So who reads this site anyway? That was what I was curious about when I founded the site in late 2002. Who would come to this site? How many people would find this sort of simple humor fun? Especially since I had no intention of advertising this site, would anyone find it?

I started in October 2002 and got all of 17 visitors my first month. Woo hoo! Actually, that was probably me and my friends and relatives, which makes me think "Only 17?" Ahem. I more than tripled my second month, all the way up to 55. Then I dipped to 44 in December 2002. Uh oh. But I need not have worried, for the next month I hit 430. I reached 1,000 by the end of 2003. I then instantly jumped to 2,000, and jumped to 3,000 by August 2004, and most recently (2007) it's up to around 6,000. It has continued to climb steadily over the years, but varies from month to month. In general, however, I can figure on about 150-200 different visitors each day, on average, and usually more. All through word-of-mouth.

When I began, 100 a day was my biggest dream, the number beyond which I could not imagine. In fact, I would freak out at the thought of more visitors than that. But now I've adjusted, and am glad to have all of you showing up on this modest page. Do my numbers seem low to you? For what amounts to a personal blog, it's good. For a general web site, it is low. Want to increase the numbers? Word of mouth is where it's at. Link to me from your site, if you wish, for that's the best advertising. Tell your friends if you like the place.

Who tends to visit? I seem to skew mostly to university students. That makes sense. Word play suits them. They have free Net connection, and time on their hands. Go students! Does the knowledge that I tend to be writing for 20-somethings influence my humor? Not really. I do what I have always done -- find the first thought that comes to mind and jot it down. Know how long it takes me to do the daily headline run? 10 minutes. Start to finish. Either a headline catches my fancy or I immediately move on. So no, I don't really try to find student humor, but I admit a lot of my drug jokes are with you guys in mind. But hey, it's just jokes, and let's all be cool, ok?

What do I do with this demographic information? Absolutely nothing. And I never will. This is not a commercial site. The only thing I might do would be to explore the idea of a Best of Fun With Headlines book, with maybe an illustrator drawing funny pictures to accompany the best 100 or so jokes of all time. You know, the kind of book you find near the registers at the book store. But hey, the jokes will always be free here in the Archives, so you never need to worry about me selling out or something. I'll continue to be the same anti-Web-advertising soul I've been all along. And I hope you continue to be the same great audience you've been. Here's hoping for the next hundred daily visitors. If I can just get MSN or Google to put a link to me on their front page...

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