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?"
Apparently that's the world's funniest joke. What's more interesting though is the regional breakdown. According to the study, Germans find almost everything funny, most of the British Empire likes word-play jokes, Europe enjoys surreal academic humor, while Americans (and Canadians as well, although Canadians had the “toughest standards” for jokes in that they found the least funny, probably why Canadian comedians are so influential — they have to work so hard here!) like jokes that put people down. Want more? Buy the book I guess.
There were two top competing Canadian high-ranking jokes. I think I like the one on the right better.
| When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 Celsius.
The Russians used a pencil. |
Q: What do you call a woman who can balance four pints of beer on her head?
A: Beatrix. |
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