# Wornout premises for jokes
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wornout-premises-for-jokes/988605
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 15, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wornout-premises-for-jokes/988605 "2023-08-15T12:29:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wornout-premises-for-jokes/988605/61 "2023-10-18T15:00:32Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> “Star-mangled spanner” was Clarke.
I was afraid of something like that. Well, Asimov had some other groaners, he’s not off the hook. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wornout-premises-for-jokes/988605/62 "2023-10-18T22:17:43Z")
Oh, he’s not off the hook. He didn’t add groaners to his fiction, as far as I know. But he wrote three books of Lecherous Limericks. I imagine there were a few puns in his anthology introductions and his autobiographies.
It’s been awhile.
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wornout-premises-for-jokes/988605/63 "2023-10-18T22:25:25Z")
Why do ducks have webbed feet?
To stamp out fires.
Why do elephants have flat feet?
To stamp out burning ducks.
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wornout-premises-for-jokes/988605/64 "2023-10-19T01:15:55Z")
How many dull people does it take to change a light bulb?
One. (should be delivered as deadpan and monotone as possible)
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