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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Here's mine:


The local Guinness representative walked into his favorite pub only to find two men from rival companies at the bar and about to order. “I’ll have the King of Beers. Make it a light one!” said the Budweiser man. “I’ll have a PBR! “ droned the Pabst salesman. Finally the man from Guinness said, “Make mine an orange juice. Straight up!”

The other two guys said to him, quizzically and in unison, “Aren’t you having any beer?” The Irishman replied, “ Well since you two aren’t having beer, I figured I wouldn’t either!”
 
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
[mildly risque subject matter, but not really dirty)

An elderly nun is teaching a class of girls at a convent school. She asks one of the girls what she wants to be when she grows up. "A prostitute" comes the reply.

The nun faints and is carried to the infirmary. After she revives, she asks for the girl to be brought in so that she may question her again.

"Wh-wh-what did you say you wanted to be?"

"A prostitute."

"Oh, thank heavens! I thought you said a protestant!"
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
[Killing me] [Overused] [Killing me]

(not even remotely offended, and I'm devout RC!)
 
Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :
 
Adult Clean joke is a null set.
 
Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :
 
A meat pie went into a pub.

The bartender said, "I'm sorry we don't serve food."
 
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on :
 
Descartes walked into a bar and the bartender asked him "would you like a drink?".

Descartes said "I think not" and vanished.
 
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Not so much a joke, but a rag week prank at an agricultural college. Some students took hold of three pigs and painted numbers "1", "2" and "4" on them thn letting them loose in town. The authorities caught pigs 1, 2 and 4 soon enough but wasted two days looking for pig #3.

[ 23. January 2013, 20:22: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]
 
Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on :
 
I sent this to a friend in a recruitment agency.

One day while walking down the street a highly successful woman lawyer was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself.

'Welcome to Heaven,' said St. Peter. 'Before you get settled in though it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never once had a lawyer make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you.'

'No problem, just let me in.' said the woman.

'Well, I'd like to, but I have higher orders. What we're going to do is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven and then you can choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in.'

'Actually, I think I've made up my mind...I prefer to stay in heaven'

'Sorry, we have rules...'

And with that St. Peter put the lawyer in a lift and it went down - down - down to hell. The doors opened and she found herself stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf course.

In the distance was a country club and standing in front of her were all her friends - fellow lawyers that she had worked with and they were all dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her. They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about old times. They played an excellent round of golf and at night went to the country club where she enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner. She met the Devil who was actually a really nice bloke and she had a great time telling jokes and dancing.

She was having such a good time that before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved goodbye as she got on the lift. The lift went up - up - up and opened back up at the Pearly Gates and found St. Peter waiting for her. Now it's time to spend a day in heaven.

So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing the harp and singing. She had a great time and before she knew it her 24 hours were up and St. Peter came and got her.

'So, you've spent a day in hell and you've spent a day in heaven. Now you must choose your eternity.'

The woman paused for a second and then replied, 'Well, I never thought I'd say this, I mean, Heaven has been really great and all, but I think I had a better time in Hell.'

So, St. Peter escorted her to the lift and again she went down - down - down back to Hell. When the doors of the lift opened she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth.

She saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks. The Devil came up to her and put his arm around her. 'I don't understand,' stammered the woman, 'yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all there is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable.'

The Devil looked at her and smiled. 'That's because yesterday we were recruiting you, but today you're staff.
 
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Not so much a joke, but a rag week prank at an agricultural college. Some students took hold of three pigs and painted numbers "1", "2" and "4" on them thn letting them loose in town. The authorities caught pigs 1, 2 and 4 soon enough but wasted two days looking for pig #3.

[Killing me]
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walked into a pub. The barman looked at them and said "Is this a joke?"

[ 23. January 2013, 22:16: Message edited by: Spike ]
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
A horse went into a pub. The barman said to him "why the long face?"
 
Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
A bear went in to a pub and said, "I'll have a


whisky, please." The barman said, "Sure, but why the big pause?"
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
An airplane was clearly about to crash. Suddenly a conservatively dressed woman passenger, a woman of business, stood up and shouted, "Is there any man here who can make me feel like a real woman just once before I die?"

"I can!" a man dressed in a business suit replied. He then stood up and took off his jacket and tie. Next, he ripped off his shirt and threw it at the woman.

"Iron this!" he calmly said.
 
Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on :
 
The steward asked a woman how she liked her coffee.
"I like my coffee like I like my men.", she replied, "Strong and sweet!"
"Of course", responded the steward, "But black or white?"

This old joke has aged and comes from a time of my first visit to the US when the airline steward asked if you had coffee 'with, or without cream'.
 
Posted by Late Paul (# 37) on :
 
A couple retire to a small town in the country. The man joins a men's social club that has a monthly dinner with a speaker. Everyone takes it in turn to book the speaker but the rule is if your speaker doesn't turn up you have to speak instead.

So it's the newcomer's turn and he gets an old friend to speak, but at the last minute the friend has to back out due to illness. So the man gets up to speak and since it's off the cuff he speaks about the first thing that comes to his mind, namely sex. He's very entertaining and funny and a good time is had by all.

He gets home and his wife asks him about what happened and he tells her he'd had to speak. She asks him what he spoke about. A little embarrassed to admit the truth he says, "sailing".

The next day his wife is out in the town and she meets a couple of blokes who were at the dinner. They both enthuse about how good a speaker her husband was, especially, they say with a smile, on his chosen topic.

The woman looks quizzical and says, "That's odd because he's only done it twice. The first time he was sick and the second time his hat blew off!"
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
A horse went into a pub. The barman said to him "why the long face?"

Ad the horse said to the smartarse barman, "I've just been diagnosed with cancer".
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
An old married couple and a widower were sitting around the rest home chatting. "Oh, I can't remember anything anymore," said the widower. "My memory has failed so."

"Well," the elderly husband said, "you should take the memory improvement course that a lady is offering down at the senior citizen center. We took it and it's done wonders for us."

"I'll look into that," said the widower. "What's the name of the lady who teaches it?"

"I'll tell you her name," the elderly husband said, "but first I want to ask you a question. What's the name of the flower that's red and has thorns?"

The widower replied, "That's a rose."

"Yes, that's right, a rose," the husband said. Then he turned to his wife and asked, "Rose, what's the name of that lady down at the senior center?"
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
[Projectile] Miss Amanda... that's a groaner.

Today's joke:

A nonagenarian was sitting on a park bench crying uncontrollably and a teenage boy and his girlfriend sat down next to him. He asked the old man what was wrong and the old gentleman replied, "I have a gorgeous wife. She is 29 years old, we make love everyday, she's a gourmet cook and an excellent housekeeper." The boy says, "That sounds like you have a perfect life, sir." His girlfriend says, " Could you tell us why you're crying so much?" The older gentleman sobs, " I can't remember where I live!"
 
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Late Paul:
A couple retire to a small town in the country. The man joins a men's social club that has a monthly dinner with a speaker. Everyone takes it in turn to book the speaker but the rule is if your speaker doesn't turn up you have to speak instead.

So it's the newcomer's turn and he gets an old friend to speak, but at the last minute the friend has to back out due to illness. So the man gets up to speak and since it's off the cuff he speaks about the first thing that comes to his mind, namely sex. He's very entertaining and funny and a good time is had by all.

He gets home and his wife asks him about what happened and he tells her he'd had to speak. She asks him what he spoke about. A little embarrassed to admit the truth he says, "sailing".

The next day his wife is out in the town and she meets a couple of blokes who were at the dinner. They both enthuse about how good a speaker her husband was, especially, they say with a smile, on his chosen topic.

The woman looks quizzical and says, "That's odd because he's only done it twice. The first time he was sick and the second time his hat blew off!"

I shared this one with Mr Nen this morning and we both had a really good laugh, thank you. [Big Grin]

Nen - another joke added to the not-very-large repertoire.
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
[Killing me]
 
Posted by Enoch (# 14322) on :
 
Did you hear about the lighthouse keeper?

He ran upstairs so fast that he screwed himself into the roof.

---------------------------------------------------------

Another nice one which I had heard before and was reminded of in a programme recently about the late Bob Monkhouse.

"They all laughed when I said I wanted to become a comedian.

[pause]

They're not laughing now".
 
Posted by St. Stephen the Stoned (# 9841) on :
 
A burglar breaks into a house one night. As he stealthily makes his way across the room, he hears a voice in the darkness: "Jesus is watching you."

The burglar stops, but, hearing nothing more, continues edging across the room.

"Jesus is watching you," says the mysterious voice.

The burglar stops again. By now he's worked out that the voice is coming from the corner of the room. He moves away from the sound, but once more he hears "Jesus is watching you."

He realises the game is probably up, but decides to play for time.

"Who are you?" he asks.

"I'm a parrot," says the voice, "and my name is Ermintrude."

"That's a funny name for a parrot," says the burglar.

"Jesus is a funny name for a Rottweiler," says the parrot, "but he's watching you!"
 
Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
A termite walks into a pub and says
'Is the bar tender here?'
 
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
A skeleton went into a pub and asked for a beer and a mop.
 
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :
 
Man walks into a bar, accompanied by a giraffe. He orders a pint for himself and 12 pints for the giraffe. The man sips his pint decorously, while the giraffe downs his 12 pints one after another (Note: it's best if you can mimic the giraffe at this point, holding the pint at the end of long stiff arms and tipping it down your throat).

Then the giraffe, very slowly, falls to the ground and lies there. His companion finishes his pint, looks at the giraffe and sighs, then goes to leave. The barman cries out 'Hi! you can't leave that lying there...'
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and the man turns round and says
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'it's not a lion, it's a giraffe!'

Mrs. S, snickering quietly to herself [Yipee]
 
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :
 
Young Irish criminal gets fed up with people laughing at his accent, so he goes to elocution lessons. He ends up speaking like a hereditary peer straight off a grouse moor. Secure in the knowledge that no-one will guess his origins, he goes into a bank and says in his new posh voice 'Ai have a gun, please be so very good as to place all your money in this bag Ai have here'.

