# 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:** [June 21, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/101 "2021-06-21T00:12:27Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> Ok, I don’t get this one.

> **[Great Famine (Ireland)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland))**
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> The Great Famine also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór \[ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ\]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. The most severely affected areas were in the western and southern parts of Ireland—where the Irish language was dominant—and hence the period was contemporaneou The p...

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**Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/102 "2021-06-21T16:05:00Z")

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Where do mansplainers get their water from?

A well, actually…

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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/103 "2021-06-21T16:17:53Z")

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Q: How do birds fly?  
A: It’s a matter of a pinion.

(my first favorite pun. thank you Boy’s Life Magazine!)

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/104 "2021-06-21T16:21:01Z")

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👏

also …  
Why chicken cross the road ?  
To reach other side.

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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:** [June 21, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/105 "2021-06-21T16:24:24Z")

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Chicken cross road to get away from Colonel Sanders.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946/106 "2021-06-22T04:18:11Z")

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Seen on menu in a restaurant:

Cogito ergo spud.  
I think therefore I yam.

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