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Q: What's the difference between Michael Jackson and a grocery bag?
A: One is plastic and harmful to children, the other holds groceries.

My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Q: Why couldn't Eric Clapton save his son?

A: He has a slow hand.

Gooey Lewis, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Q: Why is R. Kelly so good at blackjack?

A: Because he doesn't hit on anything over 16.

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Q: Whats the difference between Neil Armstrong and Michael Jackson?

A: Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.....

....and Michael Jackson fucks kids.

djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

That one doesn't work as well on paper.

djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck, some of these are killing me!

ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

My favourite music-joke punchline: That's not Bono. That's God. He just thinks he's Bono.

Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe bono should be replaced by someone else in that joke.

dysøn (dyson), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Q: What's black and white and has two eyes?

A: Sammy Davis Jr. and Sandy Duncan.

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

q: why can't stevie wonder read?
a: because he's black


6335, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

q: what's black and white and comes in little cans?

a: michael jackson

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

God is love. Love is blind. Ray Charles is blind. Therefore, Ray Charles is God.

Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

So then, Nietzsche WAS right.

Duder Supreme, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

A 1983 British classic for you...

So anyway, at the height of his fame Adam Ant visits the set of top British soap opera Coronation Street. As luck would have it, his favourite character Stan Ogden invites to come for a drink in legendary pub the Rover's Return on set. There they proceed to sink a great many pints of fine English ale. More than a little the worse for wear, Adam Ant decides to get one more round in. But as he stands up, he suddenly grips his side and starts moaning terribly. "What is it, mate?" says his companion. Adam starts singing: "Stan, it's my liver..."

/coat

marco (marco), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?

Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Put it in the microwave until its bill withers!

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

What goes 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0?

Karen Carpenter's dress-size.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Taxi driver dropping off the Mael brothers at an airport, struggling to get one of their suitcases out of the boot. Turns to a nearby man and says 'when this gets out, Sparks are gonna fly'.

Michael Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Knock knock
Who's there?
Philip
Philip who?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip
Philip who?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Philip
Philip who?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip Glass

udu wudu (udu wudu), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Hah, that one is great.

Speaking of people i'd like to pie in the face . . .

Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, there's also (though it's not artist-specific)

How how many how many minimalists how many minimalists does how many minimalists does it how many minimalists does it take how many minimalists does it take to how many minimalists does it take to change how many minimalists does it take to change a how many minimalists does it take to change a lightbulb?

sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Michael Philip, that joke is pure genius

roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

So The Who was having a problem in their hotel suite. While everyone was trying to get some sleep, the lead singer was starting to freak out, throwing furniture around and threatening the other members of the band. Slowly they came to the realization that he'd gone loco, so they jumped on him, tied him up with the bedsheets to restrain him and then took him down to the hospital for a psychiatric analysis.

"Yep," said the doctor, "he's bats, all right."

"You've got to do something!" exclaimed the other members of the band.
"Check him into the rubber room, innit?"

"I'm afraid I can't do that," said the doctor with a sad look in his eye.

"But you must!" exclaimed the band, "Otherwise we'll never get sleep again!"

"I'm afraid a higher power has forbidden it, lads." The doctor grabbed his Bible and patted it. "It says explicitly, 'Thou shalt not commit a Daltrey'."

Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"It really is much better than it sounds."
- Mark Twain (on the music of Richard Wagner)

erik pearson (statemusic), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Remind me to punch you next FAP, Sean.

sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 30 September 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

You were only meant to blow The bloody Doors off [I hate that joke]

What's yellow and lives off dead Beatles? [worse; racist]

Haha drummers aren't proper musicians [worst of all]

...

cf: I contributed to a similar thread recently and asked the readers of The Friday Thing to join in. Only I'd been duped by the editor into thinking it had a readership greater than that of a tiny college magazine (i.e. over1000) and so couldn't understand why no-one added to it. I looked a real chumpo. Writers beware!

Acme (acme), Thursday, 30 September 2004 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)

what's cold and want's to hold your hand?

