I’ve always wondered where jokes come from (i.e. we almost never know who the originator is).
Anyway, for the first time, the other day this “joke” came to me:
“Why did the chicken commit suicide? To get to the Other Side”
Not sure if it’s funny to others, so it would be interesting to see what Dopers think.
[I later thought that the first part should also mention something relevant to a road, like the original. e.g. “Why did the chicken jump in front of a car? To get to the Other Side”, but I’m not sure which one works best]
My best jokes are spontaneous, and often not what I consider all that funny. My friend was complaining that she has trouble getting started in the morning, so I commiserated by singing “Waking up is hard to do…” She wasn’t too awake at the time, because she replied seriously “Oh, yeah, there’s a song about it, isn’t there?”
I told her, no, the song was orginally “Breaking up is hard to do.” She laughed instead of whupping me upside the head, which is what I think was more deserved. Still, the purpose of a joke is to encourage laughter, and who am I to argue?
Discussed this joke in-depth… although now that I think about it the one that started it was “Why did the chicken go to the seance?” (with the same answer) rather than commit suicide. Close enough.
