# World's Oldest Joke

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 26, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311 "2008-02-26T23:27:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311/21 "2008-02-28T20:16:58Z")

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Two stromatolites walk into a bar…

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311/22 "2008-02-28T20:25:12Z")

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…If I could walk _that_ way, I wouldn’t need these gills.

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311/23 "2008-02-28T20:26:12Z")

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“Primordial souped him? Damn near killed him!”

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311/24 "2008-02-28T20:29:44Z")

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Take Eve. Please.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311/25 "2008-02-28T20:57:36Z")

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Try the spare rib.

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311/26 "2008-02-28T21:17:56Z")

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and boy, was his stegosaurus.

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**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311/27 "2008-02-28T22:35:24Z")

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“Bang! Figure it out now, suckers!”

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-joke/439311/28 "2008-02-29T01:16:10Z")

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> “Bang! Figure it out now, suckers!”

You win.

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