They finally found a cure for herpes. … Extra Strength Tylenol.
(1) Does anyone else remember why this joke was funny at one time?
(2) Does anyone have examples of jokes that used to be funny but now just leave people scratching their head and going “Huh?”
Back in the early '80s, someone had randomly laced some Extra Strength Tylenol with cyanide, and several people died.
Was it from the time period of the Tylenol poisoning, thus providing a cure for any number of ailments?
President Donald Trump. When it was a ridiculous idea, it was funny; when it became real, not so much.
Within 24 hours after the Challenger explosion. . .
What does NASA stand for?
Need Another Seven Astronauts
It was revived after the Columbia disaster, but had lost even its dark humor by then.
I seem to remember hearing it in the school lunchroom the same day.
Well, more of an inside joke…
I know the principles of a design firm that did work at The Windows On the World restaurant on the top of the World Trade Center back in the 1990’s. When it was said and done and they made a zillion compromises to keep the client happy, they hated it. And they frequently talked about how much they hated it. One of them frequently told a story about going to see the movie Independence Day. At the point where the aliens blasted the World Trade Center, she turned to her husband and said “Thank God, our reputation is saved!”
I can pinpoint the moment when this ceased to be funny down to the minute.
Three pregnant women were waiting in the doctor’s waiting room for an antenatal check-up and were all knitting garments for their respective babies.
Suddenly the first expectant mother stops knitting, checks her watch, pulls a bottle of pills from her handbag and takes one.
“What was that?”, the other two ask, curiously.
“Calcium tablet. Good for mommy, good for baby”, she replies, patting her stomach affectionately.
Satisfied, all three continue with their knitting. Five minutes later, the second one stops knitting, checks her watch, takes a bottle of pills from her handbag and takes one.
“What was that?”, the other two enquire.
“Vitamin tablet”, she replies, “Good for mommy, good for baby" and she pats her stomach affectionately.
All three smile and continue busily with their knitting. Five minutes later, the last woman stops knitting, checks her watch, takes a bottle of pills from her handbag and takes one.
“What was that?” ask the other two.
Did you hear that Jeffrey Dahmer got out of jail?
The judge said bail would cost him an arm and a leg. So he went to the fridge and got them.
What kind of wood doesn’t float? Natalie.
Two guys in heavy winter gear, holding clubs, standing in a vast field of dead baby seals.
The one turns to the other and says Got anything for a headache?
additionally, herpes was just starting to be widespread and was uncureable(is that a word?)
I suspect that herpes was just starting to be widely recognized, but that it was widespread long, long before then.
But then, it’s still vastly under-recognized.
The other one I remember from the Challenger disaster was “No… a Bud Light!” Without knowing about the Bud Light ad campaign that was popular at the time, the joke makes no sense.
What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to Lorena Bobbitt?
“You gonna eat that?”
What did they find at Jeffrey Dahmer’s autopsy?
Jimmy Hoffa.
What did Christa McAuliffe say to her class before she left to fly on Challenger?
“You feed the hamsters, and I’ll feed the fish.”
How many astronauts can you fit in a VW Beetle?
12. Two in the front, three in the back, and seven in the ash tray.
What did William Kennedy Smith say to his date?
“If you don’t have sex with me, I’ll have my uncle drive you home.”
What is Pee Wee Herman’s favorite baseball team? The Expos! (get it, “expose”?)
Funniest joke he ever told was at the MTV Music Awards right after the scandal. “Heard any good jokes lately?”
that’s what she said! Is getting really tired.
The way I heard it, it was the Expos and the Yanks.
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Why is Michael Jackson like K-Mart?
They both have little boys’ pants half-off.
How do you know when it’s bedtime at Neverland Ranch?
When the big hand is on the little hand.