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A joke for all you posters sleeping with your cuddly toys tonight...

 
  

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Mr insensitive
09:02 / 20.02.02
A young boy went up to his father and asked. "what is the difference between 'potentially' and 'realistically'?"

The father pondered for a while, then answered, "go and ask your mother if she would sleep with Robert Redford for a million pounds. Also, ask your sister if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million pounds. Come back and tell me what you have learned."

So the boy went to his mother and asked. "would you sleep with Robert Redford for a million pounds?" The mother replied, "of course I would. I wouldn't pass up on an opportunity like that."

The boy then went to his sister and said, "would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a million pounds?" The girl replied, "Oh gosh. I would just love to do that! I'd have to be nuts to pass up on an opportunity like that!"

The boy then thought about it for two or three days and went back to his dad. His father asked him, "did you find out the difference between 'potentially' and 'realistically'?"

The boy replied. "yes, potentially we're sitting on two million pounds, but realistically we're living with two slappers."

The father replied, "that's my boy!!!"

I've shown you mine, now you show me yours!
 
 
Ganesh
09:05 / 20.02.02
<peers at Mr Insensitive>

Hmmm...
 
 
uncle retrospective
09:22 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by Ganesh v4.2:
<peers at Mr Insensitive>

Hmmm...


Well I laughed. Christ I'm mid 6 hour champions leauge spree cause of work and I need a giggle.
 
 
Ganesh
09:26 / 20.02.02
It wasn't that the joke was especially unfunny; it just seemed a little... characteristic...
 
 
Ganesh
09:29 / 20.02.02
If we're talking unpleasantly-misogynistic-but-funny:


Q What d'you call an anorexic with a yeast infection?

A A quarter-pounder with cheese.


(It's the way I tell 'em...)
 
 
uncle retrospective
09:31 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by Ganesh v4.2:
It wasn't that the joke was especially unfunny; it just seemed a little... characteristic...


I know what you mean. I'm just worried that the next barb stage will involve a load of finger pointing with people calling each other the Knodge.
My bet's on it being flyboy. No one would ever guess. The perfect Crime.
The bounder.
 
 
Ganesh
09:32 / 20.02.02
True. Crap time to start fictionsuits, though...
 
 
uncle retrospective
09:37 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by Ganesh v4.2:
True. Crap time to start fictionsuits, though...


The fire's acoming boy!

Oh well at least the place as seemed more sane lately. It's kinda like I just found where some pup hid my comfy slippers.
God I'm wittling. I hate football. It rots my brain.
 
 
Ganesh
09:41 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by uncle retrospective:
The fire's acoming boy!


Not 'til "summer's end", apparently...

I know what y'mean. Got my teeth into (ho ho) a good Head Shop debate for the first time for ages. Nice that the place is currently sufficiently rot-free to enjoy that stuff again.
 
 
—| x |—
09:42 / 20.02.02
Thought this was pretty funny as well, and it could be easily converted to replace the gender roles with their opposites and still be the same joke, and as funny. So I don't see it being particularly misogynist, but maybe that's only my POV.

m3
 
 
uncle retrospective
09:43 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by Ganesh v4.2:

Nice that the place is currently sufficiently rot-free to enjoy that stuff again.



To de rail the thread (ha!) Do you mind me asking how London is going for you (If you remember I was wondering about the move myself) So hows it all going?
 
 
Ganesh
09:45 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by modthree:
Thought this was pretty funny as well, and it could be easily converted to replace the gender roles with their opposites and still be the same joke, and as funny.


Most misogynist stuff could; the fact that it generally isn't is what makes it misogyny...

But hell, it's not intended as an entirely joke-crushing criticism; my favourite jokes, by and large, are those which rely on some degree of 'naughtiness'. As I say, it just made me peer at the suit a little more closely - but let that pass.
 
 
Mr insensitive
09:46 / 20.02.02
JESUS CHRIST. I don't think I've ever seen Barbelith so humourless.

G'night y'all.
 
 
Ganesh
09:53 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by uncle retrospective:
To de rail the thread (ha!) Do you mind me asking how London is going for you (If you remember I was wondering about the move myself) So hows it all going?


