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<DIV dir=ltr align=left>It has been well and truly said that if you have to
explain a joke, it wasn't funny in the first place. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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class=463562500-16102008>It truly has been said, but i don't think it was said
truly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=463562500-16102008>Often, I may understand a joke but find it not
funny. sometimes, i might be missing a key premise behind the joke, but
had i understood that, i would have found it funny. It is true that if i
hear a joke, and then the premise, i might not find it funny, but had i
understood that premise i would have found it funny. The trick in good
joke telling is to make sure that the audience knows the premises before the
actual telling.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=463562500-16102008>That said, if i do not understand a joke i always ask
to have it explained because it i find it frustrating to have it go over my
head. if, upon explanation, i don't find it funny, so be it. but at
least i won't be frustrated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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