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The world's funniest joke? Scientists investigating laughter pick the world's funniest joke.
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | Thursday, December 20, 2001 | Various

Posted on 12/19/2001 4:38:10 PM PST by aculeus

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To: imperator2
No it's probably true. Everyone knows Germans love a good steak.
61 posted on 12/19/2001 6:20:01 PM PST by WriteOn
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To: aculeus
Didn't read any of this. You want the world's funniest joke? Just say the word Clinton. He was the world's funniest joke.
62 posted on 12/19/2001 6:20:40 PM PST by AGreatPer
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To: southernnorthcarolina
I did that and I'm still waiting...
63 posted on 12/19/2001 6:21:04 PM PST by WriteOn
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To: willyboyishere
I don't like jokes, or the people who tell them.

Neither do I.

64 posted on 12/19/2001 6:23:38 PM PST by aculeus
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To: xm177e2
I read one of his books cover-to-cover in a short period of time, and the nihilism was too much for me, I was feeling sick by the end.

Carlin has looked pukey sick (like in "yuck!") from the first day he slithered onstage.

65 posted on 12/19/2001 6:25:00 PM PST by Ole Okie
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To: aomagrat
actualy it was,"what did tennesee dear""I don't know alaska"
66 posted on 12/19/2001 6:25:15 PM PST by eastforker
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To: lowbridge
For some reason, I've been thinking about the skit with the the husband (Terry Jones) and the wife (Graham Chapman)

Wife: George, there's a man at the door with a mustache

Husband: Tell him, I've already got one!

67 posted on 12/19/2001 6:25:51 PM PST by Amore
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To: aculeus
There was a man that for some unknown reason had been named ODD by his parents when he was born. He hated the name as a boy because, as you can guess, people made fun of him, but he grew to a man and lived out his life with that name.

One day he called his wife in to his room where he was in his sickbed and he made her promise that when he died that she would not put his name on his headstone ,so she promised him.

Then the man died and was buried and as he had asked, his name was not put on the stone, just the dates and a few words.

Now whenever someone walks by his gravesite they stop and look at it in confusion and say ,"thats odd".

68 posted on 12/19/2001 6:27:51 PM PST by backtobasics
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To: Billy_bob_bob
Roger and his buddy, Gene, are hiking in White Mountains, when a rattler bites Gene on the crouch, square on the head of his penis. Roger says to Gene, “Sit tight, I’ll get 911”. He whips out his cell phone and gets the local emergency dispatcher. She tells him that because of the remoteness of their location it is essential that he render immediate first aid to Roger.

Dispatcher: You need to cut the clothing away from the site of the wound and suck the venom out immediately. You understand?

Roger: Yep!

Dispatcher: It’s essential that you begin immediately or your friend is going to die. You understand?

Roger: Yep!

Dispatcher: OK, help’ll be there 60-90 minutes, now hang up and get to it. Understand?

Roger:Got it! (Hangs up)

Gene: What’d she say?

Roger: You gonna die, man!


69 posted on 12/19/2001 6:31:35 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: aculeus
The one about the guy putting after the funeral procession went by is one of my old time favorites.

(English Joke - dry humor) Two guys sitting at the bar in the local pub. First guy to second, " 'erd you buried your wife last week?" Second guy, " 'ad to, dead you know."

70 posted on 12/19/2001 6:32:00 PM PST by First Conservative
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To: Amore
2 of the funniest things in my life have been the Monty Python skits about the dead parrot and the guy with the drool bucket. Watching those 2 skits will almost literaly kill me. I can't catch my breath, and literally pass out.
71 posted on 12/19/2001 6:33:22 PM PST by chuckles
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To: aculeus
Here's a science fiction joke about the Caluthians, the dumbest beings in the galaxy:

THE GIFT HORSE

The Caluthians fight Earth for many years and finally come up with a daring plan to win the war. They build a giant statue in the shape of a Caluthian Swamp Horse and fill it with a thousand of their best imperial storm troopers. They place the statue on the Moon with a sign reading, 'GIFT.' Their ships jump into hyperspace and pretend to leave the solar system.

