[Mr Ramsbotham]

I remember watching the Johnny Carson show one night back in the '70s, where Joan Rivers was doing a standup routine. She had the audience absolutely roaring with laughter, until the point where she said, "I'm so ugly that when I was born my mother took one look at me and demanded an abortion." A dead, stony silence immediately ensued.

[beyond the sea]

"I'm so ugly that when I was born my mother took one look at me and demanded an abortion." A dead, stony silence immediately ensued.

The audience was silent for the reason that you suggest, but also because the joke was poorly constructed and NOT funny (no matter the feelings about abortion).

[canuck_conservative]

I remember Joan Rivers as always being the perfect excuse to change the channel.


"can we tawwwwwkkk?!"

[hinckley buzzard]

Yes, some things are just intrinsically not funny. I would say abortion and serial murders are two of those things.