The cashier leans towards him with a thoughtful expression on his face.

'You're Irish, aren't you?'

'How the **** did you guess?'


'You sawed the wrong end off the shotgun!'

Mrs. S, still laughing at that one
 
Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :
 
Two parrots are sitting on a perch.

One says "Can you small fish?"


[Hot and Hormonal] Sorry.
 
Posted by ChaliceGirl (# 13656) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
Two parrots are sitting on a perch.

One says "Can you small fish?"


[Hot and Hormonal] Sorry.

Huh? [Confused]
 
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ChaliceGirl:
quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
Two parrots are sitting on a perch.

One says "Can you small fish?"


[Hot and Hormonal] Sorry.

Huh? [Confused]
There is a typo, small should be smell, but you might need to know that a perch is a fish [Smile]
 
Posted by Dal Segno (# 14673) on :
 
There are two fish in a tank. One turns to the other and says "Can you drive this thing?"
 
Posted by ChaliceGirl (# 13656) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
quote:
Originally posted by ChaliceGirl:
quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
Two parrots are sitting on a perch.

One says "Can you small fish?"


[Hot and Hormonal] Sorry.

Huh? [Confused]
There is a typo, small should be smell, but you might need to know that a perch is a fish [Smile]
Ahh, OK, lol [Smile]


A dyslexic walks into a bra....
 
Posted by Caissa (# 16710) on :
 
Two men walked into a bar. You would thought the second one would have seen it.
 
Posted by georgiaboy (# 11294) on :
 
A priest, a rabbi and a protestant minister are fishing from a small boat in the lake.

Suddenly the priest says 'I've brought the wrong line' hops over the side and walks across the water to the shop on the pier.

A bit later the rabbi says 'I need a different style of lure' hops over the side, etc. etc.

About a half hour later the minister says 'I need more sunscreen' hops over the side, and promptly sinks to the bottom.

Watching this, the priest says to the rabbi, 'I suppose we should have told the poor sod where the stumps were.'
 
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
I know a better version.

An Anglican priest, a Baptist Minister and a Pentecostal pastor are fishing etc.

Suddenly the Pentecostal pastor says 'I need to go to the toilet' hops over the side, walks across the water to the WC on the pier, and walks back.

A bit later the Baptist Minister says 'I need to go too', hops over the side, etc. etc.

About a half hour later the Priest says 'Me too', hops over the side, and promptly sinks to the bottom.

Watching this, the Pentecostal pastor says to the Baptist, 'I suppose we should have told the poor chap where the stepping stones are.'

The Baptist replies, 'What stepping stones?'
 
Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Desmond Tutu told a similar joke - the twist being that he walked on the water, but the only thing the newspapers would say was "Tutu can't swim".
 
Posted by irish_lord99 (# 16250) on :
 
A man and his wife had 16 children due to her hearing difficulties. Every night he would ask her, "Do you want to go to sleep, or what?"
 
Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Three girls are discussing their marriage plans with their father. The first says, "I'm going to marry King Edward!"
"Splendid," says the father, "royalty in the family ..."
The second girl declares that she wants to marry Maris Piper; "A fine old Scottish family." says the pleased father.
The third expresses a preference for Murray Walker. "you can't marry him!" exclaims the father, "he's just a commentator!"
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
A lady had a pet parrot that had acquired a rather off-color vocabulary. She used to bring with her to the corner pub every Saturday night, where it would entertain the regulars while picking up some more choice vocabulary.

One Sunday the lady brought the parrot to church. No sooner had she taken her seat in the choir when the parrot launched into his usual routine.

"Be quiet!" said the lady. "You can't say those things in church!"

"Why the hell not?" the parrot replied. "These are the same damn people who were in the pub last night!"
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
A Roman Catholic labourer is one of a gang doing roadworks outside a brothel.

A Protestant minster goes in, and he saya, "Disgusting!".

A rabbi goes in, and he says,"Disgusting!"

A priest goes in, and he says, "How sad! One of the girls must have died".
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
A man's wife is away on a trip, and in the middle of the night a policeman knocks on his door, and shows him a photo.

Policeman: "Is that your wife?"

Man: "Yes".

Policeman: "Looks like she's been in a train accident".

Man: "Yes, but she's got a beautiful nature".
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
but you might need to know that a perch is a fish [Smile]

Another one based on ichthyological nomenclature concerns the (alleged) Roman custom of punishing adulterers by wedging a fish into a bodily orifice, hence the origin of the expression: "What's a nice plaice like you doing in a girl like this?"
 
Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
A painter gets hired to paint a church, by making a very low bid. As he does the job, he realizes that he hasn't bought enough paint, but he knows that if he buys more he won't make a profit, so he thins it out and tries to stretch it over all four walls. As he paints the last wall, with paint so thin that it barely covers anything, a storm comes up. Just as he finishes, the rain hits, washing his work away.

A voice comes out of the thundercloud:

"Repaint, thinner! Repaint, and thin no more!"
 
Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
quote:
Originally posted by ChaliceGirl:
quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
Two parrots are sitting on a perch.

One says "Can you small fish?"


[Hot and Hormonal] Sorry.

Huh? [Confused]
There is a typo, small should be smell, but you might need to know that a perch is a fish [Smile]
A typo! Now, that really is embarrassing. In penance:


Three parrots are in cages stacked on top of each other. Which one owns its cage?

The bottom one. The others are on higher perches.


Maybe I should quite while I'm behind.

[Edit for sense. Can't get anything right!]

[ 25. January 2013, 08:32: Message edited by: The Great Gumby ]
 
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on :
 
Mr Ginsberg is in his 80s and he goes in to see his doctor. He goes in and the doctor says "What's the problem?"

He says "Well, I've been having these silent gas emissions, and I just don't know what to do with it and it's causing a lot of problems and a lot of embarrassment."

And the doctor says, "Well, tell me about it".

And he says, "Well, the other night we were playing bridge, my wife and I were at the Grossmans', and during the course of the night I probably had six or eight of these silent gas emissions. They created a little bit of a noxious odour, but were all silent so there really were no problems. We went home. But then it happened again the other night at dinner, so I decided to come and see you. As a matter of fact I've had eight or ten of these incidents as I sit before you today. What can you do for me, doctor?"

He said, "Well, the first thing I'll do is send you to a hearing specialist."
 
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :
 
Two old ladies, Maud and Edith, driving through a city which - as usual - is heavily peppered with traffic lights. Maud goes through one on red, but they get away with it, so Edith just grips the sides of her seat in silent terror.

This happens twice more, and finally she just can't take it.

'Maud' she shrieks, 'for pity's sake stop at the red lights!'

Maud looks across at her in amazement.

'Oh crap' she says, 'am I driving?'

Mrs. S, rapidly approaching Maud status
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
Two old ladies, Maud and Edith, driving through a city <<snip>> 'Oh crap' she says, 'am I driving?'

[TANGENT] Does anyone remember the movie with Nedra Volz and Clara Peller (the "Where's the beef" lady) where one of them is driving and accidentally turns onto an airport runway, and complains about "those damn buses" getting in her way? I can't think of the name of it. [/TANGENT]
 
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :
 
More like one liners....

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Can you imagine Oxygen and Magnesium together? OMg!
 
Posted by Dal Segno (# 14673) on :
 
I have CDO.

It's like OCD except that the letters are in alphabetical order as they should be.
 
Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :
 
This was told me by a member of one of my congregations, aged 6. But if you're an adult it takes on a kind of Zen quality ...

What's red and invisible?
No tomatoes.
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot!

What's black & white and eats like a horse?
A zebra!

What did the big dustbin say to the little dustbin?
Nothing. Dustbins can't talk.

What's green, got six legs and would kill you if it fell on top of you from a tree?
A snooker table.
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
What's got four legs and flies?
Two pairs of trousers.
 
Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :
 
Two oranges are sitting side-by-side on a wall. The first orange says to the other 'Where do you live, then?'. The second orange replies 'I'm not going to tell you - you might come round and steal my washing....'.

Ian J (whose brother is the only other person I know who has laughed spontaneously at this.....)
 
Posted by ChaliceGirl (# 13656) on :
 
The hard of hearing woman glared furiously at her doctor who just examined her. Trying to calm her, he repeated himself:

"I said you have acute ANGINA!"
 
Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
Two oranges are sitting side-by-side on a wall. The first orange says to the other 'Where do you live, then?'. The second orange replies 'I'm not going to tell you - you might come round and steal my washing....'.

Ian J (whose brother is the only other person I know who has laughed spontaneously at this.....)

Am I being dense? I don't 'get' this one at all. [Confused]
 
Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :
 
No, you're not dense - you just don't have the surreal sense of humour that runs in my family.....

.......this is the sort of joke that simply cannot be explained. You either get it (and not many do), or you don't. If anyone did laugh spontaneously, do let me know!

Ian J.
 
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
No, you're not dense - you just don't have the surreal sense of humour that runs in my family.....

.......this is the sort of joke that simply cannot be explained. You either get it (and not many do), or you don't. If anyone did laugh spontaneously, do let me know!

Ian J.

Hand tentatively in the air... [Hot and Hormonal]
 
Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :
 
You probably have to work with these people to find this funny, but I still find it hilarious:

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man below says: "Yes you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field between 40 & 41 deg. latitude and 120 and 124 deg West longitude."

"You must be an Architect," says the balloonist.

"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of absolutely no use to me and I still don't know where I am."

The man below says, "You must be a contractor."

"Well, yes," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," says the man, "You don't know where you are, or where you're going and you've made a promise that you can't keep but now you expect me to solve your problem; and you're in the same position as you were before we met, but now it's my fault.
 
Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
No, you're not dense - you just don't have the surreal sense of humour that runs in my family.....

.......this is the sort of joke that simply cannot be explained. You either get it (and not many do), or you don't. If anyone did laugh spontaneously, do let me know!

Ian J.

A second hand in the air.

Jengie
 
Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Organ Builder:
You probably have to work with these people to find this funny, but I still find it hilarious...