John Lennon.

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 30 September 2004 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)

How did Ian Curtis's mother get Joy Division to stop practising?

Flick the lights on and off.

bbc6 personality (bbc6 personality), Thursday, 30 September 2004 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

that Sparks joke is total and utter genius. i'm laughing myself into a stupor right now.

ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 30 September 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"Michael Philip, that joke is pure genius
-- roger adultery (vlad62...), September 29th, 2004."

"that Sparks joke is total and utter genius. i'm laughing myself into a stupor right now.
-- ken taylrr (or...), September 30th, 2004."

Sorry to piss on your parade MP, but he got it off Viz magazine.

Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 30 September 2004 03:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm hoping to recover from the R. Kelly joke sometime tomorrow or the next day.

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 30 September 2004 04:41 (twenty-one years ago)

re: Viz... that's ok, still hilarious

ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 30 September 2004 04:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Q: What do you call an army of 1000 lesbians?

A: Militia Etheridge!

ng, Thursday, 30 September 2004 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Apparently, Paul McCartney bought his wife a plane for her last birthday.

And a ladyshave for the other leg.

B'dum Tish.

noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 September 2004 12:25 (twenty-one years ago)

What do you call a gingerbread man with only one leg?

Limp Bizkit

j c (j c), Thursday, 30 September 2004 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I also didn't write the Freaky Trigger Christmas U2 joke, but it has a similar gloriously gag-inducing effect to the Viz Sparks one:

It's Christmas time, and U2 have lined up a series of enormous charity gigs. They get together on the day of the first gig to soundcheck and Bono notices that The Edge is looking a bit peaky.
"What's the matter The Edge?" he says.

"Ah look it's nothing Bono" says the guitarist, "It's just - you know that Japanese promotional tour we did last week, right? I think I picked up something, it might be some kind of flu, I'm feeling pretty bad."

"Well, The Edge," replies Bono, "if you want to pull out of the gigs you just say so."

Edge shakes his head. "No, no, no way Bono. These gigs are important to me - I've got to think of the children, not my aching guts."

"That's the spirit The Edge", says Bono, and so that night they take the stage. They play all the hits and the crowd are loving it. For a big climax, because it's for charity, they're going to perform "Do They Know It's Christmas?", but as they get going on the song Edge suddenly feels very ill indeed, and he turns, drops his guitar and sprints towards the back of the stage. But he doesn't quite make it and he throws up, all over Larry Mullen Jr. and his drumkit.

"Jaysis The Edge!" yells Larry, "Those are brand new drums! What the hell are you doing?"

Poor Edge is mortified. "Aw Larry, I - I - I couldn't help myself, I'm so sorry, it's this flu."

Bono calls a band meeting after the gig. "The Edge, that was disgusting, I don't think you should be playing tomorrow night, you know, you're not well."

"No, Bono, it won't happen again, honestly, I'm so sorry - and you know, the show must go on."

So Bono agrees and when the gig kicks off the next night Edge is up there on stage, riffing away. The gig's going really well, no problems, but then as "Do They Know It's Christmas" starts Edge begins to feel sick. He desperately tries to hold it down but it's no good, and makes a dash for the side of the stage, only getting as far as Adam Clayton, who he vomits over. Copiously.

"Me best leather waistcoat!" howls Adam Clayton, "The Edge you're more beast than man!"

Edge is white as a sheet. "Oh no, Adam, I'm sorry, I couldn't be more sorry."

Bono is furious after the gig. "The Edge you've gone too far this time, you've ruined another gig. I've just been on the phone to Sting, he can fill in tomorrow, you've got to rest up."

Edge is almost in tears, "Please Bono no, this gig means so much to me, I know I've got it all out my system now, I'll be great tomorrow I promise, you have to let me play."

"OK The Edge one last chance, but if there's any more antics like the last two nights then that's it, the end, you're out of U2."

