What are some popular and mildly funny girl jokes from Essex?
Edward do Bono suggests that the mind is a pattern matching machine, and that it works by recognising stories and behavior and putting them into familiar patterns. When a familiar connection is disrupted and an alternative unexpected new link is made in the brain via a different route than expected then laughter occurs as the new connection is made. This theory explains a lot about jokes. For example: * Why jokes are only funny the first time they are told: once they are told the pattern is already there, so there can be no new connections, and so no laughter. * Why jokes have an elaborate and often repetitive set up: The repetition establishes the familiar pattern in the brain. A common method used in jokes is to tell almost the same story twice and then deliver the punch line the third time the story is told. The first two tellings of the story evoke a familiar pattern in the brain, thus priming the brain for the punch line. * Why jokes often rely on stereotypes: the use of a stereot
