HUMOUR -
Short Jokes
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A fine is a tax for doing something
wrong.
A tax is a fine for doing something
well.
If a turtle doesn’t have a shell,
is he homeless or naked?
A good pun is its own reword.
Back up my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse?
Why don’t we get the staff discount when
we use the self-checkout at Woolies?
I put my left leg in. My left leg out. In. Out. In. Out. I shook it
all about. I did the Hokey Pokey and I turned around.
And that's when the taxi driver said, "Just get in the taxi mate!”
What do you get if you play a country
and western song backwards?
Your Dog comes back to life, your
Pickup Truck is suddenly fixed and
your Girl comes back to you.
Driving past a building site today and couldn’t stop thinking
how elusive Bill Posters must be.
After all these years they still want to prosecute him.
I went to the teller at the train station and asked for a return
ticket. The person in the office asked "where to". Daaaaah,
back to here of course.
The alien leader stared at his crew with pride.
"We've travelled thousands of light years to
arrive at our objective. Nothing can stop us, the
most technologically advanced species, from
achieving our mission."
"Now, let's go make some crop circles."
While proudly showing off his new
apartment to friends, a college
student led the way into the den.
"What is the big brass gong and
hammer for?" one of his friends
asked.
"Oh, that's the talking clock," the
student replied.
"How's it work?" the friend asked.
"Watch," said the student, he then
proceeded to give the gong an ear-
shattering pound with the hammer.
Suddenly someone screamed from the other side of the wall:
"KNOCK IT OFF, YOU IDIOT! It's two-thirty in the morning!”
A man calls the local police station and
says, “I'm calling to report my neighbour
Vince Smith. He is hiding drugs inside
his firewood! I don't quite know how he
gets it inside the logs, but he's hiding it
there.”
The next day, the police descend on Vince's house. They
search the shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they
chop open every piece of wood, but find no drugs. They
sneer at Vince and leave.
Shortly after that, the phone rings at Vince’s house.
“Hey, Vince! It's Jeff ... did the police come?”
“Yeah!”
“Did they chop your firewood?”
“Yep!”
“Happy birthday, buddy!”
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Because the platypus both
lays eggs AND produces milk,
it’s one of the few animals that
can make its own custard.
“If you had to identify in one word the
reason why the human race has not
achieved, and never will achieve, its full
potential, that word would be
‘meetings.’ “ - Dave Barry
Father son conversation
“Daddy, why is the sky blue?”
“I don't know son.”
“Daddy, why does car oil dripped on a
puddle make rainbow colours?”
“I don't know son.”
“Daddy, why do ducks say quack but
cows say moo?”
“I don't know son.”
“Daddy, do you mind me asking all
these questions?”
“No, of course not son, how else are
you going to learn anything?”
Last Requests
A Welshman, a Scotsman, an
Irishman and an Englishman are
captured by the enemy.
They are all going to be executed
and the executioner lines the men
in a row and says that each of
them can have one last request.
He starts by asking the Welshman what his request is.
"My request is to have 1000 Welshmen singing ‘Land of my
Fathers.’”
Then he asks the Scot what he'd like and the Scotsman answers,
"I'd like 1000 bagpipes playing ‘The flower of Scotland.’"
And he says to the Irish fellow, what's your last request? And he
answers,
"I'd like 1000 Irishmen doing the river dance."
He turns to the Englishman and asks him,
and the Englishman says, ……..
"Kill me first."
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The best auto safety device is a rear-
view mirror with a police car in it.
Never squat with your spurs on.
Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash, was one of
thegreatest political sages the USA has ever known. Some of
his sayings (I’m told):
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow pat on a hot day.
3. There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither
works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put
it back into your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by
reading. The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find
out for themselves.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that
comes from bad judgment.
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every
now and then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin'
it back.
12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he
started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and
shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your
mouth shut.
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Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the snake and
the snake didn’t have a leg to stand on.
A Woman went to the Post Office to buy
stamps for her Christmas cards.
"What Denomination?" Asked the clerk.
"Oh, my goodness! Have we come to
this?" said the woman.
"Well give me 50 Baptist and 50
Catholic!"
At dinner the other night my
cousin asked her child to say
prayers.
We bowed our heads and little
Grace started mumbling then
raised her head and said,
"Amen".
My cousin looked at her and said
"Grace, I didn't understand a
word you said.
She looked at her and said, "well,
I wasn't talking to you "
"See! I told you I was right," the woman said. But the men
insisted nothing had happened that couldn't be explained by
natural causes.
"Help me, Lord," the woman implored. And a deep voice
came from the heavens:
"SSSHHHEEE'S RRRIIIGGGHHHTTT!"
The woman turned to the three clergymen and asked,
"Well?"
