OK, I’m afriad the real punchline is needed here as well.
Let’s try two at once:
An old couple is having dinner with another old couple and the two wives have dominated the conversation the entire evening; finally they get up and go into the kitchen. The two old men are left alone with each other, and one old thinks he should say something so he says, “I had the most delicious steak the other night at this restaurant.” And the other guy says, “Sounds good. What was the name of the restaurant?” The first man replies, “Oh darn, um, what’s the name of that popular flower?”
“A violet?”
“No, it’s the name of the flower you give a woman?!”
“Rose?”
“Yes! that’s it,” says the first man, and then he yells into the kitchen, “Hey Honey, what’s better than a rose on your piano?”
The wife yells back “We don’t own a piano, remember?”
“Oh yeah…” says the old man. “Gee I’m getting forgetful.”
Q. What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A. No I fish.
Q. What do you call a cow with only two legs?
A. Lean Cow.
Q. What do you call a cow with no legs?
A. Speedy.
How many Polish people does it take to change a lightbulb?
One.
I suppose you may have been misled into thinking that Polish people are somewhat lacking in knowledge or technical expertise, due to the profusion of mean-spirited ethnic jokes making them the subject of ridicule. Actually, Polish people are quite clever and have made contributions in the fields of literature, science, art and a great many other human endeavors. The author Joseph Conrad and Nobel-Prize Winning physicist Marie Curie were both Polish.
marsupial, not a mammal. But I guess this reply will really ruin the joke.
Especially since a marsupial is a mammal.
And Giant Panda is
KINGDOM Animalia
PHYLUM Vertebrata
CLASS Mammalia
ORDER Carnivora
FAMILY Ursidae
GENUS Ailuropoda
SPECIES melanoleuca
http://www.zooatlanta.org/animals_giant_panda_learn.htm
At three replys that makes that joke truly ruined 
…I still don’t get it. Actually, I don’t get most of these, not having heard the originals.
Well, so much for the “marsupial” theory.
Oh, and sturmhauke: [spoiler]Supposedly the dictionary entry for panda reads:
Pandas: A mammal native to southeast asia. Eats shoots and leaves.[/spoiler]
No, sorry, I’m still laughing.
The main reason I’m still laughing is that I just interpreted the crocked punchline as being a skit on America’s perceived contempt for any brand of international justice that stands in the way of what America wants to do, while as you so ably explain, it is in fact based on a specific grudge that the States have against the ICJ.
Since I didn’t know a thing about this, the whole comic turn neatly inverts the classical “Americans are clueless about anything that happens outside their own borders”, as the ignorance was entirely mine.
It’s amazing how much amusement you can get out of a deliberately mis-told joke 
Why do they call it Mad Cow Disease?
Because, in contracting the disease, the cow’s neurological functions deteriorate, giving the illusion that the cow has simply gone insane. In fact, the cow has gone into the latter stages of this disease, which is now considered a public health threat in the United States and elsewhere.
How do you turn a dishwasher into a snowblower?
Through no known means has a dishwasher ever been turned into a snowblower, and I know of no organized effort to do so. However, in theory, one could remove the electric components of the dishwasher and use them to augment an already existing snowblower - but in no way is this “turning” a dishwasher into a snowblower.
There’s an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman… nothing much happened really
A polar bear walks into a bar… ‘I’d like a Gin and…
…Tonic please’
‘OK’ the barman replies, ‘but why the big pause?’
‘I was considering which soft drink to add to my alcoholic beverage’
Two nuns sitting in a bath, one says, ‘Where’s the soap?’
The other says ‘i do not know, but would you like to borrow my shower gel instead?’
Why don’t oysters give to charity?
The very idea is just nonsense.
Okay, okay, I’ve got another one.
My friend is a gag-writer in Hollywood, and he invited me to the gag-writer’s convention. We were there in the main auditorium just before the keynote address. Different people there would call out a number, and everyone would start laughing.
My friend explained: everyone’s heard all the jokes before, so we’ve assigned them all numbers. All we have to do is call out a number, and it’s the same as telling the joke.
I thought I’d try it out. I called out a number, “forty two!” Dead silence.
I guess that was one of the numbers that hadn’t been assigned to a joke. Boy, was I embarrassed.
Two first graders were out in the playground during recess.
“Do you think,” one of them asked, “that thermonuclear missiles can break the speed of sound?”
“No,” said the other. "Once the rocket enters the substratosphere – "
The bell rang.
“There goes the bell,” said the first. “We can discuss this in class.”
There once was an Indian chief who was proud of his perfect memory. He made a deal with the devil: if he could show his memory was perfect, he’d get eternal life and untold riches. If not, the devil got his soul. The devil asked one question: “Do you like eggs?”
“Yes,” said the Indian chief.
Fifty years later, the devil returned, disguised in traditional native garb. He walked up to the chief, raised his hand, and said, “How.”
“That’s not a native american greeting,” said the chief. “You watch too many westerns.”
I just flew in from Vegas, and boy did it take long to get my luggage.
There’s a bus leaving in one hour for Cleveland. Greyhound really provides good service there, doesn’t it?
My home town was so small it was built on a one way street. You had to go one block over to turn around.
What’s the difference between a rooster and Marilyn Monroe? One says cock-a-doodle-do and the other says “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.”
The food on the plane was fit for a king. Here, doggy!
A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn’t pay his bill. The doctor was unhappy.
A man goes to a psychiatrist. The doctor says “You’re crazy and you’re ugly.” The man says “I want a second opinion!”
My room is so small, the hunchbacks are mice.
Why did the doctor laugh while setting his patient’s broken leg? Because he was a sadist.
Q-How to you catch a polar bear?
A-Chop a hole in the ice and sprinkle peas around it. When the bear comes to eat the peas, kick him!
(when he comes to take a pea, kick him in the ice-hole)
OK, could someone tell me the real punchline?
What? There’s no joke number 42?
Sure, there’s one…but you’re suck at telling jokes…
What tdn said!