# Jokes: 10 words or shorter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165 "2012-07-23T20:25:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/41 "2012-07-24T14:31:44Z")
There was a guy…wait, he changed that. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/42 "2012-07-24T14:50:58Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It’s much better to be a smartass than the alternative. It is better to be pissed off than pissed on. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/43 "2012-07-24T14:53:34Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > How do know a pepper is nosy? It’s jalapeño business. > mmm I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/44 "2012-07-24T15:14:24Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I don’t get it. I’m guessing it’s an unexpected substitution for “nacho” (“not your”). But maybe that’s not it, because I’m pretty sure that “nacho” is not a type of chile. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/45 "2012-07-24T15:14:33Z")
> [@Farmer\_Jane](#): > > What’s the difference between Jews and canoes?\*\* > > Canoes tip. “Canadians and canoes” around my neck of the woods. What do you 10 Jews eating steak? Filet minyan. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/46 "2012-07-24T15:18:18Z")
What do you call a dragon eating steak? Flaming yawn. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/47 "2012-07-24T15:20:41Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > “Canadians and canoes” around my neck of the woods. Gee, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/48 "2012-07-24T15:23:15Z")
Well THAT was a trifle bazaar! (I know there’s an elaborate set-up to it) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/49 "2012-07-24T15:24:57Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I’m guessing it’s an unexpected substitution for “nacho” (“not your”). But maybe that’s not it, because I’m pretty sure that “nacho” is not a type of chile. Also, jalapeno business is pronounced like “all up in your business”, which is one way to say “nosy”. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/50 "2012-07-24T15:25:29Z")
Assistance dogs for bulimics do the puking for their owners. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/51 "2012-07-24T15:33:53Z")
What did the leper tell the prostitute? “Keep the tip.” ---
**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:** [July 24, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/52 "2012-07-24T15:34:56Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > UK comedian Jimmy Carr tells a four word joke, but it really only works when spoken, as it relies on a homophone. “Venison is really [dear/deer].” The way I heard it was, “Venison’s dear isn’t it.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0vPDbAJB6JY/hqdefault.jpg "Jimmy Carr's shortest joke in the world") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vPDbAJB6JY) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/53 "2012-07-24T15:35:33Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Also, jalapeno business is pronounced like “all up in your business”, which is one way to say “nosy”. Oh, thanks! I wasn’t familiar with “all up in your business”. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/54 "2012-07-24T15:38:19Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Also, jalapeno business is pronounced like “all up in your business”, which is one way to say “nosy”. Wow. No wonder I didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/55 "2012-07-24T15:46:36Z")
Three blonds walk into a building. Ya think one of 'em could have found the door. Two mushrooms walking down the street. One turns to the other and says, “I don’t know why she doesn’t like me, I’m a fungi.” ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/56 "2012-07-24T15:54:23Z")
Sarah Palin walks into a bar. OW! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/57 "2012-07-24T15:56:37Z")
So, this baby seal walked into a club… ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/58 "2012-07-24T16:44:50Z")
“Escalators can’t be broken - they can only become stairs” –Butchered from a Mitch Hedberg routine. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/59 "2012-07-24T16:59:07Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Um… no I didn’t. Right, not even close to the same thing. FWIW, I chuckled at your joke and will share. I love bad jokes! > [@Zsofia](#): > > This one I read, and I am totally not making this up, in _Reader’s Digest_. > > Why does Snoop Dogg need an umbrella? > Fo’ drizzle! > > (How many _Reader’s Digest_ readers got that, do you think? Good thing no one posted this joke two posts before yours. And now, stolen shamelessly from The Oatmeal: Q: What do you get when you divide a pumpkin’s circumference by its diameter? A: Pumpkin pi! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/60 "2012-07-24T17:23:43Z")
Uh, 10-word rule, people? A couple more Jimmy Carr ones: Throwing acid is wrong, in some people’s eyes. Name something 9 out of 10 people enjoy? Gang rape. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165.md?page=4)