Anti-jokes
Anti-humour is defined at Wikipedia as "a type of indirect humor that involves the joke-teller delivering something which is deliberately not funny, or lacking in intrinsic meaning. The practice relies on the expectation on the part of the audience of something humorous, and when this does not happen, the irony itself is of comedic value."
"The humor of such jokes is based on the surprise factor of absence of an expected joke or of a punch line in a narration which is set up as a joke. This kind of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story. In fact, some researchers see the "shaggy dog story" as a type of anti-joke."
A common example of anti-joke is "Why did the chicken cross the road?" with the answer, "To get to the other side." The punchline is intentionally mundane.
"The humor of such jokes is based on the surprise factor of absence of an expected joke or of a punch line in a narration which is set up as a joke. This kind of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story. In fact, some researchers see the "shaggy dog story" as a type of anti-joke."
A common example of anti-joke is "Why did the chicken cross the road?" with the answer, "To get to the other side." The punchline is intentionally mundane.
Good ones of this style have always appealed to me, I learned one about forty years ago which you can tell in conservative company with the added frisson that they think you are going to be in bad taste, then they laugh, but nervously because to see the anticlimax is to acknowledge what was formed in their mind for the climax to be anti to: -
Did you hear about the young couple who didn't know the difference between putty and vaseline?
All their windows fell out!
Below I present a few I culled from various sources a while back.
I think it's a bit over the top worrying about credits for jokes.
Did you hear about the young couple who didn't know the difference between putty and vaseline?
All their windows fell out!
Below I present a few I culled from various sources a while back.
I think it's a bit over the top worrying about credits for jokes.
I was diagnosed with Clinical Depression the other day. It made me sad.
What's red and bad for your teeth? A brick
What's pink and fluffy? Pink fluff.
What did the homeless man get for Christmas? Nothing.
Why did Sally fall off the swing? Because she had no arms.
What do you call a boy with a peg-leg and no arms? Names.
You: "I know the best knock-knock joke in the world."
Other: "Yeah? What is it?"
You: "You start."
Other: "Knock knock!"
You: "Who's there?"
Other: "...what?"
What happened to the blonde who tried to commit suicide? She died.
Why did the chicken commit suicide? To get to the other side.
A blond, brunette and a redhead are sitting in a bar when a priest, rabbi and a horse walk in.
The blond turns to the brunette and redhead and says "I don't get it".
A baby seal walks into a club.
A horse walks into a bar.
The patrons call animal control but it was after the standard business hours so they were forced to wait until the morning.
A skeleton walks into a bar and orders a beer and a mop.
What's red and bad for your teeth? A brick
What's pink and fluffy? Pink fluff.
What did the homeless man get for Christmas? Nothing.
Why did Sally fall off the swing? Because she had no arms.
What do you call a boy with a peg-leg and no arms? Names.
You: "I know the best knock-knock joke in the world."
Other: "Yeah? What is it?"
You: "You start."
Other: "Knock knock!"
You: "Who's there?"
Other: "...what?"
What happened to the blonde who tried to commit suicide? She died.
Why did the chicken commit suicide? To get to the other side.
A blond, brunette and a redhead are sitting in a bar when a priest, rabbi and a horse walk in.
The blond turns to the brunette and redhead and says "I don't get it".
A baby seal walks into a club.
A horse walks into a bar.
The patrons call animal control but it was after the standard business hours so they were forced to wait until the morning.
A skeleton walks into a bar and orders a beer and a mop.