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Humour is the ability or
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of entertainment or human
communication which evokes such feelings, or
which makes people laugh or feel happy.
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| The origin of the
term derives from the humoral medicine of the
ancient Greeks, which stated that a mix of
fluids known as humours controlled
human health and emotion
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of humour is the ability to experience humour, |
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quality which all people share, although the extent to which an individual |
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something humorous
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on a host of absolute and relative variables, |
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location, culture maturity, level of education, and context.
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However, attempts to do just that have been made.
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For
example, young children particularly favour
slapstick, such as Punch
and Judy puppet shows
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| In this
context, humour is often
a subjective experience as it depends
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or perspective from its audience to be
effective. |
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frog
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thing dies in
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innards are discouraging.... |
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| Some
claim that humour
cannot or should not be |
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| Satire may rely more on
understanding the target of the humour, and thus
tends to appeal to more mature
audiences. |
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