Rejection is no impediment to getting published
The Annals of Improbable Research receives a large number of submissions, most of which we have to decline to publish. Recently, Jon Singer submitted an article, and we rejected it. Singer’s gracious response is eloquent. We publish it here with his permission:
Hmmm. I wrote it up to read as a goof, but in fact I really did put my finger in my eye within two minutes after rubbing a real habanero pepper into it (the finger, that is), twice, and the work is entirely real.
I do see what you mean, though. The humor is rather geeky. I suppose I could make it just a serious paper, but I suspect that even fewer folks would get the humor inherent in that approach.
Oh, well…