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Older folks don't get the jokes?

Betsy Taylor, writing for AP, says that “Joke comprehension may decrease with age.”

A new psychology study at Washington University… suggested that because older adults may have greater difficulty with cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning and short-term memory, they also have greater difficulty with tests of humor comprehension.

It’s nothing that a few stiff drinks won’t cure. (Thanks to reader Stuart McCallister!)