Hi Jesse, you can use one liners from stand up comedy, for example
steven wright's jokes. they are considered classic and you can have
few people rate them prior to the study to find which are the
funniest ones.

Gil

--- In Humorology@yahoogroups.com, "Jesse Graham" <jgraham@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Humorologists,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has (or knows where to find) a set of short
sayings
> -- jokes, one-liners, aphorisms, anything -- that have been rated
for
> funniness. I'm working on an affect-as-information study on
amusement and
> profundity, and we were going to use similes ("Marriage is like a
> straightjacket," "God is like a wet bar of soap," etc.) but none of
them are
> really funny. Thanks!
>
> Jesse
>