The rest of us just substitute the professionals from our own experience...
 
Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
Two oranges are sitting side-by-side on a wall. The first orange says to the other 'Where do you live, then?'. The second orange replies 'I'm not going to tell you - you might come round and steal my washing....'.

Ian J (whose brother is the only other person I know who has laughed spontaneously at this.....)

Make that three.
 
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
quote:
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
No, you're not dense - you just don't have the surreal sense of humour that runs in my family.....

.......this is the sort of joke that simply cannot be explained. You either get it (and not many do), or you don't. If anyone did laugh spontaneously, do let me know!

Ian J.

A second hand in the air.

Jengie

All I can guess is that it's some sorta No Soap Radio thing.

Or maybe that you're expecting the punch-line to have something to do with the oranges being anthropomorphized, but then it's just a banal line about washing.
 
Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
What's got four legs and flies?
Two pairs of trousers.

What's got eight legs and flies?
Two dead horses
 
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
There are 10 types of people in the world -- those who understand binary, and those who don't.
 
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :
 
A man takes a taxi from the airport. The taxi comes to a red traffic light and drives straight through - leaving behind cars swerving, horns hooting and general pandemonium. The passenger loosens his grip on the seat to see the driver carrying on unconcerned. They come to another set of red traffic lights and again the driver goes straight through unconcerned, leaving pandemonium in his wake.
'Excuse me,' says the passenger, 'you do know you've just gone through two red traffic lights?'
'Ah relax,' says the driver, 'my brother does it all the time and he's never come to any harm.'
Just then they come to a green traffic light, and the driver swears and slams on the brakes screeching to a halt, and the traffic piles up behind him.
'Why are you stopped? This light's green,' says the passenger.
'My brother might be coming the other way.'

[ 25. January 2013, 22:24: Message edited by: Dafyd ]
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
A recently widowed elderly lady was standing next to her late husbands coffin at the Funeral Director's. She looked at his body dressed in his best blue suit and burst into tears.

"This is so sad" she said. "My husband always said he wanted to be buried in a grey suit, but I am just a poor widow and can't afford to buy a new suit".

The funeral director nodded sympathetically, but knew there was very little he could do.

The day before the funeral, the widow returned to the funeral director to say her last goodbye, and was amazed to see her late husband lying in the coffin but dressed in a grey suit.

"This is wonderful" she said to the funeral director. "How did you manage to dress my husband in a grey suit?"

"Well" said the funeral director "just after you left last time, another lady came in. Her husband was dressed in a grey suit, but she said that he had always wanted to be buried in a blue suit. From that moment on, the problem was solved. All I had to do was to swap the heads over"

[ 25. January 2013, 22:35: Message edited by: Spike ]
 
Posted by Jigsaw (# 11433) on :
 
Why does an elephant paint his toenails?
- So he can hide in a cherry tree.
But I've never seen an elephant in a cherry tree!
- Good disguise, isn't it?
 
Posted by Jay-Emm (# 11411) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
There are 10 types of people in the world -- those who understand binary, and those who don't.

There are 10 types of people in the world -- those who understand binary, those who don't and those who realised this joke was in ternary.
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I liked the one about the snooker table. As a teenager, I used to live in an adult apartment complex that had eight! I played fairly well back in the day...

Can't think of a good joke for today just now.
 
Posted by Theophania (# 16647) on :
 
Why do communists drink herbal tea?

Because proper tea is theft.
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
"Doctor, people treat me as if Im invisible".

"Who said that?"
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
Call on emergency line: "Help me! There's been a hunting accident and I think my friend's dead".

Operator: "First things first. You have to make certain that he really is dead".

Sound of shot.

"OK, now what?"
 
Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Garasu:
quote:
Originally posted by Organ Builder:
You probably have to work with these people to find this funny, but I still find it hilarious...

The rest of us just substitute the professionals from our own experience...
The first time I heard it, the guy on the ground was a political scientist.
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
My wife remembered this one:

Two clowns were eating a clown. One said to the other, "Tastes funny, doesn't it?"
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
A lady flying in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She reduces her altitude and spots another lady in a field down below. She lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
The lady below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, about 30 feet above this field."
"You must be a technical director," says the balloonist.
"I am. How did you know?"
"Everything you told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone."
The lady below says, "You must be in labour."
"I am. But how did you know?"
"You don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."


(rewritten from a selection in: http://www.jokebuddha.com)
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
A lady flying in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She reduces her altitude and spots another lady in a field down below. She lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
The lady below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, about 30 feet above this field."
"You must be a technical director," says the balloonist.
"I am. How did you know?"
"Everything you told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone."
The lady below says, "You must be in labour."
"I am. But how did you know?"
"You don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."


(rewritten from a selection in: http://www.jokebuddha.com)

Sir Kevin, we've already had that one. Also, lifting content from another site, even if 'rewritten' is never something makes Hosts happy.

Firenze
Heaven Host

 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
A grass-hopper walked into a bar, and the barman siad, "Hey, they've named a cocktail after you", and the grass-hopper replied,"Really? A cocktail called George?"
 
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
The first time I heard it, the guy on the ground was a political scientist.

I first came across it with an engineer in the balloon and a mathematician on the ground (but without the comeback from the ground).
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Sorry, F!
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
My wife remembered this one:


erm...Two cannibals were eating a clown. One said to the other, "Tastes funny, doesn't it?"

I was a bit sleepy when I wrote that originally!
 
Posted by Zacchaeus (# 14454) on :
 
From my then 10 year old son.

whats dangerous and swings from a tree.

A monkey with a machine gun..
 
Posted by Zacchaeus (# 14454) on :
 
Just remembered another one from my son - he thought this was hilarious.

(And it's an orange joke I do understand)

Why did the orange stop at the top of the hill?

Because it had run out of juice..
 
Posted by Amorya (# 2652) on :
 
How many psychoanalysts does it take to change a lightbulb?

Two. One to change the bulb, and the other to hold the penis. … … … erm, I mean, the ladder!
 
Posted by Zacchaeus (# 14454) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Amorya:
How many psychoanalysts does it take to change a lightbulb?

Two. One to change the bulb, and the other to hold the penis. … … … erm, I mean, the ladder!

There is a wonderful range of these light bulbe ones, incuding a whole raft of church ones.

For starters how many Cof (OR insert denomination of choice) Does is take to change a light bulb

CHANGE who said anything abotu change...
 
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
An ice-cream seller has been found dead in his van covered in hundreds and thousands .

Police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident as they believe he may have topped himself.
 
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jigsaw:
Why does an elephant paint his toenails?
- So he can hide in a cherry tree.
But I've never seen an elephant in a cherry tree!
- Good disguise, isn't it?

Variation on a theme, not "clean" but probably no worse than some of the others that have snuck in:

Q: Why do elephants paint their testicles red?
A: So they can hide in cherry trees.

Q: What's the loudest noise in the jungle?
A: A giraffe eating cherries.
 
Posted by New Yorker (# 9898) on :
 
Baby polar bear wanders into the igloo's kitchen as mama polar bear is doing the dishes and says, "Mama, were your parents, granny and grandpa polar bear, really polar bears and not brown bears by chance?" "What a silly question," says mama polar bear, "of course they were polar bears."

Baby polar bear is confused so he wanders down the hall to the den where daddy polar bear is relaxing in his recliner watching football. "Dad," says baby polar bear, "where your parents, grandmother and grandfather polar bear really polar bears and not, just maybe, black bears?" "Don't be stupid, kid," says daddy polar bear, "of course they were polar bears."

Baby polar bear is really confused and turns to find mama polar bear standing behind him. "What's got into you, son? Why all this concern about our family not being polar bears?"

Baby polar bear looks down and a bit ashamed, but then rears up and yells: "I'm freezing!"
 
Posted by St. Stephen the Stoned (# 9841) on :
 
A friend of mine used to tell this joke:

Man walks into a shop.

"A copy of the Morning Telegraph please.

"Sorry, we've sold out."

"OK, I'll have a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich."
 
Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
I'm very fond of old Soviet-era jokes, and especially the question-and-answer format known as 'Radio Yerevan' jokes. This is my favourite one of that genre:

Question: "Tell me, Comrade, when Communism is finally achieved and the state withers away, will there still be a need for a police force?"

Answer: "No, Comrade! Under Communism, every citizen will enjoy the right of self-arrest."


[ 26. January 2013, 14:01: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Yes, I like the one a Czech friend told us:

Husák decides to find out what people really think of him. He goes incognito to a beer hall, and asks a local 'what do you think of the President?'

'Sssshhh! Not here!'

So they go out into the street, and he repeats his question.

'We're under a streetlight! We can be seen.'

So they move to a dark corner. 'Now, tell me what you think of the President'.

'We're too close to buildings. We might be overhead.'

So they tramp until they find a deserted, unlit piece of waste ground, hundreds of yards from any structure. 'OK, nobody can possibly see or hear us. NOW TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THE PRESIDENT!'

'I think he's quite a nice chap, actually.'
 
Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :
 
/not terribly clean alert/

Q. How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. Two - but heaven only knows how they both got in there.

I'll get me coat.......

Ian J.
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Amorya:
How many psychoanalysts does it take to change a lightbulb

Only one . . . but it takes a long time, is very expensive, and the lightbulb has to **want** to change.

quote:
How many CofE (OR insert denomination of choice) does is take to change a light bulb?

My grandmother screwed in that light bulb. Don't you **dare** change it!

How many sopranos does it take to change a light bulb?

Two: one to change it, and one to kick the chair out from under her.
 
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
On the modern Sea of Galilee a profiteering boat owner was charging exorbetant rates for trips across the lake.

In order to drum up interest he was calling out " Come and take a trip on the very same stretch of water across which Jesus walked !"

A passing Australian tourist responded, and came up only to look in horror at the boatman's charges .
He says to the man "Blimey mate . I danno who this Jesus geezer was, but lookin at yor prices I'm nat surpr-ised he decided to walk it.


< Please excuse the terrible Australian accent >
Not crucial to the joke, could have been any nationality.
 
Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
That's a good one, Firenze. I told a similar one at work a little while ago, substituting 'The Vice-Chancellor'* for Husak, and it went down very well!

*Not all shipmates may know that in the UK University sector hating the V-C (the executive head of the University) is a widely-held and time-honoured tradition, almost regardless of the V-C's actual merits. But ours really is a complete four-letter man.
 
Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
How many sopranos does it take to change a light bulb?

Two: one to change it, and one to kick the chair out from under her.

Or, as I heard it:

Six--one to change it, and five to talk behind her back about how much better they could have done it.
 
Posted by Zacchaeus (# 14454) on :
 
A hippy era one:-

How many Californians does it take to change a light bulb

10 - one to change the bulb and 9 to share the experience.
 
Posted by Zacchaeus (# 14454) on :
 
How many anglo- catholics does it take to change a lightbulb.


Light bulb - what's wrong with candles!!
 
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :
 
How many con-evos does it take to change a lightbulb?

It doesn't say anything in the bible about changing lightbulbs...

How many charismatics does it take to change a lightbulb?

Three - 1 to change the lightbulb and the other 2 to catch him when he falls.
 
Posted by Polly Plummer (# 13354) on :
 
How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?

That's NOT funny!
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Organ Builder:
quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
How many sopranos does it take to change a light bulb?

Two: one to change it, and one to kick the chair out from under her.

Or, as I heard it:

Six--one to change it, and five to talk behind her back about how much better they could have done it.

Or:

Two - one to climb the ladder and one to say 'Isn't that a little high for you, dear?'
 
Posted by Zacchaeus (# 14454) on :
 
Change a lightbulb

Has it been passed by the building committee?

edited for spelling...

[ 26. January 2013, 17:57: Message edited by: Zacchaeus ]
 
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
A piece of string walks into a bar and asks for a drink.
The Barman tells him to "Get Out!. We don't serve string here"
A few minutes later, the string goes into the bar again, and asks for a drink.
The barman says "We don't serve string here, I told you. You're a piece of string aren't you?"
The string says "No, I'm a frayed knot"
 
Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
I was told ...

How many tenors etc.?
Just the one. He hold the bulb up to the socket and the world revolves around him.

Or, oboe players ....?
Only one, but he needs a stock of 100 light bulbs to be sure of having just the right one.
 
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
No, you're not dense - you just don't have the surreal sense of humour that runs in my family.....

.......this is the sort of joke that simply cannot be explained. You either get it (and not many do), or you don't. If anyone did laugh spontaneously, do let me know!

[Killing me] Erm, I do. I was chuckling for ages after reading this joke. Can I tell you why? No, not even a little.

Hello? Hello? Come back... It's quiet in here. [Help]
 
Posted by Horseman Bree (# 5290) on :
 
Not quite a joke, but it IS definitely adult:

quoting from Peter Gzowski's book about the original incarnation of his radio program:

quote:
A statement by the Honourable Paul Martin, Sr.,
Which won the “dumbest real political statement” award in 1973
In a contest sponsored by Peter Gzowski on his program
“This Country in the Morning” on CBC

Speaking when he was a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party in 1967:

“I wouldn’t be seeking the leadership of the Liberal Party if I didn’t feel strongly that I could not in all conscience not feel that I was taking objection to the meaning of my public life if I didn’t feel that in the view of the emphasis I place on what is the important question that I have the right, that I would have the right, not to meet it.”

I'm pretty sure you will laugh anyway!

Needless to say, he did not attain his goal. Unfortuinately, his son did reach that office, but apparently he also inherited the speaking style.
 
Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :
 
To those of you who have said they laughed at my orange joke.....

[Overused]

Ian J.
 
Posted by Traveller (# 1943) on :
 
Tiger Woods was playing in a tournament in rural Ireland and drove his BMW into the local garage to fill up with fuel. The proprietor came up to man the pump and got chatting, as the Irish do. Tiger got out of the car to continue the conversation and couple of tees fell out of his pocket.

"Well now, what are those things?" asked the proprietor.

"Oh, they're called tees. They are to rest my balls on while I'm driving." replied Tiger.

"Bejasus, don't BMW think of everything!"
 
Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by blackbeard:

How many tenors etc.?
Just the one. He hold the bulb up to the socket and the world revolves around him.

No, no, no, you need at least 6: one to change the bulb, and five others to tell you how much better they would have done it, and of course the would... if only it hadn't have been quite so high.
 
Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on :
 
A joke from my profession:

How many reference librarians does it take to change a lightbulb?

I don't know but I can look it up for you.
 
Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Snags:
quote:
Originally posted by Jigsaw:
Why does an elephant paint his toenails?
- So he can hide in a cherry tree.
But I've never seen an elephant in a cherry tree!
- Good disguise, isn't it?

Variation on a theme, not "clean" but probably no worse than some of the others that have snuck in:

Q: Why do elephants paint their testicles red?
A: So they can hide in cherry trees.

Q: What's the loudest noise in the jungle?
A: A giraffe eating cherries.

[Killing me] Cherry trees in a jungle! That's hilarious!


[Hot and Hormonal] Oh, that wasn't the funny part, was it.


[Biased]
 
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on :
 
[Smile] Well, indeed. On reflection it fails the "adult" criteria too, as it was definitely a school playground joke, so accuracy not a strong requirement.
 
Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Snags:
[Smile] Well, indeed. On reflection it fails the "adult" criteria too, as it was definitely a school playground joke, so accuracy not a strong requirement.

I liked both versions. Although the cherry tree in the jungle (and a giraffe eating cherries) adds to the general silliness!
 
Posted by Palimpsest (# 16772) on :
 
If we're regenerating lightbulb jokes;

How many physicists does it take to change a lightbulb?

4. One to hold the bulb and 3 to change the plane of reference.
 
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
Traveller . Thanks for that joke . Took me a few minutes to get it, also put a smile on the wife's face.
[Overused]
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Zacchaeus:
A hippy era one:-

How many Californians does it take to change a light bulb

10 - one to change the bulb and 9 to share the experience.

[Projectile]

I'm offended - my family has been in California since the country was young!

I am going to stop writing my novel for a bit and wander off to ponder my joke for the day. This time it shan't be plagiarized!
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Traveller:
Tiger Woods was playing in a tournament in rural Ireland and drove his BMW into the local garage to fill up with fuel. The proprietor came up to man the pump and got chatting, as the Irish do. Tiger got out of the car to continue the conversation and couple of tees fell out of his pocket.

"Well now, what are those things?" asked the proprietor.

"Oh, they're called tees. They are to rest my balls on while I'm driving." replied Tiger.

"Bejasus, don't BMW think of everything!"

[Projectile] I'm glad I didn't get the visual!

[Killing me] [Killing me] [Killing me]
 
Posted by geroff (# 3882) on :
 
"What's brown and sticky?"

"A stick."

I don't know many jokes, i am afraid. [Hot and Hormonal]
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Here's today's joke. I just made it up. I have been working on my novel for several hours and I am taking a break before attending early Mass. Sorry if it's not as good as earlier submissions!

Q. How many basses does it take to make a key?

A. Only one, but he has to go downstairs to the canal to get a new lock!
 
Posted by birdie (# 2173) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by geroff:
"What's brown and sticky?"

"A stick."

That's my favourite joke. (I'm a simple soul).

Also:

"What do you call a fly with no wings?"

"A walk."
 
Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :
 
Q. What is it that goes 'zub, zub, zub?'
A. An eeb (i.e. not 'a bee flying backwards....').

*sigh*

I'll get me coat (again).

Ian J.
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
How many Irish mothers does it take to change a lightbulb?

None. I'll just sit here in the dark while youse go out and enjoy yourselves.
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by geroff:
"What's brown and sticky?"

"A stick."

What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?

A stick
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
After my "joke of the day" was posted, I went to early Mass - that was over three hours ago. I have been writing my novel and/or reading one about an Englishman in Italy (please see Ship's Book Club in this venue). Please, be honest. Is it rubbish or is it any good? Did you lot like either of the other two which were not based on ballooning? I am enjoying most of your submissions that were not like my late mother's favourite genre. She loved shaggy dog stories such as the ones our good friend Miss Amanda likes to tell..... [Big Grin]

I thank you, one and all, for making this thread a roaring success! I pledge to offer at least four unfamiliar adult clean jokes every week ad infinitum. Bloody hell! How did the joke about the brown stick sneak in? [Frown]
 
Posted by geroff (# 3882) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Bloody hell! How did the joke about the brown stick sneak in? [Frown]

It seemed quite relevant for someone who lives in Ambridge.
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
[Hot and Hormonal]
 
Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
quote:
Originally posted by geroff:
"What's brown and sticky?"

"A stick."

What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?

A stick

I like Milton Jones's joke:

"Today I learned that the Aborigine word for "back" is "boo". Because when you throw an ordinary meringue ..."
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I pledge to offer at least four unfamiliar adult clean jokes every week ad infinitum. Q

In which case, get a blog....

As I pointed out on the NaNoWriMo thread, this is not the place for getting feedback on your compositions.

Firenze
Heaven Host

 
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
A stranger ,( something of a rogue), walks into a rural golf clubhouse .
A man, who is clearly blind, is sat at the bar fumbling with some change to pay for a drink.

The stranger sits beside the blind man and engages him in conversation . "Play golf do you?" he says.
The blind man replies "Yes I do, when I get the chance . I can only play at certain times of the day if you get what I mean.

The stranger then thinks to himself - 'Oh yeah, mornings and evenings I expect , when no one else is around'.

The blind man continues, "I'll give you a round if you like , we could even put a few pounds on it,."

'Blimey, we can't go wrong here' thinks the stranger . So he say's "How about £25 per hole ?"
"Yes, no problem" came the reply "But as I said I do only play at certain times of the day"
"Absolutely fine by me" says the stranger. "Any time you like, just name it"

Smiling, the blind man replies -- "Tomorrow evening 11.45 pm"
 
Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
A kangaroo hops into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender draws him a pint and says "That'll be seven dollars... You know, we don't get many kangaroos in here."

