Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke.

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?

I hope no one asks me to show them the ropes; I have no idea where they are. Maybe I could pull some strings and find out.

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.

When it comes to bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion... Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do.

The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife--because the music hadn't been beautiful enough.

Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.