11.  Mickey Daniels said it was the funniest thing he had ever seen.

12.  Running back Emmitt Smith was asked to name some of the funniest things that happened this week.

13.  The improvisational half-hour show hosted by Drew Carey was the funniest thing on television during its limited summer run.

14.  Then the funniest thing happened.

15.  To me the funniest thing about the outcry over Thompson was the earth-shattering revelation that nude photos of the actress were circulating on the Internet.

16.  What was the funniest thing that happened today?

17.  I thought it was the funniest thing that ever had happened to me.

18.  The funniest thing is that writer-director David Mamet gives the local yokels as much cunning as the cityfolk.