DID you hear the one about the boffins who set out to find the world's funniest joke?
No, it is not a gag, but a matter of serious science. The LaughLab experiment has officially identified the world's most amusing punchline, as recorded by the giggleometer.
Apparently, this tale of hunting hilarity tickled everyone from the East End to Ostend, from Scandanavia to Venezuela to Tasmania. Even the Germans liked it (but they laugh at everything, apparently).
Forget cracking the genetic code, this is real Nobel prize-winning stuff.
The same scientists are now trying to breed the world's shaggiest dog.
Updated: 12:34 Thursday, October 03, 2002
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