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SeattleUte · 10-08-2006, 12:19 AM

Are humans the only animals that laugh, i.e., for whom there is such thing as humor?

MikeWaters · 10-08-2006, 03:32 AM

I think I read somewhere that dolphins have been shown to have humor. But I am too lazy to look it up. or maybe some other mammal. there was a recent news report.

il Padrino Ute · 10-08-2006, 06:20 AM

It's been said that dolphins are more intelligent than humans because they don't watch tv.

Parrot Head · 10-08-2006, 06:49 AM

Dolphins don't watch TV because there aren't enough dolphin-centric shows out there. You can only take so many re-runs of Flipper before you're ready to swim in front of a speeding boat.

il Padrino Ute · 10-08-2006, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Parrot Head

Dolphins don't watch TV because there aren't enough dolphin-centric shows out there. You can only take so many re-runs of Flipper before you're ready to swim in front of a speeding boat.

That makes sense. It would also explain why so many people watch shows like American Idol, eh? That most people dream of being insulted by what's his name? (I am proud to be one of about 6 people who has never seen that show.)

I'd think dolphins would want to see a replay of the entire 1972 NFL season. Get that on ESPN classic and the rating would skyrocket along the waterfronts of any coastal cities.

SeattleUte · 10-08-2006, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I think I read somewhere that dolphins have been shown to have humor. But I am too lazy to look it up. or maybe some other mammal. there was a recent news report.

I thought this must have come up somewhere in med or phsychiatry shool.

creekster · 10-08-2006, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I thought this must have come up somewhere in med or phsychiatry shool.

Maybe you could ask a veternarian.

MikeWaters · 10-08-2006, 10:27 PM

here you go:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4401695.stm

10-08-2006, 12:19 AM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Question for Waters Are humans the only animals that laugh, i.e., for whom there is such thing as humor? __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

10-08-2006, 06:20 AM	#3
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	It's been said that dolphins are more intelligent than humans because they don't watch tv. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

10-08-2006, 06:49 AM	#4
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	Dolphins don't watch TV because there aren't enough dolphin-centric shows out there. You can only take so many re-runs of Flipper before you're ready to swim in front of a speeding boat. __________________ Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. - Bronco, when asked how to describe PH

10-08-2006, 03:32 AM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I think I read somewhere that dolphins have been shown to have humor. But I am too lazy to look it up. or maybe some other mammal. there was a recent news report.

10-08-2006, 10:27 PM	#8
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	here you go: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4401695.stm