Fiorella wasn't born with a sense of humor--she doubts if any child is--but she remembers when she started to develop one. It was in the first grade when the joke about the chicken crossing the road went viral. Like everyone else, Fio laughed and laughed, although she didn't understand what was funny. Question and answer jokes must have been in vogue back then because the next one she learned was "What's black and white and read/red all over?" At least she understood the pun in that one, but she wasn't funny on her own till about junior high, thanks to years of watching comedians on TV. By the time she started teaching, she had her students rolling in the aisles.
Another thing that separates us from the beasts--deliberate humor.
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