Whatever the first rule of cool, the first rule of funny is that if you try to dissect why a joke is funny in a solicitor's office, not only does funny move on, it doesn't leave a forwarding address and gets a restraining order taken out preventing you from ever contacting it again.

BBC: At last. A judge rules on what is - and will remain - cool

Why is this funny?

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It is difficult enough to decode "OMG" (Oh my God) "BFF" (best friends forever) and "GTG" (got to go), let alone understand why it's funny to call something a "fail" (but not a "failure").

WSJ: Mastering the Finer Points of American Slang

That's part of the reason why celebrity mugshots are so funny because those fools got caught.

CNN: Don't lower threshold on drunken driving

Why do we have this funny feeling that DirecTV won't be renewing their contract with TiVo when it expires in 2007?

ENGADGET: DirecTV getting ready to drop TiVo?

Mr. CRESSWELL: We had one guy turn up with size, like, 55 clown boots on, you know, which was very funny, but he wasn't funny, which is maybe why he was wearing them.

NPR: Bang a Can: Auditioning for 'Stomp'

As the oldest of his two sons (David Krumholtz, who's very funny) points out, other people live their lives like this, so why shouldn't the Abramowitzes?

CNN: Review: 'Slums of Beverly Hills' on-target with comic realism

This is why Wall Street could care less about emerging markets, and cares more about the pitiful growth in the US. Funny, no quotes from the head of the US business or the head of the European business.

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