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Stop Me if You've Heard This Before

Posted by Bryan

a repost from October 7, 2002

On October 3, 2002, scientists completed the important work of picking the world's funniest joke.

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?"

Not bad. But funniest in the world?

Note the proviso that this was a contest for the funniest "clean" joke...able to be repeated by a 10-year old.

My favorite was the one submitted the most -- what's brown and sticky? (answer after the jump)

A stick.

And if that doesn't wiggle the giggle out of you, there's always Monty Python's Funniest Joke in the World.

October 18, 2007 10:42 AM