World's Oldest Recorded Joke
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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World's Oldest Recorded Joke
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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smilergrogan
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tanstaafl2
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No doubt it is LiT. Perhaps you have to be Sumerian to fully appreciate it.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
~tanstaafl2
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
Ne Illegitimi Carborundum
Cumann na gClann Uí Thighearnaigh
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
~tanstaafl2
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
Ne Illegitimi Carborundum
Cumann na gClann Uí Thighearnaigh
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Ed McMahon
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Pharaoh For Life
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A 1600 BC gag about a pharaoh, said to be King Snofru, comes second -- "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish."
This Bored pharaoh would prefer PYRAMIDS!!!!!!!!
Then I'll do some fishing....
This Bored pharaoh would prefer PYRAMIDS!!!!!!!!
Then I'll do some fishing....
Keep building, you slaves!
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Here's Fanny!
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I get all of them, I just don't think they're funny. Or maybe I don't get them and, if I did, they'd be funny.
Here is the funniest joke in the known universe:
How much do you charge a pirate for corn?
Ha!
The oldest joke I know is the first one I remember my dad telling. All of us kids thought it was high-larious for years. Stop me if you've heard it....
There's a buzzard, a turtle and a rabbit. They buy a little patch of land and decide to plant a garden and make some money selling vegetables. They realize they're going to need fertilizer, so the rabbit sets off to buy some manure. While he's gone, the buzzard and the turtle start digging and strike oil! By the time the rabbit gets back, there's a huge mansion with a big oil well out back.
He goes up to the door, sets down his bag of manure and rings the bell. A butler answers, sniffs and wrinkles his nose.
Then the rabbit says, "Where's Buzzard?"
"Mr. Buzz-ard is out in the yard."
"Where's Turtle?"
"Mr. Tur-tell is down by the well."
"So go tell them that Mr. Rab-bit is here with the shit."
There were three of us and my dad used to call us Buzzard, Turtle and Rabbit.
Here is the funniest joke in the known universe:
How much do you charge a pirate for corn?
Spoiler
A buck an ear.
The oldest joke I know is the first one I remember my dad telling. All of us kids thought it was high-larious for years. Stop me if you've heard it....
There's a buzzard, a turtle and a rabbit. They buy a little patch of land and decide to plant a garden and make some money selling vegetables. They realize they're going to need fertilizer, so the rabbit sets off to buy some manure. While he's gone, the buzzard and the turtle start digging and strike oil! By the time the rabbit gets back, there's a huge mansion with a big oil well out back.
He goes up to the door, sets down his bag of manure and rings the bell. A butler answers, sniffs and wrinkles his nose.
Then the rabbit says, "Where's Buzzard?"
"Mr. Buzz-ard is out in the yard."
"Where's Turtle?"
"Mr. Tur-tell is down by the well."
"So go tell them that Mr. Rab-bit is here with the shit."
There were three of us and my dad used to call us Buzzard, Turtle and Rabbit.
Spoiler
I was Buzzard.
Spoiler
I'm darned good and ready.