Fine. Still continue to be appalled at the sheer bloody expense of the place (by comparison, our Edinburgh lifestyle seems laughably low-cost) but that's likely to be less apparent when my salary stabilises (bloody Human Resources fucked up my on-call payments for the first three months). Also, if ZoCher manages to get one of the jobs he's going for, we'll be able to a) rent out the Edinburgh flat, and b) stop spending as much on train fares every weekend. Also, I've sorted out a decent garden flat in Willesden Green for the summer, so I'm hugely looking forward to living somewhere less institutional - with a double bed!

At first, the distances fazed me, the hassle of getting from A to B, but I'm starting to discover little short-cuts - which is good.

Work-wise, it's much, much better than my last job. Even the on-call's light.

Where are you in terms of making the decision, Al?
 
 
Ganesh
09:54 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by Mr insensitive:
JESUS CHRIST. I don't think I've ever seen Barbelith so humourless.


You haven't lived; "humourless" is what we do best of all...

Sleep well.
 
 
—| x |—
09:56 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by Ganesh v4.2:
Most misogynist stuff could; the fact that it generally isn't is what makes it misogyny...my favourite jokes, by and large, are those which rely on some degree of 'naughtiness'. As I say, it just made me peer at the suit a little more closely - but let that pass.


I tend to make the attempt to hear things like this joke from both perspectives at once (i.e., I try to read 'son' as 'son/daughter' etc.). It's when it is impossible read something in such a manner that my spidey senses start tingling.

I think it's hard for jokes to be jokes without appealing to some form of naughtiness. Maybe it's when that naughtiness is a little too real that a joke becomes offensive?

I find it sad that the exploits of one poster has given most of us cause to be extra cautious and with heightened paranoia. Yes please, let us let it pass!
 
 
uncle retrospective
09:56 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by Ganesh v4.2:

Where are you in terms of making the decision?


I got put back by christmas where I drank my entire savings. Obviously I don't remember doing this but it was such a waste. I'm curently wondering if I should do the round the world thing before I get too old to get a visa for austraila or NZ. Basicly I don't have a clue. All I know is I need a break from dublin before I start to hate the place.
Hum. I think it's time for one of those fiendish planning phases.

Good to hear your doing well with the move. I know people who move to london then to love it or be crushed by it. Thanks for the sus.
 
 
Ganesh
09:56 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by modthree:
Yes please, let us let it pass!


I won't mention it again if you don't.

And, God knows, we've deconstructed humour so many times in this place, it's probably time I gave that a rest too.

Blah.
 
 
—| x |—
09:56 / 20.02.02
Yes, let's all stop trying to rhyme things with 'orange' and simply let a rose be a 'rose', ya?

Cheers!
 
 
Ganesh
09:56 / 20.02.02
YES!

Now, do I have to go edit my post, or can we talk about something else now?
 
 
—| x |—
09:56 / 20.02.02
quote:Originally posted by Ganesh v4.2:
Now, do I have to go edit my post, or can we talk about something else now?


Nah, don't edit, yer credit's good with me.

And we can always talk about something else, oh ye with the most impressive trunk! That's the beauty and the mystery, innit?
 
 
Ganesh
09:56 / 20.02.02
Yeah. So tell us a joke, then...
 
 
—| x |—
09:56 / 20.02.02
Would love to but 'fraid I'm a crappy joke teller and my mind's a blank for any good jokes I might have heard...oh here's an old one (older than ancient Ganesh likely):

Why was 2 afraid of 7?

'cause 7, 8, 9!

Yes, cannibalism jokes are always funny...
 
 
Ganesh
09:56 / 20.02.02
Hahah! I quite liked that one.

Another questionable mental illness joke:


Q What's the best thing about Alzheimer's Disease?

A You keep meeting new people!
 
 
—| x |—
09:56 / 20.02.02
heheh. Here's one in the tradition of head scratchin' nonsense jokes everywhere:

Why is an eggplant purple?

<holds hands apart yea far>

'cause it's about this big!
 
 
Jackie Susann
09:56 / 20.02.02
Why did the koala fall out of the tree?
Because it was dead.

Why did the second koala fall out of the tree?
Because it was stapled to the first koala.

Why did the third koala fall out of the tree?
Because the first two koalas hit it.