"Okay, okay," they said. "Now it's three against two."
The Argument
Four members of the clergy had a
theological argument, with the three
male ministers siding against the
female minister.
The woman prayed, "Lord, I know
I'm right. Please send us a divine
sign to prove it." A big storm cloud
materialized and there was a clap of
thunder.
"See," said the woman. "It's a sign from above." The three
clergymen disagreed, saying thunder is a common
phenomenon.
"Dear Lord," the woman prayed, "I need a bigger sign." This
time, a bolt of lightning slammed into a tree.
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I see the person who invented the door
knocker was awarded the Nobel Prize.
A five-year-old boy went with his dad to see a new litter of
puppies.
On returning home, he breathlessly informed his mother,
"There were two boy puppies and two girl puppies." "How
did you know that?" his mother asked.
"Daddy picked them up and looked underneath," he
replied. "I think it's printed on the bottom."
What is the difference between iron
man and aluminium man?
Iron man stops criminals-
aluminium man just foils their plans.
Everyone knows where the Big
Apple is but does anyone know
where Minneapolis?
Overheard at Supercheap Auto
“I need a headlight”
“What’s it for?”
“So I can see when I drive at night,”
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Covid
Due to my isolation, I finished three
books yesterday.
…
And believe me, that’s a lot of colouring!
Did you hear? The giant has gotten a
restraining order against Jack. Turns out
he's bean stalking him for years.
For our anniversary I rented a limo
for $1000. When we went to the
agency they brought out the limo
but it didn’t have a driver! Yep I put
out $1000 for a limo and got
nothing to chauffeur it!
A dad was washing his car
with his son.
His son said “Dad, why can’t
you just use a sponge like
everyone else?”
A paramedic left her
stethoscope in her car and came
out to find her 6 year old
daughter playing with it.
She proudly thought that maybe
her daughter was going to follow
in her footsteps.
Then she heard, "Welcome to
McDonalds, may I take your
order?"
The kids just asked for a
border collie for
Christmas.
Normally I do a Turkey
and Ham but hey, if it’ll
make them happy….
The kids keep finding the
Christmas presents we have
hidden around the house...
Someone suggested I put them up
in the loft, so I did and last night…
I literally had no sleep.
All I could hear was them crying
and moaning about spiders, the
dark and wanting to be let back
down.
Any other suggestions please??
Did you know that they had tennis
in the Bible?
Yes, Moses served in Pharaoh's
court.
According to most studies, people's
number one fear is public speaking.
Number two is death. Death is
number two? Does that sound right?
This means to the average person, if
you go to a funeral, you're better off
in the casket than doing the eulogy.
- Jerry Seinfeld
I just had to throw away a whole
packet of animal shaped biscuits.
The seal was broken.
The church youth director kept falling
asleep in committee meetings, so all the
others decided to play a joke on him.
They all brought a change of clothes to
the next meeting, and as soon as he fell
asleep they all laid their clothes out very
carefully on their chairs, and left their
shoes on the floor.
Then they snuck out into the hall, and the
trumpet player of the group sounded the
trumpet, while the others all watched
through the door.
The poor youth director is still trying to get
over the shock. Please say a prayer for
him.
I'd rather have a shot of whisky
than a shot of lead.
A priest secreted a bottle of red wine in
his garments and was riding his bicycle
when he had and accident and crashed
to the ground. When he got up, he
found something red running down his
leg.
He reacted, saying “Oh goodness!
I hope that’s blood.”
Theologically we know
that Adam and Eve
weren’t Cajun because if
they were, they would
have eaten the snake
instead of the fruit and
saved us a lot of trouble.
Some More One Liners that you have to
apologise for telling
1. Dad, are we pyromaniacs? Yes, we arson.
2. What do you call a pig with laryngitis? Disgruntled.
3. Writing my name in cursive is my signature move.
4. Why do bees stay in their hives during winter? Swarm.
5. If you’re bad at haggling, you’ll end up paying the price.
6. Just so everyone’s clear, I’m going to put my glasses on.
7. A commander walks into a bar and orders everyone a
round.
8. I lost my job as a stage designer. I left without making a
scene.
9. Never buy flowers from a monk. Only you can prevent
florist friars.
10. How much did the pirate pay to get his ears pierced? A
buccaneer.
11. To get by I once worked at a cheap pizza shop. I kneaded
the dough.
12. My friends and I have named our band ‘Duvet’. It’s a
cover band.
13. I lost my girlfriend’s audiobook, and now I’ll never hear
the end of it.
14. Why is ‘dark’ spelled with a k and not c? Because you
can’t see in the dark.
15. Why is it unwise to share your secrets with a clock? Well,
time will tell.
