Are we headed for a new variation of the traditional what-is-folk thread - "What is a folk-joke?..."

Packie Manus Byrne distinguishes between people who tell stories, people who tell jokes, and people who tell lies. "I'm a liar" he'd say.

Sometimes when you hear a joke, you're busy trying to think of another to tell back. But with the ones that matter, you're thinking how you're going to tell that one somewhere else, and does it need any adjustment.

Good jokes are like good songs, you want to hear them again, and hear them done well (not too often though). They get better as they mature - like whiskey, rather than eggs that have to be passed on before they go off..