Why did the fourth koala fall out of the tree?
Peer pressure.

How did the kangaroo die?
Four koalas fell on its head.
 
 
Ganesh
09:56 / 20.02.02
Marsupial jokes, I love it!
 
 
—| x |—
09:56 / 20.02.02
Hoho! Ah those high seas make for plenty an opportunity to gather up the funny jokes, eh?
Here's another:

A Ukrainian walks into a wood shop and is bragging about how he can cut five cords of wood in one day all by himself with his hand saw.

The owner of the shop tells him that he could cut twice that if he bought himself one of the fancy chainsaws that the shop has for sale. After some humming and haggling, the Ukrainian buys himself a fancy new chainsaw.

Two days later he returns to the shop. He starts yellin’ at the owner about what a liar he is, how this new saw sucks, and how he only cut 2 cords of wood in a day and a half!

The owner asks the Ukrainian for the saw to check and see if it is functioning properly. He grabs the cord and yanks, and the saw screams to life.

The Ukrainian jumps back about five feet while exclaiming, “What’s that noise?!”
 
 
Ganesh
09:56 / 20.02.02
(Stop me if you've heard this one before...)


A jelly-baby walks into a Urology Clinic complaining that he's picked up a Sexually Transmitted Disease.

"That's impossible," says the doctor, "you're a jelly-baby!"

"Yeah," says the jelly-baby, "but I've been shagging All Sorts..."


(Ba-boom!)
 
 
—| x |—
09:56 / 20.02.02
HAHAHAHA! Here's another from yours truly (I'm of Ukrainian descent so I figure it's cool):

A Ukrainian is driving down a country road in his brand new Cadillac car. It’s the most recent year, and this car is loaded with all the options that are available.

Suddenly, a bike gang pulls up to surround him, and force him over to the side of the road. The leader of the gang drags him out of the car, and takes him twenty feet down the road where he proceeds to draw a circle in the dirt on the side of the road. He shoves the Ukrainian into the circle and says, “if you step one foot outside this circle, we’ll do to you what we’re going to do to your fancy ass car.

The leader walks back to his mates, and they all start thrashing the hell out of this Cadillac car. They smash the windows, slash the tyres, bust off the sideview mirrors, dent and crumple the exterior slash and hack the interiour. Smash the beautiful dash and all its displays, etc., etc.

After they are done trashing the car, some of them set it on fire while the leader goes to check on the state of the misfortunate Ukrainian. But to his dismay he finds the Ukrainian rolling around on the ground inside the circle laughing his guts out. Puzzled and annoyed, the leader asks, “What’s so freakin’ funny, dude? We totally trashed that sweet ride of yours.”

The Ukrainian says, “While you were all busy doing that, I stepped in and out of the circle three times!”
 
 
Traz
09:56 / 20.02.02
Ice has broken, I see...cruel jokes now allowed, correct?

Question: What's better than winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics?

Answer: Not being retarded.
 
 
Trijhaos
09:56 / 20.02.02
I'm not amish, but this joke is funny.

An Amish boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again.

The boy asked his father, "What is this, Father?" The father [never having seen an elevator] responded "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."

While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheel chair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room.

The walls closed and the boy and his father watched small circles of lights with numbers above the walls light up. They continued to watch the circles light up in the reverse direction.

The walls opened up again and a beautiful 24-year-old woman stepped out. The father said to his son, "Go get your mother."
 
 
Ganesh
09:56 / 20.02.02
(Off to bed; wondering whether this thread'll spark another 'Is Black Humour Funny' debate...)
 
 
—| x |—
09:56 / 20.02.02
'Night 'Nesh, thanks for the back and forth (so this is how you wrack up the big numbers for posting...). I'm gonna' go have some dinner meself and then call up my busted friend (read: had surgery on his knee and leg, needs more surgery soon, etc.) to see how he's doing. Maybe I'll use some of these jokes to cheer him up.

Cheers all!

m3
 
 
deja_vroom
09:56 / 20.02.02
By Mr insensitive: quote:JESUS CHRIST. I don't think I've ever seen Barbelith so humourless.
Whoa, second post in the thread, caps popping up. You're not JOKING, are you?
 
  

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