Van Wagoner analyzes why blonde jokes seem to remain popular. She asserts that perhaps people now equate the blonde in these jokes with anyone stupid, and that they are laughing at anyone who acts stupidly, not at a group of people with a certain hair color. She also suggests that blondes themselves may tell these jokes as a way of making fun of people who actually believe the stereotype. She identifies three joke teller types: condensers, preservators, and elongators. She also identifies some common features of blonde jokes, for example, that "dumb blondes" are almost always female. Created by Ashley Van Wagoner when she was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class during fall semester 2005.