If you have not thought you are amusing enough, then this is the right guide for you,as it explains the ways you can improve that skill.First off, allow me to illustrate why is something funny from famous scientists point of view. When we hear new things, the mind makes a new path, from a cell to another cell.

That route we call the synapse and it works, for instance, like this:While thinking about food, if we think of, let's say, pinapples our brain will make a route (the synapse which will get thicker), connecting the two neural cells that contain the data we have on food and this fruit. So, in the future, while you think about food there is a great possibility to start thinking about apples. You must be all like, "This has nothing to do with humor". And you're wrong, this is the actual way humor works.

Everything starts with you hearing a plain and common story. Stand-up comedians call this a setup. Now, you're supposed to think about this story in a certain way. Your brain makes connections from this setup to a punch-line that you think will follow. But that person will not tell the same punch-line, but something completely different,
and then you will laugh. If you have not understood this, don't worry, just read example below.

The Setup:
What is the most satisfying thing next to being shot at and missed?
The Punch-line:
An income tax refund.

What did you think when you heard the setup? Surely, you would've said it was either a Bosnian, Serbian or Croatian in the driver's seat. It's normal to think that way, as that is just the way our brain was made to work. But as I, previously said, you didn't expect this kind of punch-line. This is in fact the main principle of the way humor works.

You should create the best possible setup, as it's really important. Good comedians will always have a setup that only delivers the basic facts, so that there are many possible punch-lines you can think of. The more you are convinced, the more you will laugh after hearing the punch line. If you have already heard the joke, it will most likely no longer be funny, because your brain knows the punch line and there are no more new routes being made in the brain.

This article should be useful if you want to make up brand new jokes. When someone tells a story that all the people thinks about in the same way, but you find out a different way to understand it. Now, if you tell this to others, it should be really funny.