# Jokes that have been beaten to death **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 5, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882 "2003-06-05T17:52:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/41 "2003-06-06T13:30:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*aLL YouR Base ARE BELONg to Us. > > Actually, I _still think this is damn funny!_ > \*\* The “\ For Great Justice!” part just never gets stale… ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/42 "2003-06-06T13:39:39Z")
This thread totally makes Baby Jesus cry. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/43 "2003-06-06T14:46:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ConnieS \* > \*\*Oh, my god, I’m so sorry. How dare I still enjoy a movie even though it’s been years since I first saw it? \*\* You should get that knee checked. I didn’t say you’re not allowed to enjoy it. Didn’t say the movie lacks in enjoyability. Fuck, watch it every day of your life, if you want. Just stop thinking that saying “anyone want a peanut?” anytime it will rhyme is funny. It’s not. Knowing something that someone else does not know does not require saying “I know something you don’t know. I am not left-handed.” It’s no longer witty, simply because everyone has heard it, multiple times, for multiple years. You are not privvy to some secret movie gem that no one has ever seen. Again, enjoy the hell out of the movie all you want. But realize that quoting it is about as annoying as a Flock of Seagulls haircut. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/44 "2003-06-06T16:18:02Z")
When I’m working on, say, Bob’s computer and someone comes into Bob’s office, looks at me with wide eyes and proclaims, “You’re not Bob!” A real thigh-slapper, that. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/45 "2003-06-06T16:22:44Z")
I am so sick of TV guide, and commentators, and every other fucking media source saying “It’s The BLEEPING Osbournes!” God damn, that was funny maybe the first three times. The show has been on for what, two years now? And that crack is still supposed to be witty? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/46 "2003-06-06T16:23:38Z")
Also, can we fire any teacher who responds “I don’t know. Can you?” after being asked “Can I go to the bathroom?” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/47 "2003-06-06T16:34:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t mind me \* > \*\*When I’m working on, say, Bob’s computer and someone comes into Bob’s office, looks at me with wide eyes and proclaims, “You’re not Bob!” > > A real thigh-slapper, that. \*\* Seconded. And we can also put an addendum on it for “You don’t look like Bob!” and “My how you’ve changed, Bob!” ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/48 "2003-06-06T17:50:31Z")
If \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ that means the terrorists have won! Jokes about the stupid ass colors chosen for the national terror alert system. Yes, they are fucking stupid- but you’re not funny. ---
**Author:** ![obnoxa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7bcc69/32.png) [@obnoxa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obnoxa)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/49 "2003-06-06T18:22:09Z")
‘Cream of sum yung guy’ _anytime_ Chinese food is mentioned. Why won’t this die? ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/50 "2003-06-06T18:44:21Z")
I gotta agree with **SirRay** and **gatopescado**. Maybe I’m just a total dork, but using For Great Justice! still cracks me up. "p ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/51 "2003-06-06T18:49:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarkPrince \* > \*\*I gotta agree with **SirRay** and **gatopescado**. Maybe I’m just a total dork, but using For Great Justice! still cracks me up. "p \*\* Take off every 'zig. Maybe that’ll help. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/52 "2003-06-06T19:02:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by macabresoul \* > \*\*Well Those jokes would be hilarious to someone who has never heard them before. Should have titled this thread “jokes that are old and not funny to me anymore because i’m so hip”. > > It’s all perspective my son. > > \*\* Gonna have to agree here. Yes, the joke has lost it’s surprise for you. I get that. But there may be some folks who haven’t heard it. Just because it’s not funny to _you_ doesn’t mean it won’t be funny to _them_. This seems like a way to look down your snoot at someone wasn’t _quite_ as quick as you. Reminds me of “that’s sooo 5 minutes ago”. Of course there are jokes that simply were never that funny, just mean. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/53 "2003-06-06T20:30:26Z")
Hi, I’m Eddie, and I’m a man in a lesbian’s bo—no, wait, I’m a lesbian body in a — dangit, I always mess that up. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/54 "2003-06-06T20:51:35Z")
I agree that nobody ever thinks they’re using a beaten-to-death joke. There’s no joke that’s so old that somebody isn’t hearing it for the first time. Having said that, I must say that I could do without people who think it’s hilarious to make some kind of anal rape joke everytime prison is mentioned in any context. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/55 "2003-06-07T00:31:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > **This seems like a way to look down your snoot at someone wasn’t _quite_ as quick as you. Reminds me of "that’s sooo 5 minutes ago."** I disagree. I don’t think the OP is being snooty at all. Of course you might meet someone who has heard the joke in question only recently and so it’s still funny to them. I think the OP is talking about jokes that are commonly known in one’s own social circle. For example, most people in an office or a university class, who have all seen the same shows or read the same dumb e-mail forwards. People in these groups who continue to use old jokes despite knowing how old they are are pretty fucking annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/56 "2003-06-07T09:32:19Z")
I think the OP is talking about our little group here. And our social circle is ever widening. New folks showing up all the time. ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/57 "2003-06-07T20:40:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Man With The Golden Gun \* > \*\*Also, can we fire any teacher who responds “I don’t know. Can you?” after being asked “Can I go to the bathroom?” \*\* OK this isn’t an old joke, but still fairly lame. You, “Where’s the bin?” Teacher or other " Nowhere, where’s tha bin?" (only works in a yorkshire accent ) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/58 "2003-06-08T05:02:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by big alex \* > \*\*OK this isn’t an old joke, but still fairly lame. > You, “Where’s the bin?” > Teacher or other " Nowhere, where’s tha bin?" (only works in a yorkshire accent ) \*\* 😕 😕 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/59 "2003-06-08T05:34:15Z")
I believe it’s a (ack!) pun on “Where has(t) thou been?” Presumably, that’s the way a Yorkshireman would preceive the phrase, if he presumed that the speaker had the same accent that he himself had. I’ve never been to Yorkshire, but I’ve read a lot of James Herriot books… ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882/60 "2003-06-08T05:37:46Z")
(Hmmm. I wonder if having read all those heartwarming veterinary tales empowers me to make repeated bad jokes involving guys in wellies who find themselves elbow deep in a cow during a bad calving. I don’t think that has been beaten to death yet.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-have-been-beaten-to-death/179882.md?page=4)