# The "Smart Pills" Joke... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402 "2016-01-07T09:13:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/41 "2016-01-07T21:25:31Z")
Thanks for the link\*. Never heard the joke; 60’s; Midwest. \*Lot of odd jokes on that site. Wonder where it’s from? There were a number of jokes that relied on an “old saying” that I’d never heard. Like: - A nose walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says, “Sorry, I can’t serve you. You’re already off your face.”\* ---
**Author:** ![jakesteele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/42 "2016-01-07T22:42:05Z")
I’m 65 and I heard a variation of that when I was in 6th grade. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/43 "2016-01-07T23:04:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If you’re not going to post the actual joke, I’m sure as heck not going to google it, guess which one of 50,000 results is the joke you’re thinking of, then answer based on that. > > I’m smart, but I’m not Carnac the Magnificent. This. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/44 "2016-01-08T00:46:30Z")
Put me down as same as Posts: 5, 9, 23, 24. 27, and 38 I think al those numbers are correct, If not enough that you get the meaning ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/45 "2016-01-08T01:20:30Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Thanks, **ITD**. I wasn’t going to Google it either. I don’t see why the OP couldn’t have put the joke in a spoiler box, either. > . Took one for the team, as it were. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/46 "2016-01-08T01:25:58Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Had to google it, so I’m just assuming it’s the right joke. > > No, never heard it. Grew up in Western NY, 48. > > Here’s a link to the joke: [http://jokes.cc.com/funny-kids/331mek/smart-pills](http://jokes.cc.com/funny-kids/331mek/smart-pills) Interesting, because when I googled “smart pills joke”, I got [this one](http://www.funnycleanjokes.com/smart-pills/) as the first hit. Very different joke. I don’t remember if I’ve heard them before, so I won’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/47 "2016-01-08T01:39:12Z")
Never heard it. Also from Philly, but left in 1962. I’ll be 79 in a couple weeks. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/48 "2016-01-08T01:44:05Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Interesting, because when I googled “smart pills joke”, I got [this one](http://www.funnycleanjokes.com/smart-pills/) as the first hit. Very different joke. > I don’t remember if I’ve heard them before, so I won’t vote. Yeah, would’ve been helpful if the OP had shared the specific joke he was thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/49 "2016-01-08T01:47:02Z")
No. Early 60s, born and raised in the Midwest but in New England for the last 18 years. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/50 "2016-01-08T03:33:27Z")
NM. ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/51 "2016-01-08T04:47:09Z")
Yes. I’m 68 and would have heard it first in the mid to late 50s in the San Francisco Bay Area. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/52 "2016-01-08T06:36:06Z")
Never heard. 66, raised in OH and IN, spent 30 yrs in SF, now in central CA (and stopped looking for jokes 20-30 years ago) ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402/53 "2016-01-08T16:01:51Z")
> [@The\_dread\_simoom](#): > > Yes. 64. Western Canada. Ditto, ditto, and ditto.:eek: Heard it from my dad when I was a kid or teen, and several times since. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smart-pills-joke/742402.md?page=2)