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Re:The significance of plot without conflict (2012) by healthdavid on Monday August 28, 2017 @02:45PM (#15119011)
Is there such a thing as a joke that doesn't have a "butt", though? It's obvious in mocking and slapstick but even in wordplay the joke is at the expense of the structure and rules of language and implicitly the people who try to police it.
Re:The significance of plot without conflict (2012) by kobeya on Monday August 28, 2017 @02:58PM (#15119109)
I'm not laughing at language police when I think a particularly clever pun is funny.
Re:The significance of plot without conflict (2012) by shuntress on Monday August 28, 2017 @05:49PM (#15120368)
Why do SCUBA divers drop backwards to get into the water?

If they dropped forwards, they would land in the boat.

Re:The significance of plot without conflict (2012) by labster on Monday August 28, 2017 @04:58PM (#15120003)
There are lots of jokes about computers, and, the last time I checked, computers don't have butts.