Why bad jokes make us angry
22/08/2008 … Bad jokes are greeted with such hostility because they break social conventions and insult the listener, new research has found.
2008 Archives
Fri 22 August 2008
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22/08/2008 … AMERICAN stand-up Eugene Mirman is writing a guide to modern life, called The Will to Whatevs, to be published in the US February.
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22/08/2008 … THE OFFICE USA star Craig Robinson will avoid jail time despite pleading guilty to possessing ecstasy.
Pete speaks
22/08/2008 … A previously unseen 40-year-old interview with Peter Cook is to be broadcast for the first time.
Fringe's funniest joke revealed
22/08/2008 … Zoe Lyons officially has the funniest joke on the Edinburgh Fringe, after scooping a new award.
A one-Norse race
Norwegian comic takes new act crown
22/08/2008 … Norwegian comic Daniel Simonsen has won this year’s So You Think You’re Funny new act competition.