What was the first joke ever told?

[lambda90]

There had to be a first right?

Any ideas on what it could have been about?

 

[jedishrfu]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/07/31/uk-britain-joke-life-idUKL129052420080731

 

[Bandersnatch]

Wasn't it when Hebrew/Christian God created light of day before he made the Sun? The cheeky bastard.

 

[AlephZero]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/07/31/uk-britain-joke-life-idUKL129052420080731

But if somebody found an even older piece of writing that said "What is the difference between a duck?", they would probably think it was a mistake rather than a joke.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Thag: My dinosaur has no nose.
Zog: But then how does he smell?
Thag: Terrible!

 

[lisab]

Who knows what the first joke was, but I clearly remember my daughter's first joke.

She was in the back seat of the car, in her car seat. She was about 2.

She said loudly, "HEY!"

I said, "What?"

She said, "HEY!", and giggled a little.

I said, "What?", and she giggled some more.

I looked back to see what was going on, and she was pointing to a piece of hay stuck to her shoe.

But since puns require a fairly advanced grasp of language, I doubt the first joke ever was a pun.

 

[nsaspook]

"Two Amoeba walk out of a bar"

 

[DavidSnider]