# What was this old joke? Joe Biden says something at the end. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-old-joke-joe-biden-says-something-at-the-end/624959 "2012-06-12T21:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-old-joke-joe-biden-says-something-at-the-end/624959/1 "2012-06-12T21:37:16Z")
There was a good joke years ago, which established a premise and then had four politicians each saying something in response. The last politician was Joe Biden, and he repeated what the previous politician said verbatim, which was funny because his plagiarism kerfluffle was in the news at the time. A long shot, I know, but does anybody remember it? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-old-joke-joe-biden-says-something-at-the-end/624959/2 "2012-06-12T21:51:30Z")
nvm ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-old-joke-joe-biden-says-something-at-the-end/624959/3 "2012-06-12T22:08:49Z")
I’ll see if I can figure this out. I recall several versions. Okay, one version had them on a boat, and someone (Jimmy Carter?) says “The ship is sinking! Women and children in the lifeboat first”. The Nixon says “Fuck the women and children”. Then someone else says “Did you hear what Nixon just said?”, and then Biden also says “Did you hear what Nixon just said”. There were different versions with a variety of politicians, but it was usually Biden at the end repeating the previous statement. But that’s all I can remember for now. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-old-joke-joe-biden-says-something-at-the-end/624959/4 "2012-06-12T22:13:27Z")
[Ok, here’s one version](http://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue393/politics393.htm): > [@](#): > > Jimmy Carter, though widely perceived as ineffective, was difficult to ridicule because Americans thought he was honest and idealistic. In one classic political joke, he is the only character to emerge unscathed: Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart, and Joe Biden are on a boat. It begins to sink. Carter immediately leaps to his feet and says, “Save the women and children!” Nixon replies, “Fuck the women and children” Hart says, “Have we got time?” and Biden says, “Have we got time?” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-old-joke-joe-biden-says-something-at-the-end/624959/5 "2012-06-12T23:33:48Z")
That sounds to me like a joke from Saturday Night Live, I believe it was in a Dennis Miller Weekend Update. Something along the lines of, “Gary Hart re-entered the presidential race, saying, ‘It’s up to the people to decide.’ Later, Joe Biden re-entered the race, saying, ‘It’s up to the people to decide.’” ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-old-joke-joe-biden-says-something-at-the-end/624959/6 "2012-06-13T04:07:35Z")
And here I thought “Biden says somethign at the end” WAS the punchline. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Deadhead\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Deadhead\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadhead_Dave)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-old-joke-joe-biden-says-something-at-the-end/624959/7 "2012-06-14T20:30:22Z")
I don’t remember who said it, but I liked this one: Joe Biden is writing his autobiography. The title is Lincoln.