority: 498
    I always had a suspicion that most of these were just clever fakes, until I texted my brother on behalf of my Mum, who still hasnt mastered texting and wanted to know if he was coming to see her at the weekend: GAH!
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  • A mathematical proof that God is infinite good!


    An accidental blog — Authority Authority: 108
    Seen in The Mathematical Gazette November 1998 Volume 82 Number 495:
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  • A Sunday Larf – “…and the profits go to the fish”


    Jerrychicken - The Diary — Authority Authority: 111
    Whenever Ned or I have a brilliant idea the one who its being explained to will always stop and say “Tell me that again…” and the one who is doing the explaining will go into a confused recitation of the idea always finishing with “…and the profits go to the fish”, works every time. The [...]
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  • No, Tesco, This Is Not...


    Ambush Predator — Authority Authority: 498
    ...a reindeer! FAIL!
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  • gatomaquia


    casa az — Authority Authority: 112
    [click to enlarge] Featured in the window of Padilla Libros in Sevilla for years. I finally bought one of my own, and one for a friend. See (very loose) translation below… Visitor It is said of this one that he demonstrates the habit of going from house to house and taking advantage. Has many offspring. ...
    3 days ago

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