If you're familiar with UML (Unified Modeling Language), you might think it's useful but not very exciting. Better think again. The UML Jokes Contest, sponsored by International Software & Productivity Engineering Institute (INTSPEI) shows UML models in a whole new light.

In announcing today the winners of this unusual contest, INTSPEI gives us a new perspective on UML. It shows this standard graphical language, ordinarily used to create abstract models of systems, as a surprisingly versatile structure with broad, expressive power.

Four month ago INTSPEI launched the worldwide contest of jokes written in UML and the results are in. They're available at http://www.umljokes.com