The next day Edge takes lots of vitamins and he's feeling fine. The gig starts and it's amazing, the best U2 gig ever, even "Discotheque" sounds alright. Bono's really pleased, Edge is happy. They start "Do They Know It's Christmas" and Bono moves over to stand shoulder to shoulder with his buddy and realy belt the tune out. Suddenly Edge doesn't feel too good. His face is contorting, he's struggling like mad but it's no use - he turns to Bono with a look of desperation and suddenly hacks up an enormous greenie right in Bono's face.

The song stops. Edge is paralysed with horror - "Bono I can explain, I'm truly sorry, you can't believe how sorry I am."

Bono wipes the snot off, turns to Edge, and says

"Well, tonight thank God it's phlegm instead of spew."


Michael Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Thursday, 30 September 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I think "The Edge you're more beast than man!" was quite a bit funnier than the actual punchline.

The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 30 September 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Q: What's bloody, monthly, and sings?
A: The New Christy Menstruals

I just remembered that from an old National Lampoon.

Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 30 September 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I don;t get the U2 joke :-(

mei (mei), Thursday, 30 September 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Reference to Bono's like in "Do They Know It's Christmas": "tonight thank God it's them instead of you".

Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 30 September 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Bono's LINE.

Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 30 September 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, personally i think the staging of that joke is the best part. certainly adam's pronunciation of "Jaysus" and other 'colorful' storytelling elements make it classic, in terms of accuracy and set-up.

ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 30 September 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Q: Why is Ray Charles laughing?

A: He just heard that Stevie Wonder is black.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 30 September 2004 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I knew I'd forgotten one :

Man : Doc, I can't stop singing Tom Jones songs! It's taking over my life! What can I do?
Doctor : Well, it sounds like you've got a dose of Tom Jones-itis.
Man : Is it serious?
Doctor : It's not unusual.

udu wudu (udu wudu), Friday, 1 October 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Apparently, Paul McCartney bought his wife a plane for her last birthday.

And a ladyshave for the other leg.

B'dum Tish.

A friend of mine had this variant back in the day: Paul McCartney went down on one knee this week. Or, as the rest of us know her, ...

Acme (acme), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

eight months pass...
What did 50 Cent's grandmother say to him when he gave her a hand knitted sweater for christmas?

Gee, you knit?

StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

Why can't Ray Charles read?
Because he's dead.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

"Jaysis The Edge!" yells Larry, "Those are brand new drums! What the hell are you doing?"

"Me best leather waistcoat!" howls Adam Clayton, "The Edge you're more beast than man!"

Haha, that's great. We need more of this fake U2 dialogue.

I love how Bono actually does refer to The Edge as "The Edge" instead of just "Edge" in conversation, as in, "What are ye doing over there with that guitar, The Edge?"

PB, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

though i don't agree with this one, here's a classic i've heard a bunch:
how is ginger baker like a cup of coffee?

both suck without cream.

matlewis, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Eric Clapton and Jerry Garcia are traveling in Africa when they encounter a tribe of cannibals. The elder tells them they each get one final request before being eaten, and then turns to Jerry and asks "What is your final request?"

Jerry smiles serenely and says "Give me a guitar, so I can play 'Truckin'' one last time!"

The elder nods his agreement and then turns to Eric. "And you, what is your request?"

Eric grimaces and says "Kill me before he plays that f#*&ing song!"

Nackles (Nackles), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

Q: Alvin Lucier, what are you doing now?

Lucier: I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in. X20

Mollusk, Virginia (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 26 March 2026 20:55 (two months ago)

Seen elsewhere:

Store chrckout clerk: "Did you find everything you were looking for today?"

Bono: (takes deep breath)

calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 March 2026 21:21 (two months ago)

As with all of U2’s songs, that song is truly a meditation on grief.

well damn, Jackie, I can’t control the CIA (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 26 March 2026 22:00 (two months ago)

BF: I hear they have Roland Kirk Pez dispensers now. You tilt the head back and
two candies come out.

