HUMOUR

Nothing to do with this:

 

The more astute reader will wonder why such a poor pun was used in this post about humour. Well, I'm glad that you asked whoever you are. The reason for this post is the rather tragic decline in the standard of wit in the other guys posts recently. With Robert that's a given, I know, and the rude reader might suggest that he is witless. I wouldn't say that myself but do suggest that he, as a Catholic Christian doesn't have much of a sense of humour - which is strange seeing that the whole religion thing is laughable.

The other regular poster, Richard, once had a keen wit but it seems to have dulled. He ... look, I'd better give you an example. In his latest post he wrote this for some reason - I guess that he's not shy:

"I was asked to heel someone yesterday. Now they look like part of a foot.

Peter is storing furniture in Oldlands when he finally comes to Wellington. Storage units in Newlands were all full.

All men are being encouraged to grow a moustache in Moera, but some people say it's a bad decision. A mo era. Hey, they spell 'error' differently in that suburb. Actually, they spell a lot of things differently when they write blog posts.

Okay, enough humour for one day."

It takes a lot of gall to write stuff like that or a lot of something that he's full of.

I think that we need to have a look at what humour is.

The Oxford Dictionary has this:

humour
/ˈhjuːmə/
noun
noun: humour; noun: humor; noun: cardinal humour; plural noun: cardinal humours; noun: cardinal humor; plural noun: cardinal humors1.
the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.
"his tales are full of humour"
The ability to express humour or amuse other people.
"their inimitable brand of humour"

The dictionary also suggests that 'humour can be: 

a mood or state of mind.
"her good humour vanished"

Which I can identify with after reading those other guys' posts .

Going back in time 'humour' can have different meanings again:

ARCHAIC
an inclination or whim.
plural noun: humours; plural noun: humors
"and have you really burnt all your Plays to please a Humour?"
 
HISTORICAL
each of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile(choler), and black bile (melancholy)) that were thought to determine a person's physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present.

verb
verb: humour; 3rd person present: humours; past tense: humoured; past participle: humoured; gerund or present participle: humouring; verb: humor; 3rd person present: humors; past tense: humored; past participle: humored; gerund or present participle: humoringcomply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be.
"she was always humouring him to prevent trouble"

ARCHAIC

adapt or accommodate oneself to (something).

"in reading this stanza we ought to humour it with a corresponding tone of voice"
Phrases
out of humour — in a bad mood.

Here's an interesting graph (I know you like graphs) that show the decline of humour over time with the indication of some resurgence in recent times.

This could also, with different dates, represent the decline in Wellington area humour from 1981 to the current date with an extrapolation of what is likely to happen after mid November 2025.

I trust that this has been of interest to you.

No need to thank me.