The funniest joke in the world proved by science

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Ananova fails to report what Laughlab's researchers found to be UK's funniest joke:

A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says "That's the ugliest baby that I've ever seen. Ugh!" The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: "The driver just insulted me!". The man says: "You go right up there and tell him off - go ahead, I'll hold your monkey for you".

Dear God that is rubbish. Has science come undone?

N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 October 2002 11:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

I wuv Belgians.

Also: did nobody alert them to the existence of "My wife went on holiday to Poole"?

Tim (Tim), Thursday, 3 October 2002 11:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

"knock knock"
who's there
"i eat slurpeep"

haha

bob zemko (bob), Thursday, 3 October 2002 11:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

No, no, no, this is the funniest joke in the world:

Two cowboys walk into a roadhouse in Texas to wash the trail dust from
their throats. They stand at the bar, drinking a beer and talking about current
cattle prices.

Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to
cough. After a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress.

One of the cowboys looks at her and says "Kin ya swaller?"

The woman shakes her head, No.

"Kin ya breathe?"

The woman begins to turn blue and shakes her head. The cowboy walks over to
the woman, lifts up the back of her dress, yanks down her panties, and runs
his tongue all over her butt cheeks in a circular motion.

The woman is so shocked, that she has a violent spasm and the
obstruction flies out of her mouth. As she begins to breathe again, the
cowboy walks slowly back to the bar and takes a drink from his beer.

His partner says, "Ya know, I'd heard of that there
"Hind Lick manoeuver" but I ain't never seen nobody do it".

MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 3 October 2002 11:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

One intriguing result was that Germans - not renowned for their sense of humour - found just about everything funny.

I find this funny.

Jody Beth Rosen, Thursday, 3 October 2002 11:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

That's the worst joke I've ever heard.


they laugh at jokes about monkeys=they are monkeys obv.

Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 3 October 2002 11:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

"There were zwei peanuts walking down the strasse, and one was- assaulted! peanut."

The thing is I really like that joke's uselessness, the monkey baby one is just boring.

Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

The scotland one's kind of OK.

Graham (graham), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

I was told the monkey baby one this morning and larfed non-stop. It was the way it was told.

Tom (Groke), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

if that's the best they can do, then science is an even bigger joke.

g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

There's a link at the bottom of the article:

'Sex no worse for the heart than walking upstairs'

hahaha

Ray M (rdmanston), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

One intriguing result was that Germans - not renowned for their sense of humour - found just about everything funny.

But this is a sign of a lack of a sense of humour, surely? If you have a sense of humour you can tell whether something is funny or not....

"My cat just died".

Klaus: "Hahahahahahaha!"

MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

I am in Scotland and I found the Scotland one funniest ergo I have saved Science. Or statistics. Or something.

Ray M (rdmanston), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

I thought the Belgium joke was the funniest. Even the third time I read it, I laughed.

toraneko (toraneko), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Welsh favourite (again, missing from Ananova's report) was the best:

A Turtle is walking down an alley in New York when he is mugged by a gang of snails. A detective comes to investigate and asks the turtle what happened. The turtle looks confused and replies "I don't know, it all happened so fast".

N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

!!

Graham (graham), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

That Welsh one did not make me laugh. I liked that Manchester one. That made me giggle like a naughty schoolgirl running about with her panties on her head.

Lek Dukagjin, Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

That's some giggling!

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have just discovered the yahoo news report and it is much better:

Meanwhile, many Europeans liked gags that were surreal or made light of serious subjects such as illness, death and marriage:

A patient says, "Doctor, last night I made a Freudian slip, I was having dinner with my mother-in-law and wanted to say: 'Could you please pass the butter?'

"But instead I said: 'You silly cow, you have completely ruined my life."'

This is an excellent joke.

-- The most frequently submitted joke, at 300 times, was: "What's brown and sticky? A stick."

Researchers said no one ever found it funny.


N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

"But instead I said: 'You silly cow, you have completely ruined my life."'

I've always heard the punchline to that one as, "I FUCKING WISH YOU WOULD DIE, BITCH!"

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yes Dan, well obv. that would be better but this is a family research project.

[I didn't laugh at the Welsh one but think it is a nice joke and shows the Welsh in a good light]

N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 October 2002 12:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

-- The most frequently submitted joke, at 300 times, was: "What's brown and sticky? A stick."

Researchers said no one ever found it funny.

What?! It's hilarious!

Jody Beth Rosen, Thursday, 3 October 2002 13:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Being Scottish, I thought the Scottish one was very funny ('I want to die peacefully like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers'). The Irish, English and Welsh ones didn't make me laugh at all. But I was giggling for a long time at the world's official funniest. Actually it made my eyes roll back in my head. My friend thought I was dead and...

Momus (Momus), Thursday, 3 October 2002 13:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sorry: 'I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.'

Momus (Momus), Thursday, 3 October 2002 13:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

Good grief - I just read the Belgian one for the first time and I really did laugh. That never happens with jokes I read on the screen. That's brilliant! As Tom says, hurray for Belgians.

N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 October 2002 13:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

yay us!

Jeff W (Jeff W), Thursday, 3 October 2002 13:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

*sob*

Tim (Tim), Thursday, 3 October 2002 13:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

Tim, I meant.

