# Can you tell a joke in 4 words or less? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851 "2017-05-04T13:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/1 "2017-05-04T13:09:08Z")
I’m wondering how many jokes can be condensed to just four words or less. Here are a couple that I’ve cut down to just a few words: Being superstitious is unlucky. Counterfeiters make money. (Jokes don’t need to be made up by you - I didn’t invent these, I just condensed them.) Any more examples? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/2 "2017-05-04T13:10:36Z")
No soap, radio. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/3 "2017-05-04T13:24:09Z")
Military intelligence - isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/4 "2017-05-04T13:24:26Z")
nm. Maybe too political. Number 6. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/5 "2017-05-04T13:28:50Z")
Blonds are ditzy. \ don’t understand technology. Green side up. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/6 "2017-05-04T13:30:30Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > No soap, radio. LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/7 "2017-05-04T13:41:06Z")
Unidentified insect bites, flees ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/8 "2017-05-04T13:46:57Z")
Credit: Jimmy Carr Venison’s dear, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/9 "2017-05-04T13:57:00Z")
Mooning is lunacy. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/10 "2017-05-04T14:04:56Z")
…walks into a bar. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/11 "2017-05-04T14:07:13Z")
Are Calvinist ministers pre-ordained? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/12 "2017-05-04T14:30:27Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Are Calvinist ministers pre-ordained? I’ve got to remember that one. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/13 "2017-05-04T14:40:59Z")
Pull my finger. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/14 "2017-05-04T14:41:29Z")
Rectum? Damn near killed’m. That’s what she said. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/15 "2017-05-04T14:47:35Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’ve got to remember that one. Original to me, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/16 "2017-05-04T14:50:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Original to me, no less. That is five words. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/17 "2017-05-04T15:30:22Z")
Forwards, oarless? No way. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/18 "2017-05-04T15:37:48Z")
Don’t call me Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![the\_artful\_salad\_dodger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@the\_artful\_salad\_dodger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_artful_salad_dodger)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/19 "2017-05-04T15:48:40Z")
Velcro - what a rip-off! Credit - Tim Vine. I think it won joke of the year at the Edinburgh Fringe a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/20 "2017-05-04T15:50:24Z")
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