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Seat of irony and humour

General Discussion
#1

Hi all, Since it’s really hot in some parts of the continent - AC is a wonderful thing! - one might as well relax and have a chuckle. Yesterday, while searching for a special smilie which would project the “The devil made me do it” sentiment to the German speakers, I came across an interesting item. “The devil made me do it” or even “Tongue in cheek” would appropriately be translated as “Schalk im Nacken” (the official translation is “a real tease” :wink: :slight_smile: ) and surprise surprise I found an item, under “Schalk im Nacken”, that made reference to a study carried out at the Rotman Research Centre at the U of T which clearly designated the right frontal lobe of the brain as the seat of appreciation of irony and humour in general. Here is the article as published in “Brain” http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/122/4/657 I always suspected that there must be such a condition, it is reassuring to have it confirmed. :wink: :wink: :slight_smile: :smiley: :smiley: Lack a sense of humour? Could be a damaged right frontal lobe. Oh yeah those smilies, any one of this trio will do.

#2

hehe Somehow, we rarely understand each other. Now I like this smiley

#3

Very interesting, HJ, but I believe a sense of humor is also an environment thing.

I had 8 siblings, all with a sense of humor which could be due to common genes. My school mates enjoyed jokes and humor, too, But while working on the extra board for the railroad, working in many towns, I encountered one small Illinois town where no one seemed to have a sense of humor. The towermen were humorless; the waitresses in restaurants, everyone I had occasion to converse with never seemed to appreciate humor.

But it’s nice to know that homo sapiens had a reason to develop prefrontal lobes!

Art

#4

Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
Hi all, Lack a sense of humour? Could be a damaged right frontal lobe.

So, my lovely bride does suffer from brain damage. Poor thing, its not her fault. And, I love her despite this disorder.

madwolf

#5

Hi guys :wink: Don’t shoot the messenger! ;):wink:

#6

Hmmm, women and humour. Try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HhPHCT-Kes

#7

hehe

That would get me in BIG trouble!

#8

Tom Ruby said:
hehe That would get me in BIG trouble!

Tom, Just like the humour study there is another one which concerns itself with the differences between male and female brains. And of course a book to go with it, the author was interviewed on CBC’s Freestyle. The encapsulated version goes something like this; male and female embryos start out with the same brain size and characteristics but by week eight or thereabouts, certain portions of the male brain, if I remember correctly the hypothalamus among them, start to develop more slowly and differently, which turns out to be a real handicap later on. Of course the researcher/author is female, but she isn’t Canadian. :wink: :slight_smile:

#9

According to Gary Smiley, who teaches about marital relations:

“Men are born brain damaged. You ladies think we lie awake at night thinking of ways to make the relationship diffecult. That’s not so! It comes naturally.”

#10
Tom Ruby said:
According to Gary Smiley, who teaches about marital relations:

“Men are born brain damaged. You ladies think we lie awake at night thinking of ways to make the relationship diffecult. That’s not so! It comes naturally.”


Sounds like Gary Smiley lost his balls a long time ago. Just what we need another person with a podium telling us how its all our fault. We’re seeing a lot of examples in the Greater St. Louis Area of people that think it is always somebody elses fault or wants somebody to take care of them. Guano happens, get out a shovel and deal with it. That doesn’t always mean shoveling guano, sometimes it means hitting the bull in the head with the shovel and having steaks for supper.

#11
Ric Golding said:
Guano happens, get out a shovel and deal with it. That doesn't always mean shoveling guano, sometimes it means hitting the bull in the head with the shovel and having steaks for supper.
Make mine rare, please, with a baked Idaho and all the trimmings.

-What a wonderful world it is that has girls in it!
-Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well.
-Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.
-Rub her feet.
-Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.
-Don’t try to have the last word. You might get it.

From the Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Ca 2342

madwolf

#12

Ric, if you get a chance to hear Gary Smalley (I had the name wrong), don’t miss him. You’ll like his message and his humor is just your sort.

#13

Ron,

Women and Humor? This does not compute!

Ron

#14
Ronald Wenger said:
Ron,

Women and Humor? This does not compute!

Ron


Ron,

I should introduce you to some of the ladies I know, starting with my equal half. :wink: :slight_smile: :wink: