# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/101 "2012-07-25T12:49:33Z")
A harp is a naked piano. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/102 "2012-07-25T13:06:25Z")
“More cookies, teddy bear?” “No thanks, I’m stuffed” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/103 "2012-07-25T13:33:59Z")
Ever heard the “three wells” joke? No? Well, well, well… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/104 "2012-07-25T15:04:23Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > What’s neurotic and lives on Mars? > > Woody Alien. This may be my new favorite joke. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/105 "2012-07-25T15:18:28Z")
not really a funny joke submission, but for you esoteric dopes, there is this historical one-word joke: [Peccavi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccavi#Peccavi) ---
**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, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/106 "2012-07-25T17:04:54Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > not really a funny joke submission, but for you esoteric dopes, there is this historical one-word joke: > > [Peccavi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccavi#Peccavi) Good one! I think of that whenever I hear “Sind region” (formerly province) of Pakistan mentioned in the news. Oh, those Eton-educated imperialist cutups… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/107 "2012-07-25T17:30:23Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > For Sale. > > Egyptian rifle. Never fired. Dropped once. > > Regards, > Shodan Similarly: FOR SALE: Parachute. Used once, never opened. Small stain. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/108 "2012-07-25T17:36:04Z")
“Looks like you’ve blown a seal!” – “No, that’s ice cream!” Tom Swifties work a treat, of course: “Cocaine? You’ve got more money than sense!” Tom snorted. “Looks like that came from an alchemist’s laboratory!” Tom retorted. “I skinned my shin climbing that damn tree!” Tom barked. “Feels like I’m stuffed with bitter herbs,” Tom said ruefully. “This place is a regular hobbit-hole,” Tom smiled. And just for a slight change of pace: My teacher said "Recursion is like saying ‘My teacher said…’ " ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/109 "2012-07-25T17:40:50Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > “This place is a regular hobbit-hole,” Tom smiled. “I don’t get this one,” Colophon said pointlessly. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/110 "2012-07-25T17:47:43Z")
“It’s not as obvious as it once was,” Malacandra [explained](http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Smials). ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/111 "2012-07-25T23:16:10Z")
Two nuns in a bathtub. “Where’s the soap?” “Sure does!” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/112 "2012-07-26T02:08:27Z")
Read a book about helium. Good? Couldn’t put it down. mmm ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/113 "2012-07-26T02:20:31Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > “It’s not as obvious as it once was,” Malacandra [explained](http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Smials). Huh. And here I thought a hobbit-hole was a euphemism for where to cram a Bilbo. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/114 "2012-07-26T14:45:39Z")
“What do you call a blind deer?” “No idea.” ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/115 "2012-07-26T14:46:39Z")
“What about if it is paralyzed?” “Still no idea.” ---
**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 26, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/116 "2012-07-26T15:18:02Z")
What do you call a fish with no eyes? Fsh. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/117 "2012-07-26T15:37:50Z")
I haven’t slept for weeks… that would be too long. A baby seal walks into a club… honest What do you do when radiographers die? Barium Egg McMuffin walks into bar. Bartender: “We don’t serve breakfast.” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/118 "2012-07-26T16:51:12Z")
“My wife’s gone to the Caribbean.” “Jamaica?” “No, she volunteered.” Once there were three waterholes… well, well, well! What would you use a nasal condom for? Fuck knows. Cross a sheep with a kangaroo… get a woolly jumper. “What do English billiards players call [english](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms#english)?” Tom sighed. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/119 "2012-07-26T17:01:15Z")
What did the snail say while riding the turtle? YEEEE-HAAA! (Just made it in with 10 words on the nose!) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/120 "2012-07-26T19:07:16Z")
Did you hear about the plastic surgeon who hung himself? That’s it. Thw whole joke… Think man, Think! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165.md?page=7)