(July 12, 2016 at 5:36 am)Mathilda Wrote:

(July 12, 2016 at 4:53 am)Losty Wrote: No no, clearly this is a joke about pragmatic analysis....

Or was it an allegory?

Must admit, I stopped reading it after the first paragraph and skipped to the end.

I read the whole thing. Not only was a I not impressed as far as jokes go, but it was a rather boring story as well.

This thread is well-named. The 'joke' has been judged and found indescribably wanting.

Rowan Atkinson: Well it was very funny when Michael told it. I don't know, maybe my timing's a bit out...

Richard Curtis: Well, of course, there could be other factors. Such as the complete absence of anything funny in the joke.

I'd love the source of those quotes Stim!

I started re-writing the torturous prose in order to demonstrate how it should be told as a joke, only to find that there wasn't one. It was just the judgemental ramblings of someone who thinks that he can tell a story but can't.

Here's an equally funny joke:

What do you call a monkey
~ eternal forgiveness of sins, constructivist positivism, such as and mine is the longest~~~
who hits homos in the head with a 2x4?
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My dick.

(July 12, 2016 at 8:40 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: I'd love the source of those quotes Stim!

Sure thing. "Joke" sketch, from Rowan Atkinson's Live In Belfast show.

Here's a joke, y'all:

Quote:An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. … But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.” A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”

(July 12, 2016 at 12:03 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Here's a joke, y'all:

Quote:An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. … But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.” A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”

Brilliant, I'll add this to my reperoire

This was not a theist joke. This was a Man blackmailing the God of hellfire in his lifetime to justify his actions, and then blaming him in his death to escape punishment. and God saying, "What did the elephant say when he lost his penis?"

so first. as it is not a theist Joke. It is funny that the man is a blatant imbecile. Then, the punch line is a one liner which will make you piss yourself in the work place every time you tell it. < @at Redbeard the Pink, nothing more. no implied spiritual agenda. Just throwing cake on the ground and laughing at the birthday boy.

and you all. having it be, that I met you all here now. Obviously wouldn't get the humor XD AHAHHAHA.. ahahahahah. oh goodness gosh, oh me..
because your all .... AH HA HA

there was, are , iss a few exceptions***