Distributed Comedy
Okay, so some of this humor is only relevant if you've spent time on IRC on in other Internet chat rooms, but bash.org has bits of conversations which people copy from the chatter and post. The snippets then get modded up and down based on how funny they are. The best rise to the top and you can check them out here. Not all are work safe, but they're all pretty funny.
Much of the humor is topical and witty, with setups and punchlines that require a "gullible party" to walk into the joke. Somehow I have a feeling that lots of writers and comedians are looking to bash.org for inspiration.
<tag> Ouroboros: lets play Pong
<Ouroboros> Ok.
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<Ouroboros> Whoops
<reuben> somebody keeps jiggling the doorknob on my front door, then running away
<reuben> i don't know if i should call the police, or hook up some electricity to the doorknob
<cristobal> why don't you put ice on the stairs
<cristobal> and heat up the door knob
<cristobal> and swing paint buckets down from your two story foyer
<cristobal> then a few years later, fade from the public eye.....
