Clever Jokes

Started by Orcs, 21 May 2014, 06:10:43 AM

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Hertsblue

Quote from: Ithoriel on 22 May 2014, 05:05:03 PM

You overestimate the requirement for strict Real World(tm) accuracy in telling a joke.


Brevity is the soul of wit - to quote Oscar Wilde.
When you realise we're all mad, life makes a lot more sense.

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Orcs

Quote from: FierceKitty on 24 May 2014, 01:13:36 AM
Me old mum loved 'em. But needed the tachyon one explained.

I am gald you sent her these jokes and not some of my other ones  :)
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Fenton

I am sure number 23 is an old Goon show joke , though Spike Milligan could also have nicked it
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FierceKitty

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 25 May 2014, 08:57:27 AM
I am gald you sent her these jokes and not some of my other ones  :)

Mummy's sense of humour is far bluer than mine at times.
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fsn

Quote from: Fenton on 25 May 2014, 09:29:33 AM
I am sure number 23 is an old Goon show joke , though Spike Milligan could also have nicked it

... or indeed written it.


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"I'm hidin!"
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Hertsblue

Milligan wasn't above recycling old jokes.
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Fenton

25 May 2014, 10:22:15 AM #37 Last Edit: 25 May 2014, 10:30:55 AM by Fenton
Quote from: fsn on 25 May 2014, 10:14:01 AM
... or indeed written it.


"What are you doing in that piano?"
"I'm hidin!"
"Don't be silly, he's been dead for centuries!"

Moriarty where are you?

I'm disguised as a G String

Ah...So that's why I cant see you
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

Hertsblue

Admit it, you're a spy.

Nein, nein I'm a shepherd

Ah, a shepherd spy!
When you realise we're all mad, life makes a lot more sense.

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Ithoriel

Late one night, there was a menacing knock on the door. Ariminius opened it.

He said "Who are you?"

They said "We've come for your berry."

He says "It's not my berry, it's my wife's berry. Have you come to praise her berry?"

They say, "No, we've come to seize her berry, not to praise it!"

paraphrased from I'm Sorry I'll Read It Again :)
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Fenton


Aide to Rommel: Herr General the British have broken through our lines

Rommel: Curses, all our washing in the mud again
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FierceKitty

How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

Will anyone ever find out?
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Hertsblue

Aide: Excuse me, sir, the colonel would like to see you outside.

Neddy: Ah, he's out there, is he?

Aide: No, he's in here, but he'd like to see you outside.
When you realise we're all mad, life makes a lot more sense.

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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

No doubt you remember these on first transmission ?

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