Sentence examples for may not be funny from inspiring English sources

4) They may not be funny.

That may not be funny, but, be warned, it's pure Green.

On top of that, says Lawrence J. Mazlack of the University of Cincinnati, a seminal figure in the field of computational linguistics, humor is context-dependent: what's funny in one situation may not be funny in another.

There are jokes that are funny only because a stuffed bear says them, jokes that are not funny even though a stuffed bear says them and jokes that may or may not be funny because of Mark Wahlberg.

"Let It Rain" may not be funny in a ha-ha sense, but it gave me an amused open-mouthed appreciation of life's absurdities, including unanticipated nuisances like bad weather.

It is with great pleasure that I bring you three comments from the past 24 hours or so that may or may not be funny.

The British may not be funnier than we are, but they clearly have a corner on infantile silliness.

"It may not be [funny] tomorrow, but it is tonight".

In some cases, the joke may well not be funny and could be genuinely offensive or degrading.

"It may not be that funny, but I love it".

So you may not be as funny as you think you are.