The essence of Funny

Something I never really bothered to think about until the other day. I received this link which had a list of some incredibly hilarious stuff, and some not so funny. It occurred to me then to question what was it that made those things so humorous!

Would your preference of humour depend on:

1) Genetics aka your parents (blame everything on them)
- Not too sure about this one. My parents still laugh at Chinese serials while I cringe.

2) Your childhood peers
- Coupled with the fact that it's these years where you develop the foundation of your psyche, it's probably an era where you feel even more inclined to be socially accepted. Through conditioning, you'd find funny what your closest buddies then find funny too.

3) The type of entertainment you had available
- Growing up with cable and MTV WILL have an effect on you. And we wonder why Americans bother filming Scary Movie 452.

4) The amount of sunshine you had
- Well with photosynthe... nah.

How do Evil Masterminds recruit?

After watching enough movies, you start wondering about silly things. The latest to cross my mind was after watching "Planet Terror", an awesome Quentin Tarantino flick. That, and pretty much any other movie with a lead villain has to have his henchmen.

Like my title says, how the heck do these baddies recruit? Perhaps they could:

1) Register at Jobstreet.com and post the following
"Full time employee wanted. Preferably only PMR level education (maximum). Males should be 6 footers and well built. Females with modeling careers are encouraged to apply. No initiative spirit needed, but must love team work. Applicants cannot be allergic or adverse to metal, grease, canvas, blood, Rambo. A short but once in a lifetime experience awaits you!"

2) Pose as border police and 'persuade' all foreign illegals to join them

3) Recruit direct from government authorities