The "unexpected juxtaposition of incongruities" is a definition I like for "humor". I first read it, of all places, unexpectedly in a novel titled "The Marathon Man" by William Goldman.
Here's a little story I read some years ago in a nice little column, titled "Words, Wit and Wisdom" penned by William Morris, that illustrates that "deftnition". It wasn't intended to be funny, but see if it doesn't fit admirably.
An Air Force major was talking about a publication bearing the title "Normal and Reverse English Word List" that was the result of an Air Force research project (for what purpose I can't imagine) and it resulted in eight giant volumes encompassing 354,252 English words taken from a variety of dictionaries, spelled in alphabetical order, then carefully spelled backwards, also in alphabetical sequence. This monstrous job was undertaken by computer, of course.
But the most engaging aspect of the entire work was this notation in the preface: "For reasons best known to the computer there are two more words in the reverse list."
In other words, the computer created two backward-spelled words...and no one knew what they were!
That unexpected juxtaposition of incongruities deftnition also fits more mundane "surprise ending" stories, except they are usually intended to be funny at their ends. Examples are a lot easier to find, or even to foment, as I found out some years ago from a writing class where I issued an assignment to "write a short, short story with a surprise ending". This ultimately resulted in a small-press-published book titled "Script Tease - The Treasury of Surprise Endings" that class members autographed and sold to all their families and friends, while basking in the limelight for their 15 minutes of fame.
I love this type ingenuity, so I keep a folder for collecting them. So, here, years after that little book cause its little stir, I offer you more "script teases".
And here are a couple for the "adult" readers:
A guy walks into a bar, sits down, takes a little guy out of his left pocket and places him on the bar. The he reaches into another pocket and removes a small piano and stool and puts them on the bar. The little guy walks over and begins to beat out some of the greatest blues the patrons had ever heard.
The barkeep asks where in the world he got the little musician.
Believe it or not, I found an old bottle on the beach, pulled the cork out of it and out popped a really old genie. He gave me two wishes, but, after seeing this, I wasn't anxious to use the second one.
"What'll you take for it then?" asks the intrigued barkeep.
So they made a deal and the barkeep used the passed-on second wish. Almost immediately the entire bar was filled with ducks, roosting even on patrons' heads. "You and your damned old genie," the barkeep shouted. "I think he's deaf. I asked for a thousand bucks, not ducks!"
The gift-seller gathered up his little man and piano to go, then turned to the barkeep and asked, "Do you really think I asked for a 12-inch pianist?"
An American, touring Spain, wanted to try the local cuisine. While sipping an aperitif, he noted the sizzling, great smelling, scrumptious-appearing platter being served at the next table. When the waiter asked his order, he said, "I think I'd like the same thing you just served at the next table."
"Ah, senor, you have excellent taste. Those are the bull's testicles from the bull fight this morning, a real delicacy."
Momentarily daunted, the American watched the neighbor wolfing down his order with evident pleasure, and said, "What the hell! When in Spain...go ahead and bring me an order."
"But I am so sorry, senor. Since there is only one bull fight per morning, there can be only one special serving per day. But, if you come early tomorrow, l will put a save on the order-of-the-day for you."
Next day the American entered the restaurant in expectation and was served his promised specialty. After a few bites he motioned for the waiter. "These are much smaller than those I saw you serve yesterday," he complained.
"Si, senor," the waiter replied with a sad face. "Sometimes the bull wins."
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