Doctor, doctor! Everybody seems to be ignoring me!
I see, sir. And when do you think this started?
I see, sir. And when do you think this started?
Anti-humor is a type of indirect humor that involves the joke-teller delivering something which is deliberately not funny, or lacking in intrinsic meaning. The practice relies on the expectation on the part of the audience of something humorous, and when this does not happen, the irony itself is of comedic value.