What makes a good joke?

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07 April 2024, 12:54 PM

wtg

What makes a good joke?

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The Jokes That Have Made People Laugh for Thousands of Years

The phrase “the old ones are the best ones” might not always be true. But some of the oldest jokes in history are still in use today. What makes a good joke? It’s worth going back a few thousand years to find out.

https://getpocket.com/explore/...r-thousands-of-years

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07 April 2024, 02:16 PM

Mikhailoh

Humor?

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07 April 2024, 02:20 PM

big al

A limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical
But the good ones we've seen
So seldom are clean
And the clean ones so seldom are comical

Big Al

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07 April 2024, 06:06 PM

Jack Frost

If it makes you laugh or chuckle. Isn’t that the point?

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08 April 2024, 04:06 PM

CHAS

Big Al, Thanks for your limerick

In the early fall the jokes go back to Valdosta, Georgia to be reworked. They are then recirculated at Chrismastime.

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09 April 2024, 05:08 PM

pianojuggler

The only clean limerick I know:

There once was a silly old granny
Who pulled a stunt rather uncanny
She sat on a chair
When her false teeth were there
And bit herself right in the fanny

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09 April 2024, 05:24 PM

RealPlayer

My fave limerick (which I have probably posted here before):

There was an old man of Khartoum
Who kept two ugly sheep in a room.
“They remind me” he said,
“Of two friends who are dead,
But I cannot remember of whom.”

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10 April 2024, 06:48 PM

CHAS

Wrote this masterpiece myself

In Milwaukee a young man named Dahomey
Was a gay blade, a handsome charmer
For a midnight snack
His boyfriends he’d hack
At bedtime they should have worn armor.

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10 April 2024, 06:49 PM

CHAS

Dahmer dammit!

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10 April 2024, 06:52 PM

CHAS

Dahmer dammit!

!

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10 April 2024, 09:45 PM

RealPlayer

quote:
Originally posted by CHAS:
Dahmer dammit!

Now it makes sense!

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17 April 2024, 05:52 PM

big al

This limerick came my way today...

There was a Young Lady of Niger,
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They came back from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.

Big Al