news Scientists say listeners who hear groan-inducing puns are actually GRATEFUL for the gags

Why dads tell dad jokes: Scientists say listeners who hear groan-inducing puns are actually GRATEFUL for the gags (as we reveal the top 20 worst ones)Emitting a 'groan' to a pun is

'indicative of approval', a study in the US has foundResearchers asked 300 people the type of jokes they liked to give and receivePuns and observational comedy topped the receiving

list, surprising researchersBy Laurence Dollimore For Mailonline Published: 06:49 EST, 3 December 2022 | Updated: 06:52 EST, 3 December 2022 We've all rolled our eyes or shook our

heads at a pun-filled 'dad joke', but the truth is we secretly love them, a study has suggested. In fact emitting a 'groan' is not a negative response, but 'indicative of

approval', surprised researchers discovered. The study at Northern Illinois University in the US probed nearly 300 people on their preferred style of jokes - both to give and

receive - while also asking each respondent to take a personality test. He had hoped to discover whether those who 'punished' their friends and loved ones with a groan-worthy play

on words were 'everyday sadists'. Stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr (pictured) is famed for his hilarious 'punny' one-liners Emitting a 'groan' after a pun is not a negative response,

but 'indicative of approval', surprised researchers discovered (Pictured: Pun-loving jokester Milton Jones) Five classic Jimmy Carr one-liners (not for the easily offended) 'I

realized I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat.' 'Say what you want about the deaf…''I was walking the streets of Glasgow the other week and I saw this

sign, ''This door is alarmed''. I said to myself, ''How do you think I feel?''''The first few weeks of Weight Watchers, you're just finding your feet.''British scientists have

demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray.' But according to the results, pun-tellers were not sadistic, and receivers were actually

grateful, as puns were among the most popular jokes to hear.It's punderful news for comedians such as Jimmy Carr, Milton Jones or Tim Vine, who are all known for their hilarious

one-liners.It's bad news for their US-based countryman and political pun-dit John Oliver, however, who once branded them 'not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of

human behavior.'Samuel Johnson, author of the 1755 Dictionary of the English Language, also had a scathing review of the wordplay, once famously writing: 'To trifle with the

vocabulary which is the vehicle of social intercourse is to tamper with the currency of human intelligence.. He who would violate the sanctities of his Mother Tongue would invade