Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy takes out his phone and calls the emergency services.
He gasps: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator says: "Calm down, I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a gunshot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says: "OK, now what?"
CNN is calling it the world's funniest joke, but the study only demonstrates that it's the joke with the broadest appeal.
Bizarrely, computer analysis of the data also showed that jokes containing 103 words were thought to be especially funny. The winning "hunters" joke was 102 words long.
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"Why is television called a medium? Because it is neither rare nor well-done." http://europe.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/12/20/britain.laughter/index.html
Posted by: sophie's choice | October 3, 2002 9:09 AM
A scientist and a philosopher were being chased by a hungry lion. The scientist made some quick calculations, he said "its no good trying to outrun it, its catching up". The philosopher kept a little ahead and replied " I am not trying to outrun the lion, I am trying to out run you"!
http://www.laughlab.co.uk/complexity.html
Posted by: sophie's choice | October 3, 2002 9:13 AM
George W. calls up the UN and says, "Terrorists are on the loose, the Middle East is in turmoil and all hope for peace and security is dead! What do I do?" The UN says, "Calm down. First make sure that it's really dead." A shot is heard and George replies, "Okay. Now what?"
http://www.io.com/~riddle/
Posted by: Prentiss Riddle | October 14, 2002 10:13 PM
great joke, prentiss!
Posted by: david | October 15, 2002 1:46 PM