# Jokes that didn't stand the test of time **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866 "2010-01-21T17:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/81 "2010-01-22T16:14:16Z")
Did you know that Christa McAuliffe had blue eyes? One “blue” to the left and one “blue” to the right. How many astronauts can you fit into a Volkswagon? Eleven…Two in the front, two in the back, and seven in the ashtray. What has seven arms and sucks? Def Leppard. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/82 "2010-01-22T16:28:45Z")
What’s the similarity between Christa McAuliffe and Donna Rice? They both went down on the challenger. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/83 "2010-01-22T17:07:53Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > What’s the opposite of Christopher Reeve? > > Christopher Walken > > Yes, in very poor taste, I know. Q: What’s the difference between Christopher Reeve and O.J. Simpson? A: O.J.‘s gonna walk. Q: How do you fit the Jackson Five in a volkswagen rabbit? A: Put Jackie & Tito in the back seat, Jermaine in the drivers’ seat, Marlon in the passengers’ seat and Michael Jackson in the ashtray. Q: How many Deadheads does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: Just one to screw it in, and thousands to follow that dim bulb around the country after it burns out. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/84 "2010-01-22T20:27:48Z")
What do you call a blonde who screws the entire Raiders football team? Jay Schroeder ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/85 "2010-01-22T20:43:04Z")
Why was [Vicki Morgan](http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/celebrity/vicki_morgan/biblio.html)’s murder illegal? There was too much [pine tar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident) on the bat. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/86 "2010-01-22T20:50:46Z")
As seen in a comic strip (don’t remember which one): Little kid asking his dad “What’s a four door Carter?” (1976 elections) ---
**Author:** ![Coalcracker0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@Coalcracker0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coalcracker0)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/87 "2010-01-23T01:49:53Z")
This just in from the Rolling Stones Tour: Keith Richards is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/88 "2010-01-23T02:19:16Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Why was [Vicki Morgan](http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/celebrity/vicki_morgan/biblio.html)’s murder illegal? > > There was too much [pine tar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident) on the bat. That’s a nice one. Nearly forgotten (and never that famous in the first place) combined with slightly remembered. The Mama Cass/Karen Carpenter joke actually makes more sense now than it did originally, since the eight and a half years separating their deaths isn’t so obvious anymore. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/89 "2010-01-23T05:46:21Z")
Johnny Carson, early 80’s: \*“What do Michael Jackson and the Los Angeles Dodgers Outfielders have in common?” “They all wear one glove for no apparent reason.”\* (I suppose the Dodgers stank that year) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/90 "2010-01-23T13:54:02Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > What’s the similarity between Christa McAuliffe and Donna Rice? > > They both went down on the challenger. … challengers in Florida. And, they both washed up on the shore. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/91 "2010-01-23T21:12:12Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > What’s twelve inches long and has 100 holes in it? > > [Karen Carpenter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter#Death)’s belt. Who’s the patron saint of Ethopians. Karen Carpenter. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/92 "2010-01-24T01:40:07Z")
Come now, there must be jokes like mine, that don’t depend on celebrity-dom? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866/93 "2010-01-24T02:52:03Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Come now, there must be jokes like mine, that don’t depend on celebrity-dom? News or celebs are easy fodder for this thread’s idea, tho. Lessee … What did the escaping Ephraimite say to the Gileadite sentry? “Sibboleth! I mean, Shibboleth. Aw, sit.” 😃 I slay me … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time/525866.md?page=4)