# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/81 "2012-07-24T20:41:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > In what language?:dubious: Laffy Taffyese ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/82 "2012-07-24T20:58:57Z")
A limerick: There once was a big juicy orange Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/83 "2012-07-24T21:04:29Z")
Do dyslexic agnostics wonder if there is a Dog? ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/84 "2012-07-24T21:44:52Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > A limerick: > > There once was a big juicy orange > Fuck. Made me laff. There’s a joke about _deja vu_, that I vaguely remember… ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/85 "2012-07-24T21:47:30Z")
For Sale. Egyptian rifle. Never fired. Dropped once. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [July 24, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/86 "2012-07-24T21:55:26Z")
This is an inadvertent one that a library’s search engine gave me when I was looking for a copy of a folktale. “Mule Egg” not found. Did you mean, “Male Ego?” P. S. My husband, Doper Andy L, (the Guy Who’s Pretty Good at SF story identification) found the book I was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/87 "2012-07-24T22:45:58Z")
What do sea monsters eat? Fish and ships. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/88 "2012-07-24T23:19:36Z")
How do you speak lesbian? It’s all in the tongue. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/89 "2012-07-24T23:31:42Z")
I’m like a chocaholic, but with booze. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/90 "2012-07-24T23:42:36Z")
> [@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].” You know, I think there is a word for jokes like that. :dubious: ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ I Just love food. I never eat anything else. _Tommy Cooper._ ---
**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 25, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/91 "2012-07-25T00:40:31Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > How do you speak lesbian? > It’s all in the tongue. Why did Navritolva return to Czecholslovakia? She missed her native tongue. (Good thing it’s an '80s joke…you’d need eleven words these days.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/92 "2012-07-25T00:44:33Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > You know, I think there is a word for jokes like that. :dubious: Oh, stop being a homophonophobe. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/93 "2012-07-25T00:49:06Z")
If we’re allowed to go slightly over the ten word limit: What do you call a sheep with no legs? A cloud I’ve always found that one inexplicably hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/94 "2012-07-25T01:04:51Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Oh, stop being a homophonophobe. Okay, that one made me laugh. A lot! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/95 "2012-07-25T01:44:56Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Right, not even close to the same thing. FWIW, I chuckled at your joke and will share. I love bad jokes! > > 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! To be honest, I think I’d opened that tab and then gone and done other things for a while. But still, DAMN IT. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/96 "2012-07-25T03:11:42Z")
More than 10 but I like it. Hipsters: How many hipsters does it take to change a light bulb? It’s a really obscure number, you probably haven’t heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/97 "2012-07-25T03:37:36Z")
Aibohphobia: fear of palindromes. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/98 "2012-07-25T04:40:41Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Two guys walk into a bar. The third one ducks. Dammit, this was going to be mine! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/99 "2012-07-25T05:58:40Z")
“Pedophile?..That’s a pretty big word for a five year-old!” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/100 "2012-07-25T12:11:11Z")
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