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[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2002-10-02 10:39 ]

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop 2013-02-04 20:46 ]

Okay here's the worlds funniest joke. Strange I thought Germans found nothing funny.

"By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer

Drum roll, please - an online search for the world's funniest joke has produced a winner.

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In a year-long experiment called LaughLab, a British psychology professor asked thousands of people around the world to rate the humor value of a list of jokes; they could also add their own favorites.

In December, Richard Wiseman and his associates announced the front-runner, a hoary old gag involving fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. Watson. But in the final tally of some 2 million votes for 40,000 jokes, announced Thursday, a new joke emerged as a round-the-world rib-tickler:

"A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head.

"The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: 'My friend is dead! What can I do?'

"The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: 'Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead.'

"There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: 'OK, now what?'"

"Many of the jokes submitted received higher ratings from certain groups of people, but this one had real universal appeal," said Wiseman, who has published a book based on the experiment.

Wiseman, who teaches at the University of Hertfordshire in southern England, said the research revealed that different countries preferred different types of jokes. Respondents were asked to rate jokes on a five-point scale from "not very funny" to "very funny."

Germans were the most likely to find all types of jokes funny, while Canadians were the least amused of the 10 top responding nations.

The British, Irish, Australians and New Zealanders favored jokes involving wordplay, while continental Europeans liked jokes with a surreal bent. Americans and Canadians preferred jokes invoking a strong sense of superiority — either because a character looks stupid or is made to look stupid by someone else.

Among the jokes favored by Americans:

"Texan: 'Where are you from?'

"Harvard graduate: 'I come from a place where we do not end our sentences with prepositions.'

"Texan: 'OK, where are you from, jackass?'"

Wiseman said jokes work "for lots of different reasons. They sometimes make us feel superior to others, reduce the emotional impact of anxiety-provoking situations or surprise us because of some kind of incongruity."

The winning joke about the hunters, he said, "contained all three elements."

Computer analysis also threw up a number of arcane humor "facts." Not all animal jokes, for example, are created equal — jokes mentioning ducks were rated as funnier than other jokes.

And length matters. Jokes containing 103 words were thought to be especially funny. The winning joke is 102 words long.

The runner-up is considerably longer:

"Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend.

'"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.

'"I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes,' replies Watson.

'"And what do you deduce from that?'

Watson ponders for a minute.

'"Well, astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you, Holmes?'

"Holmes is silent for a moment. 'Watson, you idiot!" he says. 'Someone has stolen our tent!'"

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On the Net:

LaughLab: http://www.laughlab.co.uk

(jl-ej-acw) "

No no, the best webpage, aside from tikicentral, is streetmattress.com.
I spend more time hunting old, urine stained mattresses now than I do hunting tikis...

(Did I just say that?)

http://www.streetmattress.com/sm.php

Tikifish-
You're kidding right?

no need to explain............. http://www.cameltoe.org/index.html
http://www.kissdominion.com/BEDROOM.HTM
http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/ :P Have Fun! Yes, Polynesian PoP, FM Prison Bitch Names is one of my favorites!

[ Edited by: DawnTiki on 2002-10-05 10:03 ]

I like this one http://www.mulletjunky.com

Mommy! That clown over there just shaved me!

http://www.ouchytheclown.com/

Tikifish there is something truly funny about all those fingers pointing at dirty discarded mattresses. I myself chose to dispose a mattress at 2 a.m. so as not to be seen. Me and my brother-in-law carried it to an apartment across the street and it sat there for a long time haunting me....

Dawntiki, if you like your prison bitch name you may like this too

http://www.mypornname.com/

DawnTiki is my Porn Name! How wierd is that!

How bout that!!! Mine was

Farts A. Tune

Its also my prison bitch name!

[ Edited by: fartsatune on 2002-10-06 17:44 ]

The only site you'll ever need.
http://www.subgenius.com/

All hail Bob Dobbs!!!

Go to the site and click on INTRO for info on The Church Of Subgenius

[ Edited by: suicide_sam on 2002-10-07 21:53 ]

On 2002-10-05 20:41, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
Mommy! That clown over there just shaved me!

http://www.ouchytheclown.com/

That is scary! Clowns are bad enough but this guy gives me the creeps! Can anyone say John Wayne Gacy?

:drink:

More horrible clowns.....

http://www.creepyclown.com/

As a kid, clowns actually made me want to vomit when at the circus. Shudder

Trader Woody