The kangaroo says, "With those kind of prices, I'm not surprised."
 
Posted by Pants (# 999) on :
 
Stolen from FB...

C, E-flat, and G go into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished, and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. D comes in and heads for the bathroom, saying, "Excuse me; I'll just be a second." Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, "Get out! You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight." E-flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, "You're looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development." Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit and everything else, and is au natural. Eventually C sobers up and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of D.S. without Coda at an upscale correctional facility.
 
Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
What's blue and smells like red paint?

Blue paint.
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
A blind man stumbles into a lesbian bar. "Who wants to hear a dumb blonde joke?" he announces. Immediately the place falls silent.

Finally the bartender says, "Listen, buddy. I'm a 300 pound Sumo wrestler, and I'm a blonde. The lady to your right is a long-distance truck driver, and she's a blonde. The lady to your left is a champion weight lifter, and she's a blonde. Now, do you really want to tell that dumb blonde joke?"

"Not if I have to repeat it three times," the blind man replies.
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Two friends regularly walk their dogs - one has a Rottweiler, and one a chihuahua.

One says 'I could really do with a bite to eat. There's a good restaurant just here.'

'But they don't admit dogs.'

'No problem. Just do as I do.' With that, he puts on some sunglasses and goes into the restaurant.

'I'm sorry sir, but you can't bring your dog in.'

'He's my guide dog.'

'He's a Rottweiler!'

'It's a new thing they're trying out - combination guard dog and guide dog.'

'Oh. OK, in you go.'

So his friend tries the same thing. Puts on dark glasses, goes into the restaurant.

'I'm sorry sir, but you can't bring your dog in.'

'He's my guide dog.'

'But he's a chihuahua.'

'They gave me a chihuahua!'
 
Posted by New Yorker (# 9898) on :
 
A Blonde was down on her luck. In order to raise some money, she decided to kidnap a kid and hold him for ransom.

She went to the playground, grabbed a kid, took him behind a tree, and told him, "I`ve kidnapped you."

She then wrote a note saying, "I`ve kidnapped your kid. Tomorrow morning, put $10,000 in a paper bag and put it under the pecan tree next to the slide on the north side of the playground. Signed, A Blonde."

The Blonde then taped the note to the kid`s shirt and sent him home to show it to his parents.

The next morning the blonde checked, and sure enough, a paper bag was sitting beneath the pecan tree.

The blonde opened the bag and found the $10,000 with a note that said, "How could you do this to a fellow Blonde?"
 
Posted by georgiaboy (# 11294) on :
 
Just on the off-chance that there is someone out there who has not heard this one ---

Three deaf ladies on a London bus:

DL#1 says 'Is this Wembley?'
DL#2 says 'No dear, it's Thursday.'
DL#3 says 'So am I, let's go have a drink.'

Ba-da-boom. tschhhhhhhhhhhh!
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I pledge to offer at least four unfamiliar adult clean jokes every week ad infinitum. Q

In which case, get a blog....

As I pointed out on the NaNoWriMo thread, this is not the place for getting feedback on your compositions.

Firenze
Heaven Host

Right - I'll get me coat! It's just a joke - get over it! I have done.
 
Posted by Dogwalker (# 14135) on :
 
Did you hear about motorcyclist who fell and lost his whole left side?

He's all right now.
 
Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?

A stick

We always heard this one as "A stupid stick!", said with fake anger. Delivery mattering.
 
Posted by TomOfTarsus (# 3053) on :
 
Blind golfer(s), as I originally heard it:

A minister, a doctor, a lawyer and an engineer were out for a nice round of golf. But ahead of them were four of the worst golfers they'd ever seen. Seeing their erratic play and stumbling about, they complained to the greenskeeper. But he told them have pity. "These men are blind. They are fire fighters who were blinded while saving our clubhouse last year. In thanks, we let them play whenever they want to for free."

Humbled, the men demurred. "I'll be certain to pray for them specially," said the minister.

"Send them round to my office," said the doctor. "I'll do everything I can to see that their sight is restored!"

"And send them to me as well," said the lawyer. "I'll make sure they are receiving all the benefits to which they are entitled."

They all looked at the engineer, who shrugged and said, "Why can't these guys play at night?"
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by geroff:
"What's brown and sticky?"

"A stick."


Backstory to oral joke: There is a popular holiday spot near Melbourne called Phillip Island, the main town on which, Cowes, used to be served by a ferry.

Hence: What's brown, steams and comes out of Cow[e]s? The Phillip Island ferry!

(Wouldn't be surprised if this came from the original Cowes in UK).
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
Having already made myself unpopular wth kilted Shipmates by referring to them on another thread as Scotch, may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.

First, there was the Scotsman who wrote a letter to the editor threatening that if didn't stop printing anti-Scots jokes he would stop borrowing his newspaper.

Then there was the old Scotsman who lay dying.

"Is all my family around me? Is my wife here?"

"Yes dear, I'm here".

"And my son?"

"Yes Father".

"And my daughter?"

"Yes Daddy, we're all here".

"Then if you're all here, why's the light on in the kitchen?"

Hoots, mon....
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
And remember to take wee Donal's glasses aff when he's no looking at anything.

Though the dying Scotsman joke is pretty much the same as the dying Jew. Same setup, same dialogue, but punch line 'If you're all here, who's minding the store?'
 
Posted by Enoch (# 14322) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
Backstory to oral joke: There is a popular holiday spot near Melbourne called Phillip Island, the main town on which, Cowes, used to be served by a ferry.

Hence: What's brown, steams and comes out of Cow[e]s? The Phillip Island ferry!

(Wouldn't be surprised if this came from the original Cowes in UK).

It does. The punch line is 'the Isle of Wight Ferry'.
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I pledge to offer at least four unfamiliar adult clean jokes every week ad infinitum. Q

In which case, get a blog....

As I pointed out on the NaNoWriMo thread, this is not the place for getting feedback on your compositions.

Firenze
Heaven Host

Right - I'll get me coat! It's just a joke - get over it! I have done.
I hope you're not being rude to a host Sir K ...


Spike
SoF Admin
 
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on :
 
Dogwalker's biker joke reminded me of this:

A biker has a dreadful accident: bike's totalled, he's smashed up really badly, and taken to hospital where the medics do all they can.

Eventually he regains consciousness, and the doctor comes to see him straight away.

"What's going on? Where am I? How's my bike?" asks the biker.

"Well, you've been in a horrendous accident, and I'm afraid I've got some good news and some bad news" says the doctor.

"What's the bad news?"

"Your bike's written off, and your legs were so badly damaged we had to amputate them both at the knee"

At this the bloke bursts into tears. "How the hell can there be good news after that? That's a nightmare!"

"The bloke in the next bed wants to buy your boots"
 
Posted by geroff (# 3882) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
quote:
Originally posted by geroff:
"What's brown and sticky?"

"A stick."


Backstory to oral joke: There is a popular holiday spot near Melbourne called Phillip Island, the main town on which, Cowes, used to be served by a ferry.

Hence: What's brown, steams and comes out of Cow[e]s? The Phillip Island ferry!


I'm sorry but I don't understand your joke's relation to mine.
I thought it was a comment on the state of being a stick.
 
Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :
 
Surely the connection is the word 'brown'?
[Confused]

....but you knew that, of course......

Ian J.
 
Posted by Reuben (# 11361) on :
 
Apparently my son knows the funniest joke in the world but he refuses to tell me as I may die from laughing so hard I split my sides.
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by geroff:
quote:
Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
quote:
Originally posted by geroff:
"What's brown and sticky?"

"A stick."


Backstory to oral joke: There is a popular holiday spot near Melbourne called Phillip Island, the main town on which, Cowes, used to be served by a ferry.

Hence: What's brown, steams and comes out of Cow[e]s? The Phillip Island ferry!


I'm sorry but I don't understand your joke's relation to mine.
I thought it was a comment on the state of being a stick.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the island has many trees and is famous for its sticks.
 
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Shakes head in confusion and clambers back onto the mainland...

There is Tim Vine's famous joke which I think won a prize at the Edinburgh Fringe a couple of years back:

"I've just come back from the holiday of a lifetime. Never again!"
 
Posted by Enoch (# 14322) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Reuben:
Apparently my son knows the funniest joke in the world but he refuses to tell me as I may die from laughing so hard I split my sides.

I'm surprised he hasn't suggested that you make your will in his favour, so that he can tell it.
 
Posted by ChaliceGirl (# 13656) on :
 
Two women were at work together.

Woman#1 says to Woman#2: "How in the world do you remain so cheerful in this horrible workplace?"

Woman#2 says, "I'll tell you a secret: Once in awhile during lunch hour, I go to my house and I make love with my husband. It is great! You should try that too."

One day soon after, Woman#2 notices Woman#1 missing during lunch hour. Suddenly, Woman#1 appears, ready to resume work and she is grinning from ear to ear.

Woman#2 says to her: "Ahhhh, I see you took my advice!"

Woman#1 says, "Oh yes! And by the way, your curtains are lovely."
 
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
Nice one CG [Yipee]

A Christian man dies , then finds himself in some kind of parallel universe type place . Low and behold there's a pub there .
So he goes in and starts talking to a happy looking man sat at the bar.

Being a newbie he was a bit nervous, so he asked the man sitting there what this being dead business was like.
"It's magic mate", says the man. Then, drawing in closer, he continues , "You won't believe this, but I'm either up on the golfing green or..." he whispers "...<having sex>".

"Well" replies the Christian man, "This all sounds pretty amazing".
"Although I have to say I never thought Heaven would have such an abundance of earthly pleasures on offer".

The other man says, "Oh, I'm not talking about Heaven . I was a life-long Buddhist, when I'm not here I'm reincarnated as a rabbit .
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
I'm not too sure the last two jokes count as 'clean'.

But wotthehell, 'adult' went by the board some time ago.
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
Let's try and raise the tone a little then.

What is the definition of an Alto?
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A Soprano who can sight read.
 
