Mathematicians of a certain bent enjoy puns. For them — and only them — here are some items about log scales: A photo of a log scale Log scales in Australia Log scales somewhere else And this: “The Case for Cubic Log Scale“, which blends in an unusual but sensible way notions from two kinds of […]
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Joking about accountants – a netnographical approach
Unfairly or not, some have characterised the rôle of accountants in popular culture as dull and boring. And the bottom line is that there is a plentiful stock of jokes about them. But a provisional audit of the scholarly literature reveals that researchers been extremely economical in accruing an inventory of accountancy-humour papers. In fact, […]
Failed Humor in Washington State.
To begin, an example. Two friends in their 20s (called ‘L’ who is female, and ‘R’ who is male) are conversing : L: “What did the big cup say to the little cup?” R: (sarcastically) “I’m bigger than you?” L: “No, Nothing. Cups can’t talk”. R: (completely ignoring L) “I can hold more water than […]
Cost assessment of bad joking
Begun in 2007, the WSU research on failed humor supports earlier findings suggesting a lot of face-saving goes on among all parties whenever a joke is told. But the new research also demonstrates that the failure to deliver on the promise of humor can lead to surprisingly harsh responses from listeners – particularly when those […]