This week's Tale is a short story by sci-fi legend, Isaac Asimov.  He was one of the most prolific sci-fi writers of his era and wrote more than 400 short stories, 'Jokester' being one of them.  Most people will know of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, and although robots feature widely in his work, from 'I, Robot' to 'The Positronic Man' (or 'Bicentennial Man' as it became in Hollywood), in this Tale it is a through a supercomputer that Asimov asks the question, what exactly is that uniquely human trait, humour? 

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