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Having spent such a time back in Australia recently, as some of you know already, has meant spending lots of hours with family, including small children. To test little toddlers and others for sense of yuma made me think about jokes and the age we begin to appreciate them. Someone told me once that a finely tuned (subtle) sensayuma and intelligence were correlated. I accepted that without question. But over the jourrney you have to query. I mean are Stephen Fry, Ronnie Corbett and Steve Martin bastions of high intellect? Goodness. Anyway, to the topic. It also got me thinking about when we begin to appreciate humour and jokes. At risk of sounding up myself, I have vivid recall of my Year 1 (age 6) teacher Mrs Matheson ticking off a fellow classer named Gloria Faraway. Mrs M had probably asked a question - I have no recall - of GF only to find her absent in the response area. Mrs M said something to the effect: you certainly are faraway Gloria Faraway. I chuckled, getting the joke. Thought it wonderful. Not one other kid in the class laughed. Mrs M held her reserve, did not wink at me or let me know she heard my 6 year old cackling. But such was the impression, I recall it vividly to this day. That mix of getting the joke and having something up top fascinates me hugely. Any thoughts on your earliest joke recollections?