16. When I told my contractor I didn’t want carpeted steps,
they gave me a blank stare.
17. Bono and The Edge walk into a Dublin bar and the
bartender says, “Oh no, not U2 again.”
18. Prison is just one word to you, but for some people, it’s a
whole sentence.
19. Scientists got together to study the effects of alcohol on a
person’s walk, and the result was staggering.
20. I’m trying to organize a hide and seek tournament, but
good players are really hard to find.
21. I got over my addiction to chocolate, marshmallows, and
nuts. I won’t lie, it was a rocky road.
22. What do you say to comfort a friend who’s struggling with
grammar? “There, their, they’re.”
23. I went to the toy store and asked the assistant where the
Schwarznegger dolls are and he replied, “Aisle B, back.”
24. What did the surgeon say to the patient who insisted on
closing up their own incision? Suture self.
25. I’ve started telling everyone about the benefits of eating
dried grapes. It’s all about raisin awareness.
Some One Liners
Lines from Movies
“Someone once said if it was raining
brains Roxy Robinson wouldn't even
get wet” - Fat Sam in Bugsy Malone
“In a hundred years we'll all be dead
And the stars will still be shining.”
The January Man
“The oxen are slow but the earth is
patient.”
Zura - High Road to China (1983)
“What did the Romans ever do for
us?”
Life of Brian
“As you wish”
“Inconceivable”
“My way's not very sportsman-like”
“You keep using that word, I don’t
think that word means what you think
it means”
All from The Princess Bride
If you are feeling sick and sweating while refuelling your
car, you are probably suffering from CAROWNERVIRUS
fuel- by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay
Not paying attention to history in
school never did me any harm.
Unlike poor Henry VIII,
himself being shot in the eye
by Genghis Khan at
the Battle of Hastings
in 1966
A judge asked a man he was sentencing, "I’m curious,
what do your mother & father do?"
He said, "They're in the iron & steel business. My mother
irons & my father steals.”
“What if the Wright
Brothers thought that
only birds should fly?”
“And did the Geloca
think the Yulus were
too ugly to save?”
“That's death blossom,
a weapon of last
resort”
“Always trust Centauri”
All from The Last
Starfighter
Making small talk with a colleague you don't really know:
"Hey, how's it going?"
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Me: "Living the dream!"
image credit comic by
Gordon Johnson from Pixabay
©
*Slaps a packet of
sparklers on the counter*
“How much for the angry
incense?”
Thinking of sleeping on
my husband’s side of
the bed tonight.
Apparently, from that
side, you don’t hear the
kids wake up at night.
The man that invented the Ferris Wheel never
met the inventor of the Merry go round. They
travelled in different circles.
A street magician
told me to take a
card, any card…
So I took his Visa.
A moth goes to a chiropractor and complains that he’s
not feeling well, he’s all out of sorts, that he feels
anxious and maybe even depressed.The chiro says he’s
at the wrong place. He should have gone to a
psychologist and why did he come here?The moth
replied, “Your light was on.”
“I really am ruggedly
handsome, aren’t I?”
Castle, in the TV show Castle
DEATH: “There are better things in the world than alcohol,
Albert.”
ALBERT: “Oh yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for
not getting them.
- Terry Pratchett
Nathan Liebknecht: Ahh, he threw the racket up to get the
birdie. He threw Godel's cane up there to get the racket.
Kurt Godel: I threw Podolsky's golf club up there to get even
with him!
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Ed Walters: When's the last time you said Wahoo?
Catherine Boyd: Well I'm sure I don't know.
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Bob Rosetti: It's not that hard. You just call her up and say,
"Hello, I'm a lying grease monkey."
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Ed: For one brief moment there, I was actually taken
seriously by some pretty extraordinary people
- I.Q. (1994)
It’s the day drinking, that’s what I like the most.”
- Bosley (Elizabeth Banks) in Charlie’s Angels (2019)
I told my wife that I think all our
electrical items are spying on us.
“Nonsense,” she said.
Then she laughed. I laughed. Siri
laughed. Alexa laughed. Gemini
laughed.
The toaster laughed.
“In a hundred years we’ll all be dead”
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio -The January Man (1989)
More Lines from Movies
“We’re all the villain in someone’s story. Right?”
- Tatum Warren-Ngata as Beth in My Life is Murder
Rose: “I just want you to know. no matter what you do, you’re
gonna die, just like everybody else.”
Cosmo Castorini: “Thank you, Rose.”
- Moonstruck (1987)
“She was dying, but I could still hear her big mouth!”
- Loretta (Cher) - Moonstruck (1987)
I just had a few people abuse me about my driving
and they all told me to get off the freeway.
But anyone, who’s played golf before, knows that
you have to play it from where it lies, and I’m no rule
breaker