World's funniest joke
® Ged (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2001 at 10:16 GMT

Well, some scientist has been studying jokes. And it's the Holmes and watson camping jokes that
wins, apprarantly, at least in this country.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are going camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to
sleep. Some time in the middle of the night, Holmes wakes Watson up.

"Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me what you deduce."

Watson says: "I see millions of stars and even if a few of those have planets, it's quite likely
there are some planets like Earth; and if there are a few planets like Earth out there, there might
also be life."

Holmes replies: "Watson, you idiot, somebody stole our tent!"


Hoho!

http:
//news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1719000/1719400.stm

Re: World's funniest joke
® Toptom (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2001 at 10:19 GMT

quite funny, but I suppose that is the kind of joke which would appeal to a research scientist.

Re: World's funniest joke
® Ged (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2001 at 10:20 GMT

Well, i've always rather liked that joke, but it's certainly not the funniest ever!

Re: World's funniest joke
® Toptom (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2001 at 10:23 GMT

I'm pleased to see ... The most popular joke among Britons was:

A man goes to the doctor and says: "Doctor, there's a piece of lettuce sticking out of my bottom."
The doctor asks him to drop his trousers and examines him. The man asks: "Is it serious, doctor?"
and the doctor replies: "I'm sorry to tell you but this is just the tip of the iceberg."

Re: World's funniest joke
® Satyricon (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2001 at 18:28 GMT

The Holmes joke isn't funny, just old!

Anyway, the World's Funniest Joke belongs to Monty Python doesn't it? And isn't it the World's Most
Lethal Joke as well??

Re: World's funniest joke
® The Dark One (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2001 at 18:31 GMT

ROFLMFAO @ Toptom

Re: World's funniest joke
® random (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2001 at 23:21 GMT

I think it's because the Holmes and Watson joke crosses language barriers so well - that could
translate into any language and still be funny, even if the reader doesn't know who Holmes and
Watson are.

Re: World's funniest joke
® mouse (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2001 at 06:54 GMT

I think actually the Holmes & Watson has to be the world's funniest CLEAN joke doesn't it?
Everybody knows dirty jokes are far funnier than that!
And the world's deadliest joke, as informed to us by Monty Python, can not be revealed for obvious
safety reasons!

Re: World's funniest joke
Max™ (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 00:00 GMT

This joke IS a joke, a proper laughable humorous joke, but it DOES sort the sheep from the goats.

Three people are observing a house believed to be empty.

All of a sudden two (other) people enter the house. A short while later three people leave the
house.

The physicist says, "This is impossible, we'll have to put it down to experimental error".

The biologist says, "It's not impossible, they've reproduced, that's all".

The mathematician says, "Hmmm, very interesting, now if a fourth person came along and went into the
house, it would be empty again".

)This joke will appeal to Chine and everybody else who appreciates directed numbers.)

Re: World's funniest joke
® Moloch (in Australia) 28 Dec 2001 at 01:13 GMT

Q. How can you tell when a man is well-hung?
A. When you can just barely slip your finger in between his neck and the noose.

Q. Why do little boys whine?
A. Because they're practicing to be men.

Q. How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. One - he just holds it up there and waits for the world to revolve around him.

Q. How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. Three - one to screw in the bulb, and two to listen to him brag about the screwing part.

Q. What do you call a handcuffed man?
A. Trustworthy.

Q. What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
A. You didn't hold the pillow down long enough.

Q. Why does it take 100,000,000 sperm to fertilize one egg?
A. Because not one will stop and ask directions.

Q: What is the difference between men and women...
A: woman wants one man to satisfy her every need. A man wants every woman to satisfy his one need.

Q: How does a man keep his youth?
A: By giving her money, furs and diamonds.

Moloch xxx

Re: World's funniest joke
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 14:07 GMT

I do like the empty house one!

Re: World's funniest joke
® Iceman (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 14:13 GMT

LOL I liked them all

Iceman
x

Re: World's funniest joke
® L.I. (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 19:37 GMT

Patient: Doctor, doctor. I've come out in spots like cherries on a cake.

Doctor: Ah, you must have analogy

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