# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/62 "2017-05-05T23:05:52Z")
The Bronx? No thonx. * * * Eva Marie Saint ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/63 "2017-05-06T03:37:11Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > 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? My love, I cannot say “Hello” in just a few words. 150-word essays leave me dangling after the introduction. :o ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/64 "2017-05-06T03:54:00Z")
Today The President tweeted… ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/65 "2017-05-06T20:32:00Z")
The dog said, “Moo.” (Also funny for little kids.) ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/66 "2017-05-06T21:36:38Z")
I’m a frayed knot. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/67 "2017-05-06T22:42:15Z")
Better Nate than lever! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/68 "2017-05-06T23:29:59Z")
His penis shouted “No!” My milkshake brings misery ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/69 "2017-05-06T23:31:41Z")
Hitler: Worse than Hitler? ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/70 "2017-05-07T03:36:57Z")
Some people can extrapolate… Unfinished jokes are absolutely. My vocabulary is non-good. Suited drummer. The accused. Ship repair documentary, riveting. High steaks meat throwing. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/71 "2017-05-07T07:25:15Z")
It’s really very hard. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/72 "2017-05-07T07:26:37Z")
President Donald J. Trump ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/73 "2017-05-07T07:27:42Z")
Had to separate those. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/74 "2017-05-07T17:02:18Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > **Can you tell a joke in 4 words or less?** Tell a joke what? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/75 "2017-05-07T19:20:41Z")
Biggest inaugural crowd ever. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rick\_Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/76 "2017-05-11T21:00:36Z")
Stolen from The Onion: Jacques Derrida has “died”. ---
**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 11, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/77 "2017-05-11T21:59:07Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > It’s really very hard. That’s what SHE said. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/78 "2017-05-11T22:24:53Z")
“Nope! Chuck Tingle!” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/79 "2017-05-12T15:15:40Z")
Eschew obfuscation! “Brevity is . . . wit.” ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/80 "2017-05-12T20:45:29Z")
Sure! Let’s see … No. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-joke-in-4-words-or-less/785851/81 "2017-05-12T22:12:13Z")
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