# World's funniest joke?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke/130718>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 3, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke/130718 "2002-10-03T18:15:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke/130718/1 "2002-10-03T18:15:02Z")

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[http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2002/10/03/jokes/index.html](http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2002/10/03/jokes/index.html)

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> "A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head.
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> "The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: ‘My friend is dead! What can I do?’
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> "The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: ‘Just take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.’
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> “There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy’s voice comes back on the line. He says: 'OK, now what?”’

OK, this obviously is **not** the world’s funniest joke. SO what joke would you nominate?

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**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke/130718/2 "2002-10-03T18:55:14Z")

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I would tell you the world’s funniest joke, but it would kill the both of us :eek:

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**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke/130718/3 "2002-10-03T18:55:19Z")

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> Wenn ist das Nunstrück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! … Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

Well, someone had to say it.

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**Author:** ![I\_am\_Sparticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@I\_am\_Sparticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_am_Sparticus)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke/130718/4 "2002-10-03T18:56:05Z")

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Yeah, but I had a good laugh.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke/130718/5 "2002-10-03T19:32:23Z")

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I’d move this to IMHO, but there’s already a thread there about this subject, as well as another in MPSIMS. So I’ll just close this one.