# Funniest jokes in 10 words or less

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** comedian-jokes\
**Created:** [May 12, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946 "2021-05-12T21:49:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/1 "2021-05-12T21:49:55Z")

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There are lots of old joke threads here but this one has a limitation - the jokes can be no longer than ten words total.

Here’s mine…

What do you call a girl who can’t draw?  
Tracy.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/2 "2021-05-12T21:58:10Z")

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My favorite trio, all chestnuts:

Q What’s brown and sticky?  
Q What’s a foot long and slippery?  
Q What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back [when you throw it [but I’m keeping under the limit]]?

And, of course,  
Q What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?  
Q What’s invisible and smells like carrots?

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/3 "2021-05-12T23:32:20Z")

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What has four legs and one arm? A happy pit bull

Why don’t lobsters share? They’re shellfish.

What’d the really stupid guy name his pet zebra? “Spot.”

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Wa0gWH6.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Wa0gWH6)

_‘Hey!! Thats funny shit!!’_

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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/4 "2021-05-12T23:46:42Z")

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Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7, 8, 9

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/5 "2021-05-12T23:51:34Z")

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“Knock, knock.”  
“Who’s there?”  
“To.”  
“To Who?”  
[pretentiously] “To _Whom_.”

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**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 12, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/6 "2021-05-12T23:59:50Z")

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Why don’t cannibals eat clowns?  
Because they taste funny.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/7 "2021-05-13T00:26:29Z")

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What do elephants use for tampons?

Sheep.

What kind of meat do priests eat on Fridays?

Nun.

What do you call a girl lost in NYC?

Wanda.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/8 "2021-05-13T00:38:57Z")

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You: “Say knock-knock.”  
Him: “Knock knock.”  
You: “Who’s there?”  
Him: ::confused look::

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/9 "2021-05-13T00:40:14Z")

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Where does a one-legged waitress work?

IHOP.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/10 "2021-05-13T01:11:14Z")

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What’s this? ✌

A Roman ordering five beers.

What’s this? 🖖

A Vulcan ordering five beers.

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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/11 "2021-05-13T01:56:39Z")

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From a Monty Python sketch:

Q. What’s brown and sounds like a bell?

A. Dung!

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/12 "2021-05-13T02:00:22Z")

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What’s brown and lies in the meadow?

Winnie’s pooh.

What’s brown and lies in the battlefield?

Gomer’s pile.

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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/13 "2021-05-13T02:20:43Z")

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Groan but awesome nonetheless!

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**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/14 "2021-05-13T02:22:01Z")

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What do elephants use for vibrators?

Epileptics.

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/15 "2021-05-13T02:29:26Z")

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“Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”

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**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/16 "2021-05-13T02:35:56Z")

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Have you seen Stevie Wonder’s new piano?

Neither has he.

Why can’t Stevie Wonder see his friends?

He’s married.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/17 "2021-05-13T02:36:03Z")

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Q. What’s brown and rhymes with snoop?

A. Dr. Dre.

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**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/18 "2021-05-13T02:48:09Z")

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
>
> Q What’s brown and sticky?  
> Q What’s a foot long and slippery?  
> Q What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back [when you throw it [but I’m keeping under the limit]]?
> 
> And, of course,  
> Q What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?  
> Q What’s invisible and smells like carrots?

1. Nutella

2. A snake

3. A chihuahua

4. A carrot

5. A chihuahua

> [@madsircool](#):
>
> What has four legs and one arm? A happy pit bull

Pit Bulls don’t have arms.

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/19 "2021-05-13T02:50:35Z")

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> [@Enjoy\_Slurm](#):
>
> Pit Bulls don’t have arms.

They do when they bite off one of yours

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/20 "2021-05-13T03:00:00Z")

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
>
> Q What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back?  
> Q What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?  
> Q What’s invisible and smells like carrots?

A stick.  
A carrot.  
Rabbit farts.

What’s invisible and smells like worms?

Bird farts.

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