Collection of Lame Jokes

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around sharing and enjoying lame jokes, with participants contributing various humorous quips and puns. The discussion explores the nature of humor, particularly focusing on jokes that are intentionally corny or groan-inducing.

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  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants share their favorite lame jokes, such as the classic "Why did the chicken cross the road?" and variations on animal-related humor.
  • Others express differing opinions on the quality of certain jokes, with some finding them hilarious while others consider them unfunny or "lame." For example, one participant finds a specific horse joke funny, while another insists it doesn't qualify as lame.
  • A few jokes incorporate wordplay and puns, such as the "frayed knot" joke and the "super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis" joke, which elicit mixed reactions.
  • There are discussions about surreal humor, with some participants questioning the nature of certain jokes and their classification as humor, such as the "fish" response to a lightbulb question.
  • Participants also engage in playful banter about the quality of jokes and the nature of humor itself, with some joking about the reactions to their contributions.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no clear consensus on what constitutes a "lame" joke, as participants express a range of opinions on the humor shared. Some jokes are appreciated by certain individuals while others find them lacking, indicating a diversity of taste in humor.

Contextual Notes

Some jokes rely on specific cultural references or wordplay that may not be universally understood, leading to varied interpretations among participants.

  • #5,311
DrGreg said:
So you were fired?
Not after they let me go ...

Stavros Kiri said:
Been said before
Thought it might have been, but wasn't sure.

Later, I wanted to be a Gregorian monk, but I missed my chance.
 
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I have noticed, especially this winter that pretty much everyone has renounced their religion and have joined the brotherhood of monks.
You see, monks get to wear hoodies.
 
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  • #5,313
Three logicians walk into a bar.
The barman asks: "Three beers?"
The first logician says "I don't know".
The second logician says "I don't know".
The third logician says "Yes".
 
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  • #5,314
Two Hamlets walked into a bar. The barman asked, "Two beer or not two beer?"
 
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  • #5,315
Right, could always go for three or more :DD
 
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  • #5,316
International Society of Procrastinators - Working Tomorrow For A Better Today!
 
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Ibix said:
International Society of Procrastinators
I was going to join as a member, but I never got round to it.
 
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DrGreg said:
I was going to join as a member, but I never got round to it.
You should follow their advertising slogan - "Join tomorrow!"
 
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Ibix said:
International Society of Procrastinators - Working Tomorrow For A Better Today!
DrGreg said:
I was going to join as a member, but I never got round to it.

Ibix said:
You should follow their advertising slogan - "Join tomorrow!"

Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow;
Since tomorrow is another day.

"Delay, obfuscate, and delay some more. If people needed this law, it would already be on the books." -- Proceedings from Parliament of Procrastination.
 
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Ibix said:
International Society of Procrastinators - Working Tomorrow For A Better Today!
I recently found my to-do-list of 2015. What shall I say? Still accurate!
 
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Klystron said:
Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow;
My Dad claimed he never left until tomorrow that which could be put off until next week.
 
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  • #5,322
Ibix said:
International Society of Procrastinators - Working Tomorrow For A Better Today!
Didn't I postpone that yesterday?
fresh_42 said:
I recently found my to-do-list of 2015. What shall I say? Still accurate!
Gee you're making me nervous now! I was planning to do that sometime next century ...
Still working on pending matters up to 1999
 
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  • #5,323
DrGreg said:
I was going to join as a member, but I never got round to it.

here you go, your very own round tuit

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Ibix said:
International Society of Procrastinators - Working Tomorrow For A Better Today!
And then postpone for the day after tomorrow ... for a better tomorrow!
 
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Ghandi was a small man known for his wisdom. He also walked barefoot or with wooden sandals so he had unusually large callouses on his feet. Because of his poor diet he also had bad breath. So you could say he was a supercallousedfragilmystichexedwithhalitosis.
 
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  • #5,326
From the era when both Mary Poppins and the Beach Boys were popular:

"California Super Surfers Expert On The Ocean"
 
  • #5,327
What kind of jokes to sheep like?

Baaaad ones.

(They're going to love this thread)
 
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  • #5,328
Which leader of the USSR was the best cook?

Nikita Kru-Chef

and what was his babushka's name?

Grandma Kerchief
 
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nuuskur said:
Right, could always go for three or more :DD
Does it? To bet or not to bet? ...
 
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  • #5,331
What's the name of the vegetarian brother of Bruce Lee?
Brocco Lee.
 
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  • #5,332
fresh_42 said:
What's the name of the vegetarian brother of Bruce Lee?
:-p
 
  • #5,333
Today, while walking through campus, I happened to chat with one of my former physics department colleagues. He asked me how my retirement was going. I replied that I'm enjoying my unstructured executive time.
 
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  • #5,334
In Samara, Russia: Does this prove that the first Russian Princes were Hamlet's cousins?
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AlexCaledin said:
In Samara, Russia: Does this prove that the first Russian Princes were Hamlet's cousins?
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So everybody who enters and correctly says да is instantly misinterpreted as два! What an ingenious way to increase turnover and profit!
However, in such cases I always have to think about an occasion when I drank the beer I bought [Балтика] and a Russian said to me: "Tastes good! But it takes too long!"
 
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Klystron said:
Which leader of the USSR was the best cook?

Nikita Kru-Chef

Once upon a time, political jokes in the Soviet Union often took the form of questions to the fictitious help-line of Radio Yerevan:

Q: How can baldness be cured?
A: Unfortunately we don't answer political questions!
 
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jtbell said:
Once upon a time, political jokes in the Soviet Union often took the form of questions to the fictitious help-line of Radio Yerevan:

Q: How can baldness be cured?
A: Unfortunately we don't answer political questions!
Reminds me of Gorbachev's birthmark being removed on official Soviet photos :rolleyes:
 
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DrClaude said:
Reminds me of Gorbachev's birthmark being removed on official Soviet photos :rolleyes:
Steve Bell, a UK political cartoonist, always drew it as a hammer and sickle...
 
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