Great Expectations

Emotions stem from some of our most primal cranial lobes.  Tiny nodes set off massive waves of violence and destruction as quickly as they do trigger love and sexuality.  We often seek to personify emotions in animals, seeing animals as a bridge connecting us with the basic nature of our existence.  

Enter Expectation Eel, colloquially known  as Bad Joke Eel.

The innocuous introduction of this idea simply states the obvious.  We as humans are biologically predisposed to appear eel-esque when relating bad stories.  The facial expression is not intentional, yet designed as an evolutionary precaution for all others to see in order to maintain social acceptability and uniformity of humor.  Tribes - eons ago - needed to unify around a singular idea of humor.  Without this, the cleverness of an Alpha* and ideal mating patterns could not be established.  It has long been recorded that humor is the primary motivator of reproductive patterns, I cite the great feminist philosopher when I say "If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."** Eels are an inherently unattractive species *** ipso facto, we find ourselves repulsed by those who display eel like features.

*Alpha Male, not Alpha Delta Upyourassilon.

** Monroe, Marilyn

***I mean, come on, seriously.