Posted by bib (# 13074) on :
 
A blonde gets on a plane flying from Hobart to Melbourne. Despite not having a business class ticket, the blonde sits in that section. The flight attendant asks her to please go to her own seat. "No. I'm blonde and beautiful and going to Melbourne". So the flight attendant goes to report to the Captain that the woman refuses to move. The navigator comes out of the cockpit and asks the woman to go to her proper seat."No. I'm blonde and beautiful and I'm going to Melbourne". The navigator reports this to the Captain. The Captain says that he is married to a blonde, so can speak blonde. He goes to the woman and whispers in her ear. The woman immediately gets up and goes to her proper seat. Everyone cheers. The navigator asks what the Captain said. The Captain replies "I just told her that the business class passengers weren't going to Melbourne."
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
Sex, sexism, scatology, ethnic denigration - must be time for some religious sectarianism!

A man on a business trip to Ireland falls into conversation with the passenger beside him:

"And what takes you to Ireland?"

"I-I'm g-g-going for a j-j-j-job interview".

"What sort of a job?"

"R-r-radio a-a-announcer".

"Think you'll get it?"

"N-n-not really. They'll p-p-probably g-g-give it to a b-b-bloody Catholic".
 
Posted by Cryptic (# 16917) on :
 
A man buys a new motorbike of which he is intensely proud. He goes over to his friend's house to show it off, and offers to take his friend for a ride on the pillion. His friend agrees and off they go. After a while, the rider turns around and says to his passenger "How are you going?". Passenger replies, "The your bike is fantastic, but I'm freezing back here in teh wind". The rider tells his friend to put his jacket on backwards so that the collar stops the wind blowing down his neck. They set off again, and all is well. A little later, the rider once again turns around to check that his friend is OK, and he is dismayed to see that he has fallen off. He does a U-turn and retraces his route, the rider soon find his friend, lying in the middle of the road surrounded by helpful bystanders. "How is he?" says the rider to one of the bystanders, who replies "He seemed OK until we tried to turn his head around the right way..."
 
Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
I heard Kaplan Corday's one as being set in South Wales - and the man was sure he would get the job, because he spoke Welsh.

Maybe you have to know South Wales to get that version...
 
Posted by cosmic dance (# 14025) on :
 
A prisoner who has been convicted of a crime, is escorted by a policeman back to court to hear his sentence pronounced.
The judge says to the prisoner "Have you anything to say before you are sentenced?"
"Bugger all, your Lordship" says the prisoner. The judge turns to the policeman "Eh, what was that? What did the prisoner say?" "He said bugger all, your Lordship" says the policeman.
"That's strange", says the judge. "I could have sworn I saw his lips move."
 
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :
 
Another old lady joke [Smile] they're a bit on my mind at the moment.

Two old ladies playing cards together one afternoon. They have been friends all their lives, upwards of 80 years. One of them suddenly realises she has forgotten her friend's name - after all this time she can't remember what her friend is called.

Mortified, she says 'I am more sorry than I can say, but I cannot for the life of me remember your name'.

Old lady number 2 is furious. 'we've been friends ALL THIS TIME and now you can't even remember my name - fine friend you are' and so on and so on.

Old lady number 1 by now is abject - 'Just please forgive me and tell me your name, you know I'm getting old and my memory is going'.

Old lady number 2 - 'Oh well all right, I suppose so'

Pause.

'When do you need to know by?'

Mrs. S, in full sympathy [Axe murder]
 
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
The Food Standards Agency have retracted their claim to have found traces of zebra in supermarket beefburgers after someone pointed out exactly what a barcode is.
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
A dumb blonde went into the beauty parlor to get her hair done, but she wouldn't take off her headphones. "Oh, no, I can't." she said. "If I take them off, I'll die!"

"Oh, surely that can't be right," the beautician replied. "Here, let me help you with those." Whereupon the beautician removed the dumb blonde's headphones. Immediately she began gasping for air, and in another minute she keeled over dead.

"My goodness, I wonder what she was hearing through those?" the beautician asked. So she put on the headphones and heard the following:

"Breathe in . . . breathe out . . . breathe in . . . breathe out . . ."
 
Posted by ChaliceGirl (# 13656) on :
 
Why did the blonde get excited after finishing the jigsaw puzzle in only 6 months?

Because the box said "from 2 to 4 years."
 
Posted by Bene Gesserit (# 14718) on :
 
How many surrealists does it take to...


Apricots.
 
Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Man goes into a pub and says to the barman 'I'll h-h-have a p-p-int of b-b-bitter, p-please'

'C-c-certainly s-sir' says the barman 'P-p-pint of b-b-bitter, c-coming r-right up.'

So the man's drinking his pint by the bar and a another man comes in, a big puce-faced posh chap. 'Barman!' says the posh chap in a very clipped voice, 'A large whisky and soda, please!'

'Certainly sir!' replies the barman in an equally clipped voice, 'large whisky and soda, coming right up'.

Hearing this, the first man sees red, leans across the bar and grabs the barman by the collar. 'H-here!' he says, 'w-w-were you t-t-taking the p-p-piss out of m-me?'

'N-n-no!' replies the barman: 'I w-was t-t-taking the p-p-piss out of h-h-him!'

(I told that one to a speech therapist friend of mine. Good fun to see her face darkening as the joke progressed and then bursting into a peal of laughter at the punchline.)
 
Posted by Traveller (# 1943) on :
 
Angus is lying in bed, his breath coming ever more strenuously as his life moves steadily towards its end. His wife of many years sits at his bedside, knitting gently whilst watching over him.

“Florrie!” he whispers. “Florrie, I've something to tell you afore I go.”

“Aye, Angus, what might that be?” Florrie asks him.

“Florrie, I can't go without setting my mind at rest. I have tried to be a good husband to you, but I have to tell you that I had a dalliance with our next door neighbour, Maudie, last year.”

Florrie knits on serenely for a minute or two before she speaks.

“Aye, Angus, I know. That's why I've poisoned ye.”
 
Posted by Kaplan Corday (# 16119) on :
 
A man bumps into an old school friend after many years, and discovers that he is a psychiatrist, so he says, “These days I sometimes wonder about my own sanity, so perhaps I should book myself in with you for a check-up”.

The psychiatrist replies, “I can do a quick elimination test here and now if you’ll just answer three questions. First, what is it that a man does standing up, a woman does sitting down, and a dog does standing on three legs?”

“Shake hands?”

“Correct. Second, what, if your dog did it in your backyard and you stepped in it, might cause you to curse?”

“Dig a hole?”

“Right again. Finally, where is women’s hair the curliest?”

“Papua New Guinea?”

“Three out of three. Don’t worry. You’re perfectly normal. You wouldn’t believe some of the weird answers I get from other people”.
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by blackbeard:
I was told ...

How many tenors etc.?
Just the one. He hold the bulb up to the socket and the world revolves around him.

Or, oboe players ....?
Only one, but he needs a stock of 100 light bulbs to be sure of having just the right one.

When I heard it, it was about sopranos... I have been married to one for many years...
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Shapiro the tailor suffered from a long streak of bad business and was near bankruptcy. So he went to the synagogue and prayed: "Oh God, what can I do to improve my business?"

"Cut wide lapels!" boomed down a voice from the ceiling. So Shapiro rushed back to his tailor shop and cut a whole line of suits with wide lapels. No sooner had he displayed them in his window when a crowd formed and the entire line sold out in minutes. Shapiro could hardly count all the money that came in.

So he went back to the synagogue and prayed: "O God, I thank you for helping me in my time of need. To show my gratitude, I'd like to take you into partnership with me. I'm thinking of calling it God and Shapiro. What do you think?"

The voice boomed down: "Make it Lord and Tailor."
 
Posted by Traveller (# 1943) on :
 
Continuing the musical thread:

Q. What is the difference between a violin and an onion?

A. Nobody cries if you cut up a violin.


Q. Why is a viola better than a violin?

A. It burns for a longer time.
 
Posted by Enoch (# 14322) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Shapiro the tailor suffered from a long streak of bad business and was near bankruptcy. So he went to the synagogue and prayed: "Oh God, what can I do to improve my business?"

"Cut wide lapels!" boomed down a voice from the ceiling. So Shapiro rushed back to his tailor shop and cut a whole line of suits with wide lapels. No sooner had he displayed them in his window when a crowd formed and the entire line sold out in minutes. Shapiro could hardly count all the money that came in.

So he went back to the synagogue and prayed: "O God, I thank you for helping me in my time of need. To show my gratitude, I'd like to take you into partnership with me. I'm thinking of calling it God and Shapiro. What do you think?"

The voice boomed down: "Make it Lord and Tailor."

I don't think that one works over here.
 
Posted by Cryptic (# 16917) on :
 
What's the difference between a viola and a trampoline?

You take your shoes off before jumping on a trampoline.
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Enoch:
quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:<<snip>>"Make it Lord and Tailor."

I don't think that one works over here.
A thousand pardons. Lord and Taylor is a very chic department store. But now we're even for the joke about the orange that steals laundry.
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Today's joke:

This is a re-telling of a popular one and is featured on page 166, with several starts and stops, in the Ship's Book Club thread on this board.

Location - English Channel, in the seventeenth century:

"The captain of the Naval frigate raises the telescope to his eye and he sees five pirate ships on the horizon, bearing down on him.

Bring me my red shirt, he says to his lieutenant.

Your red shirt?

Just do it, man!

Anyway, they engage the pirate ships and a fierce battle ensues. The captain's in the thick of it, fighting hand-to-hand, running pirates through, all over the place. Against terrible odds they capture all five of the pirate ships. When it's over and everyone is celebrating, the lieutenant asks the captain why he asked for his red shirt. The captain says it was so that if he was wounded the men wouldn't see the blood and wouldn't lost heart. Everyone cheers: What a hero our captain is.

A few days later they're patrolling in the Channel and another shout comes down from the crow's nest. The captain raises the telescope to his eye and this time he sees twenty pirate ships on the horizon, bearing down on them fast. The captain lowers his glass and turns to his lieutenant.

