Reddit reviews Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind

I'm still planning on reading this: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Jokes-Using-Humor-Reverse-Engineer/dp/026201582X

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Matthew Hurley addresses this in Inside Jokes with an Incongruity Resolution model

Thanks! Added to my reading list:
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Jokes-Using-Humor-Reverse-Engineer/dp/026201582X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332584216&sr=8-1

Frankly, no one knows what really defines 'funny' and why such a concept exists. There is little more than speculation having to do with defying expectations, as mentioned. But why this is pleasurable is very mysterious.

Here is a fairly new book on the topic

Hey, you might find something like this book a good start.