Well. Most people I know, male or female, aren’t funny. Some men think they’re funny and they’re just foolish. Some women might think they’re funny (although women don’t tend to view themselves in those terms) and they’re just snide. Christopher Hitchen’s thinks there is a Darwinian reason that men are funnier (if you accept his assumption): men need to be to get the girl (and I’m paraphrasing because the article

If you’re lazy like I am, it can be difficult to know the truth about what’s really going on in this country.  The media lemmings always seem to head for the same cliff and jump off together.  On the way down, the scream that we’re all in serious trouble and need to Do Something™.  Then they hit the ground, dust themselves off, and find a new cliff.  One wonders if