Lieutenant, he says.

Yes Captain?

Bring me my brown trousers.
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Traveller:
Continuing the musical thread:

Q. What is the difference between a violin and an onion?

A. Nobody cries if you cut up a violin.


Q. Why is a viola better than a violin?

A. It burns for a longer time.

What's the difference between a seamstress and a viola player?

A seamstress tucks up the frills.
 
Posted by Traveller (# 1943) on :
 
An old man lays in his bed, knowing his time is coming close. His wife has left his bedside for a while, going downstairs to the kitchen.

All of a sudden, he can smell his favourite biscuits (cookies to our American friends), his wife's specialities. His beloved wife must be making a batch of them especially for him – how wonderful.

He feels refreshed with this lovely smell, so much so that he struggles out of bed and downstairs. Opening the kitchen door, he sees a batch of these precious delicacies on the kitchen table, cooling and fresh from the oven, just at their best. He reaches out to take one....


His wife bats his hand away. “Leave them alone! They're for the wake!”
 
Posted by ChaliceGirl (# 13656) on :
 
Did you hear about the blonde who ran away from her kids after she took aspirin?

The bottle said "Take 2 tablets" and "Keep away from children."
 
Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
A thousand pardons. Lord and Taylor is a very chic department store.

Hmmm, founded 1826. Almost old enough to be respectable.
 
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Traveller: Continuing the musical thread: Q. What is the difference between a violin and an onion? A. Nobody cries if you cut up a violin.
In a similar vein:
What's the difference between a church organist and an onion?
A: You cry when you stick a knife into an onion.

What's the difference between a church organist and a terrorist?
A: You can negotiate with a terrorist.

(Both told by a vicar)
 
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
What is it called when you toss a bagpipe in the exact center of a dumpster?

Perfect pitch.
 
Posted by Dogwalker (# 14135) on :
 
A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the accordion, but doesn't.
 
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
< Pardon to all blondes , love you really >

Dumb blonde out driving her sports one day , and down come a load of hail-stones the size of tennis balls.

She takes the motor, covered in dents, to the nearest garage and is greeted by a couple of not very 'new men' who decide they can have a bit of fun .
"Can you fix this ?" she asks . "Well Madame" says one of the men , "We think the best thing you can do is take your car home and blow as hard as you can into that pipe there", (pointing to the exhaust pipe).
"That is a guaranteed way of popping the dents out", says the other.

So the lady obediently goes home and does as the men had advised .
Needless to say this does nothing at all, except smudge the lipstick and put a black ring around her mouth . Disappointed she goes to see her friend, who is also a dumb blonde, and tells the whole sorry story.

Her friend takes one look at the car, and laughing merrily says, "Oh my Dearest, blowing in that pipe was never going to make the dents come out".
"Why's that ?" comes the reply".
"You didn't shut the windows first".
 
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ChaliceGirl:
Did you hear about the blonde who ran away from her kids after she took aspirin?

The bottle said "Take 2 tablets" and "Keep away from children."

This seems like excellent advice to anyone with a headache.
 
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Drifting Star:
quote:
Originally posted by ChaliceGirl:
Did you hear about the blonde who ran away from her kids after she took aspirin?

The bottle said "Take 2 tablets" and "Keep away from children."

This seems like excellent advice to anyone with a headache.
Reminds me of the old painkiller slogan. If you have a headache, then don't take anything. Because nothing works faster than A*****
 
Posted by GordonThePenguin (# 2106) on :
 
A man walks into an East German department store and says to the assistant 'Have you no men's shoes?'.

The assistant replies, 'No. Here we have no kitchenware. No men's shoes is on the second floor'.
 
Posted by Yam-pk (# 12791) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by GordonThePenguin:
A man walks into an East German department store and says to the assistant 'Have you no men's shoes?'.

The assistant replies, 'No. Here we have no kitchenware. No men's shoes is on the second floor'.

Ah the joys of German grammar [Biased]
 
Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
quote:
Originally posted by Traveller: Continuing the musical thread: Q. What is the difference between a violin and an onion? A. Nobody cries if you cut up a violin.
In a similar vein:
What's the difference between a church organist and an onion?
A: You cry when you stick a knife into an onion.

What's the difference between a church organist and a terrorist?
A: You can negotiate with a terrorist.

(Both told by a vicar)

The second one is How Things Should Be. Most clergy haven't a clue about music and hymnody in my experience; they choose hymns according to a vague relationship between the theme of the Sunday readings and the first line of some awful dirge.

Organists have to play the damned things and know which ones are a joy and which ones leading the congregation through is like wading through syrup on a cold day because they're God-awful.
 
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I liked this one from the Ship of Fools twitter link on the front page:

Minister: Today is the feast day of St Brigid, patron saint of dairy workers. All: Thanks Brie to God.
 
Posted by Carex (# 9643) on :
 
An American political joke: my apologies to those in more civilized parts of the world who lack familiarity with some of the lower life forms.


What is the difference between Rush Limbaugh and an ordinary skunk?


Rush Limbaugh wouldn't be caught dead in the middle of the road.
 
Posted by ChaliceGirl (# 13656) on :
 
Ahh, political jokes..

This one went aroud when George W. "Dubya" Bush was President:

Dubya was waiting for an elevator one day, and noticed a man to his right with a long white beard and robe to match, clutching a few stone tablets with his left arm and a staff with his right.
Dubya asked the man, "Say, aren't you Moses?"
The man ignored him and stared at the ceiling.
"Maybe he didn't hear me," Dubya muttered, and walked directly in front of the man.
"Say," Dubya repeated, "aren't you Moses?"
Again, the man ignored him and stared at the ceiling.
Now a bit confused, Dubya tugged on the man's robe, yelling, "Are you Moses?"
Finally, in an irritated tone, the man replied, "Yes, I am."
"Why didn't you answer me the first time?" Dubya asked.
Moses responded, "The last time I spoke to a Bush, I had to spend forty years in the desert..."
 
Posted by jbohn (# 8753) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
What is it called when you toss a bagpipe in the exact center of a dumpster?

Perfect pitch.

Perfect pitch is when you dumpster an accordion- and land it on a banjo...
 
Posted by Stick Monitor (# 17253) on :
 
A rabbit walks into a pub and asks for the bar-food menu.
"I'll have a cheese toastie and a tuna toastie please"
The next day he does the same...
"I'll have a ham toastie and a chicken toastie please"
And again, the next day...
"I'll have a bean toastie and an egg toastie please"
And so on until the end of the week, after which he never returns.

One night, at midnight, exactly one year after the rabbit's last visit, the hideously deformed spectre of the rabbit floats through the door as the landlord is cleaning up.

"Is that you, rabbit? Where have you been all this time?" asked the landlord.
"I died" replied the rabbit.
"Oh, sorry to hear that. What did you die of?"
"Mixing my toasties."
 
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
Oh, Mr Stick Monitor, that was a beauty [Killing me]

I have exhausted my joke supply . The tumbleweeds can stay locked away.

Just one more as a stocking-filler.....
Q . What did the grape say when it got trod on ?

A . Nothing . It just let out a little whine.
 
Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by rolyn:
< Pardon to all blondes , love you really >

Dumb blonde out driving her sports one day , and down come a load of hail-stones the size of tennis balls.

She takes the motor, covered in dents, to the nearest garage and is greeted by a couple of not very 'new men' who decide they can have a bit of fun .
"Can you fix this ?" she asks . "Well Madame" says one of the men , "We think the best thing you can do is take your car home and blow as hard as you can into that pipe there", (pointing to the exhaust pipe).
"That is a guaranteed way of popping the dents out", says the other.

So the lady obediently goes home and does as the men had advised .
Needless to say this does nothing at all, except smudge the lipstick and put a black ring around her mouth . Disappointed she goes to see her friend, who is also a dumb blonde, and tells the whole sorry story.

Her friend takes one look at the car, and laughing merrily says, "Oh my Dearest, blowing in that pipe was never going to make the dents come out".
"Why's that ?" comes the reply".
"You didn't shut the windows first".

You do realise that you can any joke on this lines by starting it "this eejit" or "this beautiful eejit" and it will still work ?
 
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
A Chinese man walks into a bar. It's very crowded and he accidentally spills a drink belonging to an elderly Jewish man. The Chinese man apologises, but the Jewish man is still angry, saying 'You Chinese are all the same - first Pearl Harbour, now this!' 'What are you talking about?' says the Chinese man, 'Pearl Harbour was the Japanese, not the Chinese'. The Jew shrugs and says, 'Chinese, Japanese, what's the difference?'

'Well, you can talk,' says the Chinese man. 'It was the Jews that sank the Titanic.' The Jew says 'You're crazy - the Titantic was sunk by an iceberg!' So the Chinese man says 'Greenberg, Goldberg, Iceberg - what's the difference?'
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
That's terrible! [Biased]

Today's joke (copyright K M Masser, 2013) is one I had been thinking about almost all month before I told it yesterday to a strange girl I met at work. She laughed, so here it is:

The late Al Davis, owner of the infamous Oakland Raiders of the NFL, decided to have a job fair to find a new coach as almost everyone since the great John Madden quit had failed miserably. Fifty candidates from all over the country, with backgrounds varying from Pop Warner to college to assistants on rival NFL teams, showed up. Mr. Davis said, "All right, raise your hands if you want to receive $40,000 every time the team wins." Fifty hands went up. "OK, now raise your hands if you want to give me $20,000 every time my team loses!" One hand, belonging to the Pop Warner coach at Clairbourn School in San Gabriel, went up. The other forty-nine passed out.
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
[Confused]
 
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
It might have been polite laughter Sir Kev. [Biased]

Is telling jokes to strange girls at work a valid method of knowing whether a joke's any good ?
In fact, come to think of it, is it even legal these days ? [Razz]
 
Posted by Zacchaeus (# 14454) on :
 
Is this a joke that doesn't cross the pond?
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Yes, that would be the case. I do not know, nor have I composed, any humourous passages regarding my beloved THFC Spurs. I shall copy this one to the NFL thread!
 
