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1. www.bbc.com › future › articleThe jokes that have made people laugh for thousands of years

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   Mar 24, 2022 · We are told "the old ones are the best ones" – and some of the oldest jokes in history are still in use today. It’s worth going back a few thousand years to find out why.

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2. www.ranker.com › list › really-old-jokes-that-areReally Old Jokes That Are Actually Still Funny - Ranker

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   Apr 6, 2020 · Vote up the jokes that still hold up after 100 years or more. There’s something charming about these old jokes and how quaint they are that you can’t help but laugh at. The humor of a particular society is incredibly specific to the people who live in it.

3. funpackedlife.com › comebacks-for-old-age-jokes47 Hilarious Comebacks for Old Age Jokes - Fun Packed Life

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   Mar 23, 2024 · Age is just a number, but sometimes those numbers can be used in not-so-funny ways. Here, we’ll explore some clever comebacks to age-related jokes, and share tips on how to maintain a youthful spirit without giving away your actual age.

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4. warringtononlineblog.com › 2010/10/24 › british-topBRITISH TOP 50 JOKES OF ALL TIME - warringtononlineblog.com

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   Oct 24, 2010 · Do you want the short answer, or have you got all day? The short answer is that the British laugh at the same things everyone else does. It’s only when you start to look at lists like Top 50 British Jokes that you begin to see that, while we laugh at anything and everything, we […]

5. www.npr.org › 2016/12/17 › 505965499Do The World's Oldest Jokes Still Hold Up? - NPR

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   Dec 17, 2016 · A.J.'s latest boondoggle is to find the world's oldest recorded jokes and to see if they can still make people laugh. Here he is to tell you all about it. A J JACOBS, BYLINE: Last week over...

6. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogDoes Getting Older Mean Losing Your Sense of Humor?

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   Jan 12, 2018 · In fact, it’s almost impossible to guess what joke any particular person will like, with one big exception. As we get older, we tend to turn away from absurd jokes like my duck quip.

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   Do old jokes make you groan?

   • No matter what era you lived in, or what kind of strife you were living through (famine, plague, black lung) comedy has always been there to relieve you of your woes. Since the dawn of language, humans have been making each other laugh. These really old jokes below may do just that (or more likely, they'll make you groan).

   Really Old Jokes That Are Actually Still Funny - Ranker

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   How old is the world's oldest joke?

   • It's an old joke, really old, as in 1,600 years old found in one of the earliest surviving joke books from ancient Greece. To back up, for the last few weeks, I've been researching punch lines from the distant past. My quest was sparked by a simple question from my 10-year-old son - what is the world's oldest joke?

   Do The World's Oldest Jokes Still Hold Up? : NPR

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   Which jokes are lost to history?

   • WEEMS: The jokes, unfortunately, that are remembered and that reach a wider audience, they tend to be the more mediocre ones anyway. JACOBS: The more highbrow stuff, the Andy Kaufmans and Louis C.K.s days of the ancient agora, they are lost to history.

   Do The World's Oldest Jokes Still Hold Up? : NPR

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   Where did the earliest jokes come from?

   • As a comedy writer for BBC Radio 4, I was interested to find out. It seems that there are recognisable features in even the earliest written jokes. National Public Radio (NPR) in the US suggested in 2016 that the oldest recorded joke is from Bronze Age Sumeria (an early Mesopotamian civilisation dating 3300-1200BC).

   The jokes that have made people laugh for thousands of years - BBC

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8. inews.co.uk › light-relief › jokes110 of the funniest ever jokes and best one-liners from comedians

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   Jul 11, 2023 · Here are 110 of the best jokes and one-liners of all time, compiled from our own selection of round-ups, and taken from the mouths of comedy legends past and present. Best jokes from comedians....