Results: Ha Ha, Very Funny!: You and Jokes
1.
1.
Would you rather hear someone tell you a funny joke or be the person who tells a funny joke to someone else?
I'd rather be the joke teller.
10%
•
260 votes
I prefer being the one to listen to jokes.
45%
•
1140 votes
I'm equally inclined to tell or listn to them.
28%
•
714 votes
Neither, thanks!
17%
•
439 votes
2.
2.
Whether you like telling and/or listening to jokes, what kind/s do you enjoy (some jokes may fall into multiple categories)?
Story-based jokes
50%
•
1289 votes
Question-and-answer jokes
22%
•
563 votes
Knock knock jokes
18%
•
465 votes
Prop-based jokes
12%
•
304 votes
Puns
25%
•
627 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
41 votes
Not Applicable
22%
•
562 votes
Malapropisms (think of Yogi Berra's and Norm Crosby's misuse of language)
14%
•
365 votes
One-liners (think of Henny Youngman's and Steven Wright's brief bits)
28%
•
727 votes
Ethinic jokes
10%
•
253 votes
3.
3.
Have you ever told a joke that's resulted in any of the following reactions in the person/s to who you told it?
Crying
10%
•
264 votes
Howling
14%
•
366 votes
Beverage going through nose
20%
•
512 votes
Hyperventilation
6%
•
164 votes
Nausea
2%
•
59 votes
Temporary loss of eliminatory bodily function (such as wetting one self)
7%
•
172 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
28 votes
Not Applicable
60%
•
1541 votes
4.
4.
If you've ever told anyoe a joke the person to whom you told it didn't understand, what did you do?
Let it go
25%
•
635 votes
Explained it
34%
•
859 votes
Resolved to never again tell jokes (or, at least, jokes of the same type) to the person/people in question
7%
•
188 votes
Repeated it, perhaps with a different style of delivery
10%
•
253 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
14 votes
Not Applicable
37%
•
953 votes
5.
5.
It's your turn! How about sharing a joke with your fellow Tellwutters?
Sure, I'll contribute in a comment!
5%
•
130 votes
No, not today!
76%
•
1942 votes
I'll consider it, but no promises!
19%
•
481 votes
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