The punch-line of some jokes told today dates back hundreds of years, like the following. On the day of woman’s creation the gods took the roundness of the moon, the trembling quality of grass, the radiance of light and by mixing with other ingredients made woman. A week later man complained that she talked incessantly and told the gods to take her back. A week later man came begging for her, moaning that without her life was lonely. Three days later man appeared again asking the gods to please take her back. This time they refused, insisting he must keep her. Then he said, “I can’t live with her and I can’t live without her!” [3] found in Carolyn Wells, ed., An Outline of Humor (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1923 copyright renewed 1951), p. 124. Used by permission.