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Vinny Burgoo  
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 More options Nov 7 2010, 1:52 pm
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english, alt.folklore.science
From: Vinny Burgoo <hlu...@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 10:52:08 -0800 (PST)
Local: Sun, Nov 7 2010 1:52 pm
Subject: Re: ketchup v. tomato sauce: the controversy
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On Nov 6, 11:08 pm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:

> Mike Lyle filted:
> >R H Draney wrote:
> >> I believe it was Neil Simon who declared that any word with a K in it
> >> is automaticallyfunny....r

> >Hmm...he may have been onto something... ducks arefunny...fucking ducks
> >arefunnytill you actually see it...chicken joke...cock...but back
> >isn'tfunny...stack, slack...no, not proven.

> As I understand it, the underlying rule is that if two similarwordsare given,
> one with a K and one without, the former is funnier than the latter..."back" is
> not a knee-slapper itself, but it's funnier than "front", and if the domain is
> "anatomical regions", it's got it all over "elbow" and shin"....r

Thus rule doesn't work. 'Biscuits' is inherently funnier than
'cookies', 'manly' beats 'manky' and 'lard' beats everything.

--
VB


 
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