# Did you know fat people are inherently funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870 "2001-12-04T18:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870/1 "2001-12-04T18:29:32Z")
Seriously, check it out… How many fat people does it take to change a light bulb? Heheh… fat people in the dark. I’m sorry… It’s one of those mornings. So, let’s have the jokes that piss people off thread. By the way, does anybody know if dead baby jokes are off limits…? Tenebras ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Jet\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Black)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870/2 "2001-12-04T18:35:48Z")
I don’t know any jokes about fat people other than the old school playground variety. Dead baby jokes off limits? Everyone has a different limit. As Clint Eastwood said: “A man has got to know his limitations” Sorry I’m not funny. Jet Black ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870/3 "2001-12-04T18:39:46Z")
{gauging which direction the lightning will strike) You do know that this topic will get you flamed to a crisp by weight-sensitive Dopers, don’t you? Dead baby jokes aren’t all that funny, either. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870/4 "2001-12-04T18:40:48Z")
Someone’s going to get sat on… ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870/5 "2001-12-04T18:42:39Z")
yes, I know that it is going to generate several tons of flaming, which is why I put it in the pit. 🙂 And they are if you’re in the right frame of mind… Tenebras ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870/6 "2001-12-04T18:43:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Dead baby jokes aren’t all that funny, either. But _fat_ dead babies, now, they’re a _hoot_. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870/7 "2001-12-04T18:45:24Z")
No, we don’t do “jokes for the sake of jokes” in the Pit. You can be funny in your rant, or in your reply…but jokes go in MPSIMS. And if it’s too coarse or crude or inflammatory, then it doesn’t really belong on the Straight Dope Message Board. Lynn For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-fat-people-are-inherently-funny/96870/8 "2001-12-04T18:47:39Z")
Yawn. \ Yep, it’s been about 3 weeks. Time for another fat people thread. I vote that if another forum ever opens up, it should be the Vortex of Hackneyed Threads. You know, for Pit threads dealing with: fat people, rap music sucking, bathroom etiquette, Jar Jar Binks, Why Did \_\_\_ Get Banned?, etc.