Thursday, October 21, 2010

Lack of Jokes

Some of my friends and family have greatly enjoyed the daily jokes I used to have on my blog. I hear about people missing the daily laugh when I don't get around to gathering jokes. But it's been hard recently to find jokes. Internet copyright laws have become stricter. Sifting through online jokes involves skipping over lots of really filthy (and unfunny) jokes. Then there are the mediocre jokes which aren't worth laughing at. And when I find something funny, these days it is inevitably copyrighted. I spent an hour this morning hunting jokes and found only one I could post, and it was only slightly funny. I found a three hilarious ones, but I'm not willing to risk the fines if somebody finds out I've posted them here. And I'm not willing to post the links because there may be one or two good jokes on a full page of other stuff (including icky ads). Gary suggested finding old joke books, old enough to have gone out of copyright. But those are probably old jokes that y'all have heard before. Besides it would take a lot more work. I understand that people want to be paid for what they do. But still, ... "pay me to pass on my joke and brighten somebody else's day"?

2 comments:

  1. Well, it was fun while it lasted. Thanks, Susan, for lots of laughs!
    Here's a joke I heard recently:
    Did you know Noah was British?
    No. Why do you say that?
    He lived in Wales.

    huh. not quite as effective when you have to type Wales or whales. :-)

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  2. Just read an article full of jokes here:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1322475/Researchers-official-50-funniest-jokes-time.html

    Some used British vernacular so I didn't get them. But there were several clever ones. My favorite:

    "Doc, I can't stop singing the 'Green Green Grass of Home'. He said: 'That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome'. 'Is it common?'I asked. 'It's not unusual' he replied."

    :)

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