# Anyone Else Find This NOT All That Funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990 "2002-10-05T19:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flertbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e5b9ba/32.png) [@flertbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flertbert)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/1 "2002-10-05T19:44:34Z")
Okay, according to [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.funniest/index.html), this is the world’s funniest joke: > [@](#): > > Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy takes out his phone and calls the emergency services. > > He gasps: “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator says: “Calm down, I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a gunshot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says: “OK, now what?” Uh, yeah. That’s not what I’d call funny. Am I alone here? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/2 "2002-10-05T19:46:24Z")
Well, come on, it’s CNN, not Comedy Central. Can you really trust them on something like this? I personally thought it was funny, but not so funny I’d die laughing. Now for that I’d resort to a couple of dead baby jokes, maybe add a pedophile pun in there… Anyway, you can’t choose the best joke out there. For everyone, it’ll be different. This joke has been hyped up as the best joke- it’ll never live up. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/3 "2002-10-05T19:57:09Z")
Nonsense. The funniest joke in the world is still the tied-together shoelaces of an unsuspecting loudmouth. ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/4 "2002-10-05T20:19:23Z")
Well, remember it’s not supposed to be a joke that will please YOU, it’s supposed to be a joke that a largest number of people agreed was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/5 "2002-10-05T23:35:06Z")
I think it’s funny as hell–as a joke. If it were a real incident, it would be tragic. What I struggle to understand is anyone not thinking it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/6 "2002-10-06T00:39:47Z")
It didn’t even make me smile. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/7 "2002-10-06T01:45:09Z")
I got a giggle out of it. It’s a funny camping/hunting story, but not nearly as funny as the snake bite on the cock joke (You know, two guys go camping/hunting, one gets bit on the cock by a snake, the other calls the doctor and is told he has to suck the poison out. He then turns to his friend and says "Sorry, Jim. You’re gonna die). But yeah, jokes are personal preference. I personally think the Clown Joke is the funniest fucking joke out there, but the second I utter the words “There once was a boy named Billy,” 90% of my friends start to follow through on previous promises of violence. Jokes are entertainment, and like all entertainment, it depends on what you’re into. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/8 "2002-10-06T01:48:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 23skidoo \* > \*\*Well, remember it’s not supposed to be a joke that will please YOU, it’s supposed to be a joke that a largest number of people agreed was funny. \*\* bingo. If I remember the methodology of the study, many, many people found other jokes to be much funnier than this one. This was just the joke that the largest number of people thought was at least pretty funny. personally, I thought it was kinda humorous. If someone told it to me(and I hadn’t heard it before), I’d probably chuckle. but its certainly not laugh-out-loud, knee-slapping funny. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/9 "2002-10-06T02:00:10Z")
“von vas… assaulted” ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/10 "2002-10-06T02:19:28Z")
- - - I find Woopi Goldberg very not funny but mysteriously famous none-the-less. Maybe she was better way back in her early days. ~ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/11 "2002-10-06T02:21:42Z")
Looks like the [Sherlock Holmes](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1719400.stm) joke has been dethroned huh? It’s ok. I prefer kids jokes. 7 8 9 and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/12 "2002-10-06T02:30:49Z")
I figured that the hunting joke won because it’s particularly easily translated. It doesn’t really rely on an English-specific pun; I’ll bet many languages use the same phrase for both “check to make certain” and “ensure by finishing the job yourself” or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/13 "2002-10-06T07:22:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*Looks like the [Sherlock Holmes](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1719400.stm) joke has been dethroned huh? > > \*\* That reminds me of the Lone Ranger joke. [http://www.humorplanet.com/joke.cgi?category=nationalist&joke=2](http://www.humorplanet.com/joke.cgi?category=nationalist&joke=2) ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/14 "2002-10-06T07:37:25Z")
[Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! … Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/funniest.php) ---
**Author:** ![I\_am\_Sparticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@I\_am\_Sparticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_am_Sparticus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/15 "2002-10-06T07:45:49Z")
I’ve changed it to two drunken NRA members are out hunting… it gets a little better then. Personally, I’m into Pope jokes myself. All that holier than thou stuff can make for some good incongruity. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/16 "2002-10-06T12:59:59Z")
No, no, no. You’re all missing the REAL joke. CNN is pulling your leg about all this in an effort to show you how ridiculous news polls are. See, they polled people about jokes, and this won because it got the most votes for being somewhat funny. Ergo, the most “somewhat funny” votes then translates into “more people thought this was funny”, which then translates into “this is the funniest joke ever”, even though it’s not. It’s not about humor, it’s about poll-driven results. Get it? Well, when you have to explain a joke, it’s not nearly as funny… ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/17 "2002-10-06T13:05:52Z")
CNN didn’t poll people, a British university (Hartsfordshire) did. [Take a look at their results.](http://www.laughlab.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/18 "2002-10-06T21:33:48Z")
Oh. Then I guess the joke’s on us. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/19 "2002-10-06T21:51:46Z")
Seems to me that it is not the most funny joke, it is a joke with the highest aggregate chuckle rating, in other words it has the highest average, its just an average joke. ---
**Author:** ![Lab2490](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Lab2490](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lab2490)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990/20 "2002-10-06T22:10:25Z")
Could someone please tell me the clown joke? this is the second thread in which it has been mentioned ands i still havent heard it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-this-not-all-that-funny/130990.md?page=2)