> > > >
> > > > Multiple choice question:
> > > > How did you find South America?
> > > > A. I went to New York and turned right.
> > > > B. Revolting
> > > > C. I didn't know it was lost.
> > > > D. None of these answers is funny.
> > >
> > > That is so lame. Yet I laughed for a few minutes straight after reading the last answer. Don't know why exactly, but I guess that's the nature of humor.
> > > Stephen
> >
> > Lame. Yeah, I like that. Really bad jokes are my specialty and I get tired of hearing them called "bad" or "corny." Lame shows a little more imagination. If a joke gets a laugh instead of a groan, it lacks something. Should I delete the D. answer?
> > Howard
>
> Well, I suppose if you wanted to make it unfunny, then yes. But then again I'm probably the only person that found it funny WITH the D answer, so it probably doesn't make too much of a difference unless your audience consists solely of me.
>
> Stephen

No you're not. I thought it was the D answer that made the whole thing amusing in the first place. Even with the awful pun in answer B.

Jp