(from a 1990 Bananafish interview of Royal Trux)

brimstead, Wednesday, 8 April 2026 02:30 (one month ago)

What do you call a Helloween song about a new Delta policy providing NFL players playing in the City of Brotherly Love complimentary airfare?

"Eagles Fly Free"

What do you call a Genesis song about a ball thrown for philosophers who study the Age of Enlightenment?

"I. Kant Dance"

What do you call a Three Dog Night song lamenting his mother's insistence on abstinence?

"Mama Told Me Not to Cum"

What do you call a Phil Collins about him asking a friend to watch his recently purchased firewood while he used the Home Depot bathroom?

"Billy, Don't Lose My Lumber"

What do you call a Genesis song about Andrew Ridgely getting faint and collapsing in a barn onto a bed of dusty, low-quality cut-and-dried-herbaceous plants?

"The Wham! Lies Down on Flawed Hay"

Shitpost Malone (Neanderthal), Friday, 10 April 2026 15:17 (one month ago)

Billy AND Rikki needed to do better contact management imo

a burrito, my gazebo (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 10 April 2026 15:30 (one month ago)

What do you call a Genesis song about a Swedish taxi?

ABBAcab

The Quaker Gurvitz Army (President Keyes), Friday, 10 April 2026 15:41 (one month ago)

I remember when Smash Hits interviewed King frontman Paul King and they asked him what his favourite album and single was of recent times. He said Love by the Cult and "Pride" by U2.

you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 15 April 2026 15:38 (one month ago)

... errrrr, is that a joke?

Clarinet Cop (Tom D.), Wednesday, 15 April 2026 15:40 (one month ago)

Yes I made it up

you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 15 April 2026 15:41 (one month ago)

But those are what his heart yearned for now

you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 15 April 2026 15:41 (one month ago)

what did paul simon say to susanna hoffs watching birds migrate south over the late autumn outdoor music festival VIP section skies?

reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 15 April 2026 19:15 (one month ago)

I don't know, qualmsley, what did paul simon say to susanna hoffs watching birds migrate south over the late autumn outdoor music festival VIP section skies?

peace, man, Thursday, 16 April 2026 11:51 (one month ago)

it's a hazy shade of cameron

reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 16 April 2026 12:44 (one month ago)

Why was Whitney Houston so good at video games?
Because she had great HAND EYYYYYEEEEE-EEE-EYE CO-ORDINATIOOOOO EEE OOO EEEE OOOON

ledge, Saturday, 18 April 2026 10:31 (one month ago)

The title 'It's Not Right (But It's Okay)' always reminds me of something Bruce Forsyth might say on Play Your Cards Right, consoling a contestant's incorrect guess of Lower before reminding them that the Brucie Bonus is still to play for

you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 18 April 2026 10:36 (one month ago)

It was definitely a "catchphrase" employed by Roy Walker: "It's good, but it's not right"

Yeah, that song *always* reminded me of that...

Mark G, Saturday, 18 April 2026 11:00 (one month ago)

https://i0.wp.com/lovebelfast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/catchphrase.png

Clarinet Cop (Tom D.), Saturday, 18 April 2026 11:02 (one month ago)

(xp) Beat me to it!

Clarinet Cop (Tom D.), Saturday, 18 April 2026 11:02 (one month ago)

It's in the delivery tho - "It's not right, but it's (spoken higher) okay, you've still got Brucie's Bonus to play for'

you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 18 April 2026 16:00 (one month ago)

Did you hear about how Naughty By Nature is recording a new album? Here's the catch though - all the lyrics are generated by machine learning.

it's Hip Hop Hoor-A! I! A! I!

peace, man, Wednesday, 22 April 2026 11:37 (one month ago)

one month passes...

What do you call a Mamas and the Papas song about a fledgling magician that took two tries to pull off his signature trick?

I Saw Her Again

If your ass is a Bible, 213 will regulate (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 May 2026 13:11 (one week ago)

lol

peace, man, Thursday, 28 May 2026 13:34 (one week ago)


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