It is the absurd quality that some folks object to in humor. Especially when it's self-deprecating humor like Rick's joke about IQ.

A musician passes away in his sleep. He awakes and finds himself in the studio. He sees Willie Dixon over in the corner testing out a new bass. Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman are over in the corner tuning up their guitars. Janis Joplin, John Lennon, and Elvis Presley are loudly exercising their vocal chords. He thinks to himself, "This must be music heaven."

Just then Karen Carpenter comes into the studio. She sits down behind the drum kit and says, "OK, let's take it again from the top: 'We've only just begun.'"

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