>nah, it's not that. I don't think those examples you chose were >necessarily meant to generate belly laughs from readers. I think they >were examples of how the male character interacted with the female >character (in both cases). It was something that would be funny **to >her**. Not necessarily to anyone else. = I understood the jokes were not meant for belly laughs, but weren't they supposed to at least make me smile? >Notice in both cases a woman is telling another woman about how a >man--and a very important one-- made her laugh... Good point. Maybe I have the wrong gender to enjoy the jokes fully. :) Paul J