On 3/23/07, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think there's some point here - there's a
lot of junk on BJAODN
that's just, well, junk. For instance, I don't think much of anyone
is going to find much to recommend "CHUCK IS AN EVIL MAN WHO EATS
TENNIS BALLS! HE JUST EATS THEM WITH MANGO SALSA!!!!" as humor.
That's pretty damn hilarious, actually.
On the other hand, "The Secretary-General of the
UN can be
distinguished from the General-Secretary of the UN in that whilst one
is in charge of the entire world, the other types letters and answers
phone calls." is in fact a bit funny.
In fact, I find the incongruous image of eating tennis balls, with
mango salsa no less, as an indicator of evilness, than the passage
above, which is a simple pun on the word secretary.
Remember, it's called "bad jokes and other deleted nonsense", not
"reasonably good jokes that Phil finds humorous." If Phil is correct
in his opinion, than his first selection does a better job of
qualifying as a bad joke.
In all seriousness, humor is a subjective thing.