ABSTRACT
The first Knowledge Resource (KR) that is essential in a joke is language. Jokes consist of words and the language resource explains how words/language are/is used to create humour. Traditionally, there has been much debate about jokes that play on language alone and those that play on world or encyclopaedic knowledge. Finally, jokes allow us to talk about many subjects that would be taboo outside the play frame of non-serious discourse. Salvatore Attardo's 1994 KRs highlight the interplay that exists between form and content in a joke. In all probability, Script Opposition is the most vital KR for both the creation and the recognition of verbal humour. However, what is interesting about much humorous material online is that so much of it is actually produced by users themselves. Online ping-pong-punning is more similar to a drawn out game of chess than ping-pong.
