Get a laugh...

and you'll get the number. That's an old partially chauvinistic adage I heard from a quite chauvinistic (and depending on your viewpoint, mildly successful or completely reprehensible) self-professed professional bachelor. I haven't seen the full details of this study, but from what appears on CNN, it may be more true than I ever believed. Of course, it's important to remember that some women's sense of humor isn't exactly on a parallel plane with the everyday guy's view of funny. So, as a general rule fellas, stay away from the "dead baby" and/or "poop" jokes... For one, they won't impress the ladies, and secondly, they really aren't funny to anyone with much of a brain. Most of the laughs generated are at you and the fact that someone would say something so stupid.

If ladies like guys who can make them laugh, is the converse true? Well...

Do men also think funny women are more intelligent and honest? Time constraints prevented McCarty from exploring this question, but he said research suggests that men don't care much about women's sense of humor.

"A man wants a woman who laughs at his jokes and...

Well, the study doesn't complete the thought I had, but I think any man being truthful with themselves can figure that one out.