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
ABV is the current Spurs joke. YMMV.
 
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?
A drummer.

How many drummers does it take to change lightbulb?
None. They have a machine to do that now.
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
What do you call a drummer with no girlfriend?

Homeless.

Drummer goes into a music shop and browses for a while. Eventually he says: "I'd like the red trumpet and the white accordion". And the shop assistant says: "I'm sorry - I can't sell the fire extinguisher, and the radiator's bolted to the wall."
 
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
I just heard this one on National Public Radio's "Car Talk":

If quizzes are quizzical what are tests?
 
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on :
 
What's the last thing Tickle-me Elmo gets before leaving the factory?

Test tickles.
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
ABV is the current Spurs joke. YMMV.

Hey ! We won today!
 
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on :
 
Q. What would you call Ghandi, knowing that he walked many miles on dusty roads without proper shoes, and his time on hunger strike left him weak; he hardly ever brushed his teeth.

A. A super-calloused, fragile mystic vexed with hallitosis.
 
Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
A man travels to Africa for a safari. When he disembarks the plane he notices drumming in the background. Curious, he asks the flight attendant. She replies, "Do not worry about the drums, worry when they stop." The next day, in the headed into the bush, he still hears the drums and asks the guide. The guide replies "Pay no attention while the drums play, worry when they stop." And on into the next day when, suddenly, the drums stop and the entire party cringes and huddles together. "What is happening!,"cries the man in panic. With a look of dread, the guide replies. "The drums have stopped. Time for the Bass solo."
 
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
What is the last thing to pass through a fly's mind when it hits the windscreen of a Ferrari?

It's arse.
 
Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
"Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup?"
"The backstroke, sir."

"Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup?"
"Don't worry. He won't eat much."

"Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!"
"Shhhhh! Everybody will want one!"

There you go. Three jokes, told on the fly...
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
[Eek!]
 
Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Starbug:
What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?
A drummer.

How many drummers does it take to change lightbulb?
None. They have a machine to do that now.

A singer-songwriter I know (who specializes in corny jokes while tuning her guitar) told this joke, although I don't recall if it was before or after she married her drummer:

Q: How can you tell if the platform is level under the drummer?

A: He's drooling out both sides of his mouth.
 
Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :
 
How many sopranos does it take to change a lightbulb?

Three. One to go up the ladder and two to bitch about how it's far too high for her but they could do it easily.

How many altos does it take to change a lightbulb?

Just one, and no-one notices whether its done right or not.

Tenors been done upthread.

How many basses does it take to change a lightbulb?

None. They just look put-upon and get a tenor to do it.
 
Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
What is the difference between a bull and an orchestra?

The bull has horns at the front and an arsehole at the back.
 
Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
So a Hindu monk, a rabbi and a Baptist minister were going to an ecumenical conference. Late at night, the car they were driving broke down and they sought refuge at a nearby farmhouse. The farmer (who did NOT have a daughter--this ain't that kind of joke!) told them that they were welcome to stay the night but he only had room for two of them in the house and the third would have to stay in the barn

The Hindu said "No problem! I come from a poor area in my country and I am used to hardship. I am sure your barn will seem like a palace to me!" So he goes out to the barn. A few minutes later, there is a knock at the door of the house. It's the Hindu. "I am so sorry! There is a cow in the barn. Cows are very sacred to me and it would not be appropriate for me to share sleeping quarters with such a sacred being."

The rabbi said: "Not to worry! My people, we were born to suffer! I will sleep in the barn!" He goes out. A few minutes later, there is a knock on the door of the house. It's the rabbi. "I regret to say that there is a pig in the barn. A pig is an unclean animal and it would not be appropriate for me to sleep in the same spot with it."

The Baptist minister gives a heavy sigh. "Oh, very well," he said in a pompous tone. "Then I shall sleep in the barn." He goes out. A few minutes later, there is a knock at the door of the house. It's the cow and the pig...

[The version I learned used a Baptist minister, but feel free to substitute the denomination of your choice.]
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
A laywer would make a perfect substitution.
 
Posted by redderfreak (# 15191) on :
 
Richard Dawkins?
 
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :
 
My favourite one-liner, on reincarnation -

'Come back as a hyena, you're laughing'

Mrs. S, [Killing me]
 
Posted by jbohn (# 8753) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
What do you call a drummer with no girlfriend?

Homeless.

Drummer goes into a music shop and browses for a while. Eventually he says: "I'd like the red trumpet and the white accordion". And the shop assistant says: "I'm sorry - I can't sell the fire extinguisher, and the radiator's bolted to the wall."

Did you hear about the bass player that locked the keys in his car?

He had to break the window to get the drummer out...
 
Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
What do you get if you cross an elephant with a PE teacher?

An elephant in a track suit who can't do joined-up writing.
 
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :
 
It said on the news this morning that if you were travelling in icy weather you should take with you a shovel, a blanket, 24 hours' worth of food and water, extra warm clothing, a sleeping bag, a thermos of hot water, a radio to follow news reports and a mobile phone to be able to call for help.

I felt a bit of a prat getting on the No. 24 bus with that lot this morning ....'
 
Posted by Traveller (# 1943) on :
 
Dai Jones sang for forty years in the chapel choir. First tenor, see?

Then Dai passed away and found himself in the queue for the pearly gates. Eventually, he reaches the front of the queue and the angel with the big book asks his name.

"Jones, Dai", replies Dai.

"Ah! Dai bach, come on in, you're just in time for choir practice!" says the angel.

So Dai finds himself in the heavenly choir, with St. Peter taking choir practice. Ten thousand sopranos, ten thousand altos, ten thousand basses. Dai Jones in the only tenor, see.

Dai has a wonderful time, singing away as he never did back in chapel.

After a little while, St. Peter stops the choir. "Can the tenors make a little less noise, please!"
 
Posted by TomOfTarsus (# 3053) on :
 
What's with all the drummer jokes? I'd heard some of them as bagpiper jokes, to wit:

A piper suddenly remembered he'd left his car unlocked with his pipes in the back seat. He hurried back to his car, and found two more sets had been added...

(But I do have a wonderful coworker here who's also a drummer so.... [Devil] thanks for the material!)
 
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :
 
A dog, wearing a gun belt and a cowboy hat limps into a bar. He says to the bartender: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw!"


Yeah, I didn't think it was that funny either.

How about this one?

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Dwane.

Dwane, who?

Dwane the bathtub, I'm dwowning!

(Rim shot!)

Okay, last one and then I'll shut up. No, really!

Why was the ink blot sad?

Because his father was in the pen and didn't know how long the sentence would be!

I'm here all week, folks! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dal Segno:
I have CDO.

It's like OCD except that the letters are in alphabetical order as they should be.

Did you hear about the new support group that's formed? D.A.M. -Mothers Against Dyslexia!
 
Posted by Darllenwr (# 14520) on :
 
Like Sioni's offering upthread, this is not so much a joke as a rag week prank. I was told of it by an ex-student from Aberystwyth who was adamant it was true.

A group of students were walking into Aberystwyth when they came upon a group of council workmen digging up the road.

There is a moment of inspiration and one of the students approaches the Foreman.

"You know it's rag week?"

"Yes; what about it?"

"Well, we thought you ought to know that there's a group of students coming this way, dressed as Policemen - they're going to try to move you on."

"Oh! Right. Thanks"

The scene shifts to the public desk of the local Police Station. The student is now talking to the duty Sergeant.

"You know it's rag week?"

"Yes; what about it?"

"Well, we thought you ought to know that, as a rag week stunt, there's a group of students dressed as council workmen digging a hole in the road ..."
 
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by The5thMary:
A dog, wearing a gun belt and a cowboy hat limps into a bar. He says to the bartender: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw!"


Yeah, I didn't think it was that funny either.

How about this one?

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Dwane.

Dwane, who?

Dwane the bathtub, I'm dwowning!

(Rim shot!)

Okay, last one and then I'll shut up. No, really!

Why was the ink blot sad?

Because his father was in the pen and didn't know how long the sentence would be!

I'm here all week, folks! [Big Grin]

I know some fourth graders who'd love these.

As did I. Sometimes I'm in the mood for some awful groaners. [Smile]
 
Posted by Palimpsest (# 16772) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by geroff:
"What's brown and sticky?"

"A stick."

or "A brownie".
 
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Darllenwr:
Like Sioni's offering upthread, this is not so much a joke as a rag week prank.

What in the world is Rag Week?
 
Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
It's an annual event - a week in which University students do various things to raise money for charity. For example, collecting on the streets in fancy dress, publishing a "Rag Mag" full of jokes, doing some daft sponsored event etc etc etc.
 
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
quote:
Originally posted by Darllenwr:
Like Sioni's offering upthread, this is not so much a joke as a rag week prank.

What in the world is Rag Week?
Apropos Rag Mag jokes, these were usually filthy and the filthiest came from the Rugby Club and the Women's Society.

You might get Rag Week stories here, but you won't get many Rag Week jokes.
 
Posted by Cthulhu (# 16186) on :
 
Q. WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?

A. A NUN ON A MEAT HOOK.
 
Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Ah. I thought this was going to be "What is black and white and read all over?" to which the answer is "a newspaper". Only it isn't always true because most people only read the bits of a newspaper they like.

I think we still have a Circus. They might want some gags for their clowns, though their clowns might gag at some of these.

Ariel
Heaven ****
 
Posted by jbohn (# 8753) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by TomOfTarsus:
(But I do have a wonderful coworker here who's also a drummer so.... [Devil] thanks for the material!)

Q: How do you know a drummer's at your door?

A: The knocking keeps getting faster.

Q: How do you get the drummer to go away?

A: Pay him for the pizza.

Q: What's the difference between a drummer and a large pizza?

A: A large pizza can feed a family of four...
 
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
Oh for fuck's sake, not the drummer jokes. I ain't readin' this shit. Look, we used to have a whole board devoted to good jokes; where did we go wrong?

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Ariston, Master and Commander
 


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