What did you find laugh out loud funny in Finnegans Wake? (A serious question, I&#x27;m not trying to be argumentative.) To me, there were lots of things that were clever or slightly amusing, but nothing near hilarious.<p>Some examples from the first chapter &quot;oystrygods gaggin fishy-gods&quot; - ok, that&#x27;s clever turning Ostrogoths and Visigoths into seafood gods. The Willingdone Museyroom section was entertaining enough with &quot;Willingdone&quot; and &quot;Lipoleum&quot; for Wellington and Napoleon. &quot;And a barrowload of guenesis hoer his head&quot; - Guinness the beer and Genesis the book of the bible, clever enough.<p>I&#x27;ve read a few comments before saying that FW is hilarious. Maybe it&#x27;s pointless to try to dissect humor, but I&#x27;m just not seeing it.