Whats THE best joke,ever?

[jj]

Man walks into a bar.
Ouch! It was an iron bar.


I'll get me coat...............

[Sam Slater]

That's awful. Nearly as bad as the one I told my 5yo niece:

A horse walks into a bar and the barman asks, "Why the long face?"

[jj]

Hee hee : -)

[Dick Moby]

40 years ago when somebody told a joke people laughed. Nowadays it's either racist/sexist/homophobic or god knows what else. Where has all the humour gone ?

[Sam Slater]

So you get the joke? Explain it to me, please.

[Steve R]

But it wasn't a genuine question, was it Samantha?

In any case, the joke was simply funny and required no in-depth analysis. The Romans told Thracian jokes, you know - and British ones and Gallic ones and Germanic ones....

I'll bet the Israelites told Philistine jokes.

[Dick Moby]

What's the point.If somebody has to explain a joke to you then you obviously wont find it funny.
Give us an example of your humour.

[Sam Slater]

[quote]But it wasn't a genuine question, was it Samantha?[/quote]

Oh but it was. As my previous reply states: 'pointy little noses' sounds kinda cute and I'm not familiar with the supposed generalisation that all Pakistanis have 'funny little ears'.

So, just so we're clear, the following is a genuine question: "What's funny about your joke?"

[Dick Moby]

Sam, explain to me what humour is. Why do some people like a particular comedian yet other people loathe him. I laugh when I see someone walk into a lamp post. If they're hurt I will help but I still find it funny at the time.

[Sam Slater]

I've already given my example of humour. I thought Guilbert's joke about Mickey Mouse wanting a divorce funny, and can explain why I find it funny. I can explain why I find a barman asking a horse 'why it has a long face' funny. Both are a play on words and based on common occurrences.

I may not find racist jokes funny but with most I can see where the 'joke' is. If Pakistanis were renowned for their 'pointy little noses' and 'funny little ears' then while I may think the joke is in bad taste I could at least see why some divs would think it funny. In Steve's joke I see none of that because Pakistanis' noses are no littler or pointier than anyone else's, and their ears are no littler or funnier than anyone's, either. I DON'T get the joke and just asking for an explanation.

It seems that both you and Steve 'get' the joke but are reluctant to even attempt and explanation of it. If you see no harm in racist jokes then I see no reason why you'd attempt to skirt around the issue of why you find it funny. Embarrassed about your own sense of humour or just too inarticulate to construct the explanation?

Since Russians, like Pakistanis, don't have pointier noses or funnier ears than us Brits then I'm sure the joke would work if you used 'You're a Russian!' instead of 'You're a Pakistani!' for the punchline, no? The substitution would take nothing away from the joke. You could use, Spaniard, Canadian, Greek, Argentinian, Norwegian.........or how about English?

Maybe, if there are any Pakistanis reading this, they could tell me.