I'll give an example; if I want to see whether a person is open to jokes (and has a sharp mind), I tell them this joke and see how they react to it:
"A skeleton walks to the bartender and asks: A beer and a mop please"
If they laugh instantly, I'll know it's the kind of person who is nice to joke around. If they find it to be bland, then I will probably avoid being witty towards them, since my kind of humor is not similar to theirs.
Sure... but then it might make them uncomfortable if they can't think of one. I don't think there is a full-proof system for this, and it's not even a bad thing, maybe it's meant to be that some people have common interests in some aspects and different in others.
I'll give an example; if I want to see whether a person is open to jokes (and has a sharp mind), I tell them this joke and see how they react to it:
"A skeleton walks to the bartender and asks: A beer and a mop please"
If they laugh instantly, I'll know it's the kind of person who is nice to joke around. If they find it to be bland, then I will probably avoid being witty towards them, since my kind of humor is not similar to theirs.
I enjoy witty humour but found it bland. What happens to me ?
Good idea though!
I guess I will have judged you incorrectly then - I never claimed my system was perfect!
Perhaps another thing to try would be to ask them to tell you a joke ?
(I'm a bad example though, I don't remember/collect/write them.. a mere consumer.)
Sure... but then it might make them uncomfortable if they can't think of one. I don't think there is a full-proof system for this, and it's not even a bad thing, maybe it's meant to be that some people have common interests in some aspects and different in others.