Humorousness- Philosoraptor, Success Baby, Courage Wolf, and more

Like you, we get a few emails each month that make us smile… of course, we get a lot more that don’t, but you won’t see those here. You’ll see jokes and riddles, cartoons and pictures, pretty much anything that will bring a giggle. We’ll stay away from the raunchy or obscene, but humor is very subjective and if we DO run something that offends you, please remember that we probably weren’t trying to. And of course, if you have any chuckles you’d like to share with our audience, just email them to TomDwyer@TomDwyer.com. And now, without further ado, we bring you this month’s Humorousness! (And please, remember to tip your waiters and waitresses!)

This month, it turns out that being extinct for 100 million years isn’t enough to make you unpopular. We began running across internet sites featuring a pensive Velociraptor with pithy little sayings. Philosoraptor has taken the net by storm, and now there are hundreds of these things. You can see collections of them here and here, with the Philosoraptor history here.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Turns out that Philosoraptor is just one of many of exactly this type of humor, (sometimes called “image macro” or “internet meme”, although the word “meme” actually means any discreet idea that is transmitted within a culture) and like most things internet there are sites everywhere for you to create your own. There are no strict rules about any one macro, but the type of saying appropriate for each one sort of evolves from the combination of the central image and the people playing with it. Here are several of the more interesting memes making the rounds now…