The unPC PC: computer writes sexist jokes But the computer does seem to have tapped into one strong vein of British humour, by writing mainly sexist jokes. The computer software was designed to find unlikely pairings of words and to make a connection between them. It most commonly came up with jokes comparing men or women with another object, like: "I like my women like I like my gas ... natural." While some could have rivalled a human comedian for generating a wry smile, others worked less well. One joke that did not work so well was: "I like my men like I like my court ... superior." Some comedians have made a successful career out of jokes like these. Chicago based comedian Darren Carter improvises "I like my women like I like my ..." jokes according to words called out by the audience. Among his favourites is: "I like my women like I like my ... camera ... ready to flash. David Matthews, a computer scientist who helped develop the computerised comedian at the University of Edinburgh's school of informatics, said when they tested the jokes on volunteers they found they laughed, although not as much as man made humour. He said for computer generated jokes to improve, the software would need to develop cultural awareness. He said: "Computers have an advantage over people in that they can process masses of information, so we fed computers a wealth of material from which they extracted creative and unusual word combinations to fit our joke template. The holy grail for machine-generated comedy would be to include cultural references, but these are very hard to capture. Dr Matthews is due to present the computer at the Association for Computational Linguistics annual meeting in Bulgaria. Engage laughter circuits: Some of the less PC jokes generated by the PC I like my women like I like my computers ... exported from a sweatshop in china. I like my women like I like my computers ... not touched by Steve Jobs. I like my men like I like my acorns ... buried. I like my women like I like my computers ... free of viruses. I like my women like I like my computers ... with a sensitive touch pad. I like my boys like I like my sectors ... bad And some that will not upset the PC brigade I like my coffee like I like my war ... cold I like my relationships like I like my source ... open I like my fish like I like my text ... raw I like my business like I like my fish ... small