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Robert Provine's conclusions on how laughter is caused
  1. The left side of the cortex analyzes the joke
  2. The brain frontal lobe becomes active
  3. The right hemisphere of the cortex finishes the analysis of the joke
  4. It then spreads to become processed by the senses
  5. Lastly the motor section of the brain gets stimulated to evoke laughter


Words
  • quirk \KWURK\ -verb- curve, twist
  • e·gre·gious (ĭ-grē'jəs, -jē-əs) -adj- Conspicuously bad or offensive
    to put the mockers on -v.phr- to jinx or bring bad luck on an activity or to hinder it, perhaps through an adverse circumstance that may be regarded as bad luck
  • um·quhile (Ŭm"kwĭl) -adv- Formerly, previously; former, late
  • gelotology -n- the study of humour
  • ger·ry·man·der (jĕr'ē-măn'dər, gĕr'-) -tr.v.- To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.
  • communist North


Comics
  • Childhood lesson #1: Childhood is what happens when school isn't looking
  • Open a massage parlor and live off the fat of the land
  • C  - I've never felt so depressed before...
    L  - Well. I wish I knew what to say, Charlie Brown, but you're a hard person to help...
    C  - You mean I have a personality so complicated that it defies analysis ?
    L  - No, I mean you have a personality so simple that it defies analysis!