# Opinions wanted, which is funnier? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007 "2006-03-19T16:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jessica\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Jessica\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessica_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/1 "2006-03-19T16:37:47Z")
Pencils or cheese? I’ve asked nearly everyone I know, now I’m asking people I don’t know yet. Everyone, please give me your opinion 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/2 "2006-03-19T16:43:47Z")
Cheese, of course. Pencils can we used to _write_ funnier stuff, but that’s only because cheese-pen technology hasn’t been perfected yet. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/3 "2006-03-19T16:58:42Z")
Farts. ---
**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/4 "2006-03-19T17:03:04Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Cheese, of course. Pencils can we used to _write_ funnier stuff, but that’s only because cheese-pen technology hasn’t been perfected yet. [/QUOTE] I don’t know about that **Hal** , if they’ve perfected the [cheeze pen holder](http://www.orientidea.com/product.asp?pd_sqno=126), can the cheese pen be all that far behind? My vote: pencils. (If only because Zaphod found so many interesting things to do with them …) Lucy ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/5 "2006-03-19T17:04:38Z")
After an agonizing struggle, I’m going to have to say… cheese. _sniffle_ That was so _hard_… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/6 "2006-03-19T17:04:52Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Cheese, of course. Pencils can we used to _write_ funnier stuff, but that’s only because cheese-pen technology hasn’t been perfected yet. [/QUOTE] Disagree. What about pencil-necked geeks and the infamous pencil-dicks? True, cheese has mold and holes and that whole smell thing going for it, but nothing says ‘gut-busting, piss-your-pants funny’ than a stubby #2 with a worn eraser. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/7 "2006-03-19T17:24:16Z")
Pencils. You’d be amazed at the silly things a bored student can do with a #2 Eberhard Faber. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/8 "2006-03-19T17:25:38Z")
Cheese. It can be runny, smelly, full of holes, bait for mice, an insult to the French, and might even contain [maggots](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_Marzu). ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/9 "2006-03-19T17:48:25Z")
i agree with “cheese” it even SOUNDS funnier ---
**Author:** ![akwally1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akwally1/32/3220_2.png) [@akwally1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akwally1)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/10 "2006-03-19T18:40:45Z")
I choose “pencil”, but I like to pronounce it “penkil” just to throw people off. Mark ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/11 "2006-03-19T19:13:53Z")
[John Cleese walks into a Pencil Shop] “Have you got any pencils?” “No.” [John Cleese walks out of shop] Sorry, I’m gonna have to go with cheese this time. Mmmmm, cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/12 "2006-03-19T19:24:42Z")
[QUOTE=wheelie] [John Cleese walks into a Pencil Shop] “Have you got any pencils?” “No.” [John Cleese walks out of shop] [/QUOTE] Venezuelan Beaver Pencils? Count me in as another for cheese. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/13 "2006-03-19T19:37:31Z")
Photographers don’t ask you to “say pencils” when they take your picture. When a joke is dumb, it’s not called “pencilly”… but it could be called “cheesy”. “Cutting the pencil” is not funny… “cutting the cheese” may be funny, providing you are the one doing the cutting… Cheese. One of the funniest foods ever. [sub]just not as funny as kumquats…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/14 "2006-03-19T19:44:26Z")
If you trace the etymology of the word “pencil” all the way back, you wind up with the Latin _“peniculus,”_ which means “little penis,” – so naturally pencils are much funnier than cheese. Cheese is good for you, though. It puts lead in your pencil. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/15 "2006-03-19T19:54:47Z")
Cheese. Definitely. I have decided, however, that the funniest thing in the entire world is **computers that speak Spanish**. Seriously; next time you go to the ATM or some other machine that gives you the option, choose to get instructions in Spanish instead of English. It’s _hilarious_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/16 "2006-03-19T20:06:24Z")
Cheese, no wait, umm yea, it’s cheese. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/17 "2006-03-19T20:22:09Z")
Cheese. Remember, Monty Python never did a “Pencil Shop” routine. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/18 "2006-03-19T20:25:48Z")
[Cheese.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7151355&postcount=151) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/19 "2006-03-19T20:31:34Z")
Interesting Question. It is without doubt cheese. Pencils are just boring. Mr Mudd had a good point, but thats all pencils have going for them. Cheese sounds funny. The types of cheese sound funny. (Roquefort.) There is a flying circus sketch with cheese. The French are called [Cheese-eating surrender monkeys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_eating_surrender_monkeys). Still not convinced? Ok, consider this: “A texan, a priest and a pencil walks into a bar.” Mildly amusing at best. Not funny. “A texan, a priest and A CHEESE walks into a bar.” Hahaha! Much funnier. Bonus question: When vegans get their picture taken, do they say “soy-based cheese substitute” Conclusion: Cheese is far funnier, probably even one of the funniest foods. I wonder how high you have to go to get a funnier food. Maybe airplane peanuts can take it out. Or maybe it can go all the way to the reigning champ, banana. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007/20 "2006-03-19T20:58:20Z")
[QUOTE=Jessica Rabbit] Pencils or cheese? I’ve asked nearly everyone I know, now I’m asking people I don’t know yet. Everyone, please give me your opinion 🙂 [/QUOTE] Without having read the thread, I can categorically say: cheese. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-which-is-funnier/349007.md?page=2)