What is mechanical imitation?

In the ever-changing life, no matter what the situation is, it is also a skill to create humor by mechanically imitating what is applied to one thing to another.

Braam stock pointed out in his book On Laughter that funny is "a mechanical thing embedded in living things". In the ever-changing life, it is of course funny to suddenly insert a mechanical and rigid performance. Look at this example: there is a student. On this day, the teacher taught him three words "you, me and him" and used them to make sentences. "You, you are my student; I, I am your teacher; He, he is your classmate. "

After the student came home, he told his father happily, pointed to his father and said, "You, you are my student; Me, I am your teacher. " He pointed to his mother again. "She, she is your classmate."

Father was very angry: "How can I be your student?" I, I am your father; You, you are my son; She-she's your mother. "

The aggrieved students came to school. Blame the teacher: "teacher, you have taught wrong, it should be like this-you, you are my son;" I, I am your father; She-she's your mother. "The student and his father are both" me "at home, and they don't understand that the change of situation will lead to the change of language expression, which is mechanical, rigid and stupid.

There are also many examples of humorous stories caused by stupidity in folk jokes. Little Tom is not good at talking. One day, a neighbor gave birth to a son, and everyone went to congratulate him, and he also went. His father specifically told him not to say unlucky things when eating, and he happily agreed.

At dinner, little Tom didn't say anything, just ate steak. Until he finished eating, someone asked little Tom why he didn't speak. He said, "Look, I didn't say anything today. If this child dies, it's none of my business! " "Although little Tom didn't say anything at the dinner table, the final assumption still didn't take into account" what not to say at this time ",which made people laugh and cry.

Children's thinking is generally simple and linear, showing consistency and often causing jokes.

Tom: "I don't think much of this new math teacher."

Bill: "Why?"

Tom: "Yesterday he told us that 5+ 1=6."

Bill: "What's the matter?"

Tom: "But today he said 4+2=6."

Willie's son went to menstruation's room to play, and came back with a small bag of candy for his father, saying it was given by menstruation.

Dad asked, "Did you say' thank you'?"

"Oh, I forgot." The son immediately ran to his aunt's room to thank him. When he came back, he said to his father, "Actually, I don't have to thank my aunt."

"Why?" Dad asked.

"My aunt said,' Good boy, you're welcome.' "