There was a departmental committee and Watt referring to it in a speech, where he said, “I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent.”
A friend of mine who is in his 50’s told me that “beigh gay” used to mean “being happy or cheerful”, but nowadays not everyone take this compliment straight 
One more Challenger joke:
Q. What does Christa McAuliffe teach?
A. She used to teach English, but now she’s history.
How did the insurance agent get AIDS?
He got a piece of the Rock.
How did the country singer get AIDS?
He was looking for love in all the wrong places.
Did you hear about the farm hand who accidentally swallowed a bullet?
He was jerking off behind the barn and shot a cow.
I’m not getting this 
He ejaculated the bullet as if it had been fired from a gun and it hit a nearby cow.
I’ve never seen what the attempt at humor even is there, though. Aside from sniggering at bodily functions, is it also poking fun of people who let themselves be more natural in the context of a committed relationship?
Yeah, I don’t really get it either. Maybe it’s funnier in the original Sumerian?
But the title of the thread is “Jokes that Used to be Funny”.
Agreed, it’s not that great and I think the joke is basically exactly what you said: Women be farting! snigger snigger
Apparently, another ancient sumerian joke is “A dog walked into a tavern and said, ‘I can’t see a thing. I’ll open this one.” which is frustrating because clearly that’s not funny so what aspect of ancient sumerian culture are we missing and also fascinating that sumerians enjoyed the “X walked into a bar” construction too.
I’ve seen some discussion of this at another website! Somebody suggested that it might be wordplay on the name of a specific drink that has been lost to history, and offered up “Bartender, give me a Cur’s Light” as a possible modern-day equivalent 
But you can’t ejaculate something you swallow.
Sure you can. Which is why a true gentleman regularly drinks pineapple juice.
True gentlemen ejaculate pineapple juice? Uh…I have to go search for something on the Internet
Q: Why were the Kennedys such poor boxers?
A: They just couldn’t take a shot to the head.
Q: What do Little Miss Muffet and Saddam Hussein have in common?
A: They both have Kurds in their way. [curds in their whey]
Michael Jackson thought that Boys II Men was a delivery service.
Another from the Reagan assassination attempt:
Q. Name Reagan’s favorite vegetable.
A. James Brady
Did you hear about Colonel Sanders? He kicked the bucket.
(This appeared after Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harlan Sanders passed away in 1980).
What’s the difference between Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor?
Jackson got burned by Pepsi, Pryor got burned by coke.
(Jackson got burned by fireworks while making a Pepsi commercial, Pryor got burned while freebasing cocaine in the early 80’s)
This song was funny at the time it came out in 1983 but the events of the past couple of decades have changed that:
The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun
What do you call a man with no arms or legs in a pool? Bob
What do you call a dog with no or legs in a pool? Bob Barker