It was pointed out to me the other day that most of humanity has never seen my Rules of Comedy powerpoint presentation. That's because I've only given it three times and always to closed corporate audiences. I'll start shelling out tidbits time and again, when i'm otherwised swamped and don't have anything particularly interesting to write about.
Rule: Prime numbers are the funniest numbers. Zero is not funny but is frequently used by amateurs in an attempt to be funny. Other really not funny numbers are negative numbers and any non-prime over 100.
Examples:
"how cold is it outside?"
Amateur: "I think it's like minus 80!"
Pro: "I think it's 1" (see John Candy in "planes, trains, and automobiles")
Good: "Dotted lines are twice as funny as straight lines" (with apologies to Suck cartoonist Terry Colon).
Better: "Dotted lines are 23% funnier than straight lines"
Extra credit: "Pi" is funny, but "3.14" and any extended variations thereof are not funny.
Posted by Dick at November 3, 2003 04:50 PM | TrackBackI have a question, professor. I appreciate the value of the prime number rule, but I'm wondering if those last two examples don't connect to another rule. Is there a rule of Inappropriate Precision? I mean, is a temperature of 1 funny because 1 is prime, or because it is so exact? Same for the dotted line example.
I'm trying to think of an example, where the funny doesn't come from primeness, but from this other law that you in your unfailing wisdom either know doesn't exist or have seen fit not to tell us.
"How many stars are in the sky, Dad?"
Not funny: Billions and billions, son.
Funny: 5,324
Well, that isn't quite right. 23 would be funnier there too. But maybe that's the law of dramatic under or over-estimation.
So. Funny to read about in theory, but when one goes out in the field for lab work, sooo many subtleties. By thinking through my fingers in this comment, I have new appreciate for the law of primes. 'Cause it's simple. No thinking about how to apply it. Just apply it.
Posted by: Marc at November 15, 2003 10:21 AMThis is not funny is what my friend says. But she is cool and has a life. Dancing monkeys would be funny especially to drunk people. Even when she was drunk this wasn't funny. You're not funny and neither are your 23 prime little friends.
I actually think its kind of funny! My friend masturbates too much.
Now that's funny.
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