Breaking wind joke is world's oldest: studyA gag about breaking wind which had people laughing 4,000 years ago is the world's oldest joke, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a survey released on Friday. "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial time immemorial n. pl. times immemorial 1. Time long past, beyond memory or record. Also called time out of mind. 2. Law Time antedating legal records. Noun 1. ; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap," goes the joke dating from 1900 BC which originated in what is now southern Iraq. The top 10 of oldest jokes, compiled by academics, features randy pharaohs, dead donkeys and ox drivers. Paul McDonald Paul McDonald (born February 23, 1958 in Montebello, California) is a retired American football quarterback in the NFL. He was the Cleveland Browns starting quarterback in 1984. College Career McDonald was a 1979 All-American at the University of Southern California. , from the University of Wolverhampton The University of Wolverhampton is a British university, located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The main campus is located on Wulfruna Street in Wolverhampton. in central England, who led the study, said: "Jokes have varied over the years, with some taking the question and answer format, while others are witty proverbs or riddles. "What they all share, however, is a willingness to deal with taboos and a degree of rebellion." The study defined a joke as having a clear set-up and punchline, a tradition which was traced back to 1900 BC. And it appears that some things never change. Egyptian pharaohs were just as likely to be the butt of humour thousands of years ago as world leaders are today, according to one joke from 1600 BC. "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? Sail a boatload boat·load n. The number of passengers or the amount of cargo that a boat can hold. Noun 1. boatload - the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload" of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile -- and urge the pharaoh to go fishing." The oldest British joke is a bawdy bawd·y adj. bawd·i·er, bawd·i·est 1. Humorously coarse; risqué. 2. Vulgar; lewd. bawd  i·ly adv. gag from the 10th century which employs the traditional question and answer format.
"What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? A key." 
|
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion