How to create your own jokes
Ever wanted to create your own jokes? The best way to begin is to indulge in the simplest form of humor – ‘deviation from the normal’.
For example: You start telling a joke about an elephant. You say: “There was this he-elephant, and he wanted to get married.”
Your audience is already thinking of a she-elephant as the bride
You say: “And then it falls in love with an ant”
Your audience is suddenly interested. A smile erupts on their faces
You say: “So, the he-elephant carries the ant in his palm and they go meet his parents.”
Your audience is keen to know what will happen next. They know it can’t get worse than the parents not agreeing
You say: “As soon as the he-elephant tells his parents about his love for the ant, they agree for their marriage.”
Your audience is now left wondering. At this point they have the highest level of interest in your joke
You say: “The happy he-elephant walks up to his father and gives a high-five!”
The way you said the last line tells your audience that it’s the punch line and they start thinking…and soon realize that the ant is dead and they start laughing
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To be able to tell a good ‘deviation from the normal’ joke one has to have strong ‘lateral thinking’ which, obviously will also help at solving work and personal problems.
Here is one question to test your lateral thinking prowess –
One fine day, many good-for-nothings start to play cards on the roadside. The money being betted is large and the game is pretty serious. Suddenly one of the men accuses the dealer of cheating. One being accused in front of everybody the dealer brandishes a knife and kills the man. One of the on-lookers calls the police who promptly interview everybody who was playing the cards at the time. In the end, no man was arrested or charged with murder. Why?
Leave your answer as a comment or if you think you are sure and don’t want others to know, mail it to jv [dot] rajan [@] gmail.com
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These are stupid!
Sorry for my rudeness, but these jokes aren’t funny 90% of the time. Most are repeats of very famous jokes that everyone knows, and the new ones are written with bad grammar, or incorrectly. A few corrections:
A. “there was a boy digging in a school yard and he shouts im free im free and a little girl walks over and says i dont care if your 3 cause im 4.”
B. “A convict escapes prison by tunneling into the playground of a preschool. Relieved, he shouts,”I’m free! I’m free!” A young girl walks up to him proudly and boldly states, “That ain’t nothin’. I’m four!”
A. “there was once a boy who lived in a house who went to st benets school in ouston oneday he asked his teacher if he could go to the toilet the teacher said not until you say the alphebet so it went like this A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Q R S T U V W X Y Z THE TEACHER WENT WHERE IS THE P and the the boy said its running down my leg.”
B. “One day, a first-grade boy realized he had to go pee. He raised his hand and asked the teacher if he could use the bathroom. The teacher asks him to recite the alphabet first. He attempted it as follows, “A,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z.” The teacher thought about ir for a second and finally asked the student, “Where is the P?” The student grimly replied, “It’s running down my legs”
I’m sorry if I am incorrect, but I believe the Internet has only been up for public use since the late 80s. I was pretty sure that racism, along with racism supporters were dead by then. Nobody wants to hear your racist jokes. As you may recollect we had a big war on a very racist man in the early 40s. I believe the war was titled “World War II” and I think it was somewhat important… well, whatever.
Wasn’t this page about lateral thinking? Just because the site professes comedy doesn’t mean you have permission to write stupid jokes on it. Even the good jokes shouldn’t be on this page.
Thank you for your time.
“My mam said i am getting a PS3 for no reason” said a girl named lilo who always got everything her heart desired to want she got and she got until every room in her house was full up with toys and games and consoles ecstras. The next day the teacher said “why have you being boasting about something you are going to get because you have made Faith, Freya, Chloe, Aimee, Emillie and Lauren. You have coursed a great fuss, dissopointment, a bit of jeoulesy on perpous and made every single childs name i just called out 10 mins ago”.
” I did not mean to i was just saying what my mam said i was going to get for me” Said Lilo
” But you do it every day and you always say a game or things that cost more than a game. Today you said that you are going to get a PS3 for no reason and yesterday you said that you were going to get a plasma tv 80 inches long but i am never going to belive a word you will ever say ever again. Said the girls
get the joke it is in this sentance
” But you do it every day and you always say a game or things that cost more than a game. Today you said that you are going to get a PS3 for no reason and yesterday you said that you were going to get a plasma tv 80 inches long but i am never going to belive a word you will ever say ever again. Said the girls
hahahahahaha she was not boasting she was boasting hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
i was meant to say “why have you being boasting about something you are going to get because you have made Faith, Freya, Chloe, Aimee, Emillie and Lauren upset.
i missed the word upset out
and in this sentance i missed the word upset out it would be
You have coursed a great fuss, dissopointment, a bit of jeoulesy on perpous and made every single childs name i just called out 10 mins ago upset”.
i put before
You have coursed a great fuss, dissopointment, a bit of jeoulesy on perpous and made every single childs name i just called out 10 mins ago”.
man you got to help me
for some reason i’m on the most wanted list
i can’t go outside because they just stare at me and
(silent)
are you naked
yep
(alice) somtimes i think you just don’t notice me john
i think we should break up
(john)WHAT THE HELL
benches arnt supposed to talk
whats the diffrence between a bee and a fly
bee’s can fly but flies can’t bee
i get it at the end of the paragragh it says that “No Man Was Arrested” there fore stating that the killer was female
yo mommas so fat that when she lights a match the aunts clap your hands stomp your feet praise the lord we got some heat
your head so big it looks like mayra
Yo momma so ugly that your father takes her to work with him so that he doesn’t have to kiss her goodbye
why did ella cross the road ………. to save the world!
why did TJ cross the bridge to …………….eat!!!
how do you make a klenex dance put a little boogy in it ………………….. !!!!!! hahaha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
woah
a man walks into a bar and asks the bar lady—-
Can i have a kit kat chunky
so the woman gives him a kit kat chunky and the man says
i wanted a normal kit kat you fatty.
why did the duck cross the road?
hi