Joke vs. pun

Newsgroups: alt.memetics
From: ashton@netcom.com (shub)
Subject: chunk
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 02:26:19 GMT

A Joke builds its own famework and relies upon delivery.

A Pun must be in cotext and relies upon lack of delivery.

From: nv91-asa@black28.nada.kth.se (Anders Sandberg)
Date: 13 Jan 1995 12:42:00 GMT

ashton@netcom.com (shub) wrote:
>A Joke builds its own famework and relies upon delivery.
>
>A Pun must be in cotext and relies upon lack of delivery.

That may explain why jokes more often become memes (spread
away from the inventor) than puns. Jokes are more self-
contained, while puns only can spread within a context
(although a common cultural context can work). 
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