A few hours later, the storm troopers hiding inside the statue feel a lurch and become weightless. A long time after that, there's another lurch and they sense the gravity field of another world.

The storm trooper commander checks the controls and says, "Leave your spacesuit helmets off. Earth has exactly the same surface atmosphere as Caluthia!" The storm troopers wait until dark, then jump out of the statue. They find themselves in the middle of a city, so they fan out onto the streets.

One storm trooper points to the sky and says, "I didn't know that! Earth has a second moon, just like Caluthia!"

Another storm trooper reports to the commander and says, "Sir, up ahead is a government building. We should have no trouble getting in -- it's designed exactly like the imperial palace on Caluthia!"

The storm troopers attack the palace and break inside. A Caluthian who looks exactly like the emperor rises from his throne and shouts: "Stop this attack at once! You're on Caluthia! The Humans sent the statue back!"

The storm trooper commander scowls and says, "How do we know you're not a Human in disguise? Tell us something that only the emperor would know."

The emperor thinks a moment and says, "Okay, remember last year, when you fell for the same trick?"

Hail, Caluthia!

72 posted on 12/19/2001 6:36:43 PM PST by JoeSchem
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To: First Conservative
'erd you buried your wife last week?" Second guy, " 'ad to, dead you know."

That's also Monty Python.

73 posted on 12/19/2001 6:37:44 PM PST by Amore
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To: chuckles
You know, a video of you watching the dead parrot sketch would be quite amusing by itself!
74 posted on 12/19/2001 6:38:02 PM PST by Billy_bob_bob
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To: aculeus
A couple of hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground....

I like this one better:

The Lone Ranger and Tonto were out on the range and the Lone Ranger gets bit in the genitals by a snake. He tells Tonto to go back to town and ask the doctor what to do.

The doctor tells Tonto that he needs to first suck out the snake venom.

Tonto comes back and the Lone Ranger asks "what did the doctor say?". Tonto says, "Kemosabe, the doctor say you die.".

75 posted on 12/19/2001 6:42:09 PM PST by Mannaggia l'America
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To: Mannaggia l'America
Bump for later study and investigation
76 posted on 12/19/2001 6:43:59 PM PST by Cacique
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To: aculeus
A guy gets drafted and gets his penis shot off in a battle. After receiving the purple heart, he comes home and breaks the news to his awaiting fiancee. She takes the news well, vowing to stay with him and overcome the problem.

After much research, they locate a doctor who specializes in replacing lost human body parts with animal parts. He tells them, "I don't have anything that will work for your situation except this baby elephant trunk..." She cheerfully says, "We'll take it!"

After the successful surgery, they get married. At the reception, the bride's mother sits directly across the table from the groom. During the dinner, he starts to think about the honeymoon and their subsequent marital activities, and feels an extreme pressure in his trousers. It becomes unbearable, and he reluctantly unzips his pants, releiving the pain.

The baby elephant trunk snakes up and reaches onto his plate of food before him, grabbing a baked potato before disappearing once again behind the edge of the table.

The bride's mother sees the whole thing, so she asks, with a curious smirk on her face, "Uh, can you do that again?"

He answers, "Well, yeah, but I don't think there's enough room up my ass for another baked potato."

So that's my favorite joke.

77 posted on 12/19/2001 6:44:20 PM PST by ovrtaxt
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To: Roy Tucker
Beer tricks, get it?

You know, as a rule, puns crack me right up. But that one just doesn't make it. I guess it's because I don't pronounce "Beatrix" as "Beer tricks". Maybe I would, if I were Australian.

Is there anything worse than a joke that has to be explained?
78 posted on 12/19/2001 6:54:51 PM PST by NatureGirl
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To: C210N
In the skit, you never hear the english version of the joke, but you do hear the German version. I'm curious, if anybody knows, what the translation of the German is...

2 peanuts were walking down the street and one was assaulted......peanut [/groan!]

79 posted on 12/19/2001 6:55:47 PM PST by 10mm
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