N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 October 2002 13:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

awww

Tim (Tim), Thursday, 3 October 2002 14:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Two weasels are sitting on a bar stool. One starts to insult the other one. He screams, "I slept with your mother!" The bar gets quiet as everyone listens to see what the other weasel will do. The first again yells, "I SLEPT WITH YOUR MOTHER!" The other says, "Go home dad you're drunk."

Funny enough, but why in the hell are the characters weasels? Would the joke suffer any if they were, say, badgers? Or people?

Nate Patrin, Thursday, 3 October 2002 14:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

The monkey one was better told by Flip Wilson, who put it on a train. One of the porters came along to the offended woman and said "Ma'am, I'm so sorry, this man has no right to talk to you that way. Come with me to the dining car and we'll get you a nice drink ... and maybe we can dig up a banana for your monkey, too."

nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 3 October 2002 14:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

"There were zwei peanuts walking down the strasse, and one was- assaulted! peanut."

I knew someone would say that one...

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 October 2002 14:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

NB what the hell is wrong with Belgium?

nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 3 October 2002 15:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

What do you mean?

N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 October 2002 16:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

The top German joke is also good, despite their alleged lack of discernment:

Top joke in Germany

A general noticed one of his soldiers behaving oddly. The soldier would pick up any piece of paper he found, frown and say: “That's not it” and put it down again. This went on for some time, until the general arranged to have the soldier psychologically tested. The psychologist concluded that the soldier was deranged, and wrote out his discharge from the army. The soldier picked it up, smiled and said: “That's it.”

from http://www.laughlab.co.uk/topByCountry.html

N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 October 2002 16:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

If you want the funniest joke with a baby in it, here it is:

What's the difference between a baby and a brick?
You can't eat a brick.

A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 3 October 2002 18:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

I would say America has the best sense of humor. Just look at Sienfeld, or the Simpsons, and compare it to even the best from the UK such as Monty Python or Mr. Bean. Do any non-Americans agree with this?

A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 3 October 2002 18:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

i'll start a new thread for that above question.

A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 3 October 2002 18:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

Do any Americans agree with you?

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 October 2002 18:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

no way, im sorry but the british win hands down for their dry wit, apart from the simpsons the americans' humour is so obvious and silly, almost always spelled out for the audience....boooooring.
im a kiwi btw, so am supposedly non-biased

donna (donna), Thursday, 3 October 2002 19:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

seinfeld yeah ok sorry forgot to add it and im sure there are others but still go the brits!!!!!!!!!

donna (donna), Thursday, 3 October 2002 19:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

I was thinking that the britsh would lose because of thier dry wit, and i think the britsh humor is way to unobvious and much more silly than American humor.

A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 3 October 2002 19:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

British shows that are funnier than "Seinfeld":

Absolutely Fabulous
The Vicar Of Dibley
Yes, Minister
The one about the retirement home, can't remember the name
Coupling
Father Ted
Monty Python
Fawlty Towers
Red Dwarf
Cracker
Inspector Morse
Monarch of the Glen
Trading Spaces
Ground Force
Coronation Street
Upstairs, Downstairs
Blake's 7
Doctor Who
Top Of The Pops
Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
Are You Being Served?
Keeping Up Appearances
The news
Waking The Dead
Eastenders
*insert name of British show here*

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 October 2002 19:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

Blake's 7

An inspired answer. Dan's list is of course incredibly accurate in general vis-a-vis Seinfeld, which was designed to make most of America wish to find Manhattan dwellers and abuse them.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 October 2002 19:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

And Blackadder. That's funnier than just about everything else.

Baldrick : Don't worry mister B, I have a cunning plan to solve the problem.

Blackadder : Yes Baldrick, let us not forget that you tried to solve the problem of your mother's low ceiling by cutting off her head.

C J (C J), Thursday, 3 October 2002 20:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm with Jody on the stick joke. I've always loved that one.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 3 October 2002 21:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

Actually A. Nairn, funniest baby joke goes like this:


What's the difference between a truck full of bowling balls and one full of babies?

You can't unload the bowling balls with a pitchfork!

Lek Dukagjin, Thursday, 3 October 2002 21:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

how do you get them out? tostitos!

boxcubed (boxcubed), Thursday, 3 October 2002 22:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yeah Lek, that ones pretty good. I'll have to use it at the next baby shower i go to.

A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 3 October 2002 22:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Q: What's the best part about taking a shower with a ten year old boy?

A: He looks like he's six when his hair is wet.

donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 3 October 2002 22:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

The one about the retirement home, can't remember the name

Waiting for God? *smashes walking stick into feeding sparrows*

You didn't mention Black Books or the first three series of Drop the Dead Donkey, so I'm going to cry and everyone else is going to point and laugh at me for watching DTDD. Sniffle.

Rebecca (reb), Thursday, 3 October 2002 23:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

Shocked at the ommission of any Space Shuttle Challenger Jokes. SHOCKED!

James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 4 October 2002 00:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

My wife went on a singing tour of Korea.
Seoul?
No, R&B.

jel -- (jel), Friday, 4 October 2002 13:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

two weeks pass...
http://www.jontyjago.com/graphics/pd.gif

Alan (Alan), Thursday, 24 October 2002 11:56 (twenty-one years ago) link


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