NationStates Jolt Archive

World's Funniest Joke (http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.funniest/)

Interisting, to say the least.

Funniest Jokes based apon nationality. (http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.sampler/index.html)

Jesus, I must have heard that that was "officially" the world's funniest joke when I was 12.

Oh, the date of your article agrees with me.

World's Funniest Joke (http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.funniest/)

thats the worlds funniest joke? i didnt even laugh...

Naturally, the poll is skewed.

I would have said something different. Thus, it's skewed. :D

top uk joke was good as was the canadian one cos it pissed on american superiority, the belgian one was ok but the american one was rubbish as was the german one

One intriguing result was that Germans -- not renowned for their sense of humour -- found just about everything funny and did not express a strong preference for any type of joke.

Yay!

Vee Have Vays of Making You Laugh (http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,411790,00.html)

The Aristocrats!

I note it forgets the immortal and untranslateable Python funniest joke?

lol, one part of that artical cracked me up. The part when they said "Europeans also enjoyed jokes that involved making light of topics that make people feel anxious, such as death, illness and marriage."

None of them are actually funny.


Not Never Mind the Buzzcocks, or Have I Got News For You, funny.

I note it forgets the immortal and untranslateable Python funniest joke?

Lol, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title :D

I liked the Canadian's joke:

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 Celsius.

The Russians used a pencil.

lol...i actually thought the British one was really funny

None of them are actually funny.


Not Never Mind the Buzzcocks, or Have I Got News For You, funny.

Did you not even like the Belgium one?


Granted, they are all ancient, but still...

I like the Canadian one. I didn't find the Australian one funny at all.

The British and Belgian ones were funny. The American one was dumb as hell, the Canadian one was mildly amusing, but not as funny as the British and Belgian ones. The Australian one wasn't funny at all (in fact, it was so un-funny that I've forgotten it).

The "funniest joke in the world" rated a giggle anyway.

The British and Belgian ones were funny. The American one was dumb as hell, the Canadian one was mildly amusing, but not as funny as the British and Belgian ones. The Australian one wasn't funny at all (in fact, it was so un-funny that I've forgotten it).

The "funniest joke in the world" rated a giggle anyway.
The Belgian one was stupid.

The Canadian one was my favorite. The US one was retarded.

*shrugs*

*shrugs*

shrugs are good for the trapezoids...

shrugs are good for the trapezoids...
What's this then about trapazoids? A Taco if you explain, a Corona if I understand.

What's this then about trapazoids? A Taco if you explain, a Corona if I understand.
Yes, SI, do tell.

Can I have a corona?

... or 13?

What's this then about trapazoids? A Taco if you explain, a Corona if I understand.

these are shrugs:
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/TrapeziusUpper/DBShrug.html

and they work the traps:
http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/TrapeziusUpper.html

can i have my taco and corona now? or do i have to take them by force?

If I had to pick one, I'd say the Canadian one was the best, but none of them were particularly good. The idea that a single joke can be the funniest is absurd because to have a group of even 10 totally different people agree that a joke is amusing is difficult, even after dilluting a joke considerably. That's why Comedy Central often has Mad TV, The Daily Show, Carlos Mencia, and South Park in one day - few sane, sober people find everything funny.

Yes, SI, do tell.

Can I have a corona?

... or 13?

no, the coronas are for me, not you...

no, the coronas are for me, not you...
Gimme. :(

Gimme. :(

posi hasnt given me any yet...:(

posi hasnt given me any yet...:(
:(

these are shrugs:
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/TrapeziusUpper/DBShrug.html

and they work the traps:
http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/TrapeziusUpper.html

can i have my taco and corona now? or do i have to take them by force?
I see.....

Here is your reward:
http://www.gmodelo.com.mx/images/familias/f_corona.jpg
http://www.softdoc.es/guia_madrid/comer/imagenes/taco.jpg

The funny bit about the Canadian one is that its (mostly) true. Although the number is hyperbolized, its still more than the russians spent deciding to use a pencil in space.

I see.....

Here is your reward:
http://www.gmodelo.com.mx/images/familias/f_corona.jpg
http://www.softdoc.es/guia_madrid/comer/imagenes/taco.jpg

w00t!!!!!!!!11!!1!1shift+1!!!

:fluffle:

w00t!!!!!!!!11!!1!1shift+1!!!

:fluffle:
I thought the wait mght have made you a bit thursty.;)

I thought the wait mght have made you a bit thursty.;)

it did. i was quite parched...

What's the difference between a pie and a Jew?

A pie wont scream when you put it in the oven.

What's the difference between a pie and a Jew?

A pie wont scream when you put it in the oven.
That is just terrible.

That is just terrible.

Exactly my aim, sir.