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==this page needs some serious work!==
the current version shows no information on jokes but merely the mechanics of the brain and humor. Its title should be "the brain and humor" I like some of the earlier versions that didn't have all the woodey allen jokes and abstract references to alleged studies and books by random people. I'm thinking a complete start over from scratch. If no one objects then I will completely rewrite this. </rant>
==Needs total rewrite==
I'm sorry, but this topic is in need of a rewrite of the highest magnitude. It seems like the phrase about Frued is repeated verbatem forty times, and most of the jokes are "examples from Woody Allen", which is probably false. Seems like the whole article itself is some sort of weird joke. [[User:63.3.0.1|63.3.0.1]] 15:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


LOVE KIRA XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
== Isnt race to do with colour of skin? Where are all the offensive jokes? ==
i know this is a big touchy issue but under racist jokes we have a list of types of jokes relating to different NATIONALITIES. does anyone else consider 'americans' to be a race? surely the white people in america are racially 'white', not 'american'? same goes for canada, britain etc.
sex is fun!
Then at the end there is a little side note, 'some people like to tell black jokes' as if there is no other race that is the butt of jokes?

What about Russian jokes?

There are jokes that black people tell about white people - clasically about white men not being able to dance and having a small penis.

In fact, I think the entire 'subjects' section should be removed or at least renamed or changed a lot because you could go on forever. most jokes are nonsense anyway or formed from conversation or are only funny in context etc.

Some ones got to agree with me here.

If you are going to take the (offensive) plunge, which i think isnt a bad idea, and have a 'subjects of jokes' page then it should be methodical and give examples, not sidestepping huge joke categories (like jewish jokes or sexist jokes or disabled jokes) by not giving examples or even mentioning some. Maybe we could have an 'offensive jokes' section where we can move more explicit or offensive mateial perhaps not even on the 'joke' main page itself so that sensitive types dont have to go there if they dont want to be offended.

I think that if we are going to have a jokes page at all, it should have examples of jokes, and if its going to start listing categories of jokes it should both list all categories people can think of and give examples of each.

I know this is turning in to a bit of a rant but surely all this pussy footing around is just an example of censorship, pandering to the offended minority? I mean how many people here are actually bothered about racist or sexist jokes? They are JOKES after all, we arent inciting racial hatred. It may even be TRUE that black people have big noses and white men cant dance but thats why jokes about the subjects are funny, DUH!

Same goes for disabled jokes, and any jokes about things people are born with.
Isnt wikipedia all about having an encyclopedia with no holds barred?
Arent we meant to be documenting the world as we see it, not as we pretend to ourselves it is (ie pretending disabled joke dont exist, pretending that people who look different and have a different culture seem weird and therefore funny)

Get it together guys and gimme some feedback.

Acaveinpakistan 10/11/06 16.07 (GMT)

== Joke Page? ==
You know, for a Joke section, this is patently unfunny. Really, some of these jokes seem to be made up for the page, for instance the reese witherspoon joke or what's the difference between a duck.

Much of this has little to do with jokes, but with humor. I don't think the mathmatical "jokes" are jokes at all, and the deprecating humor area has nothing to do with jokes.

Also there are some pretty silly assertions like dead baby jokes are an invention of the 1990's or lawyer jokes have something to do with political jokes.

I started putting in a few somewhat funny jokes (which aren't funny at all) in and they keep getting deleted, as though much of what's being left behind is somehow defensable as accurate, enlightening, or at least somewhat funny

By all means, if you have to parenthetically explain why a joke is funny, don't bother

==Sexist jokes==
I don't understand the nuns joke ("Where's the soap?" "Yes, it is.") Even when I substitute the homonym, "Wears," in the question, I still don't get the answer. Can someone explain this to me?

:"Where's the soap?" "Yes it <b>does</b>.
:The implication is that the nuns are masturbating.
::I still don't get it, i must be completely retarded or something. "Wear's the soap?". "Yes, it does.", i just don't see what that means
:[[User:Paul Tracy|Paul Tracy]]

::I don't understand the nun joke either. I can't see how the dialog "Wears the soap?", "Yes, it does." suggests anyone is masturbating. Perhaps this is a problem with regional slang? In any case, I replaced it with another nun joke that people are more likely to understand. -- [[User:Bethenco|bethenco]] 21:18, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
:'Wears' as in 'breaks down or diminishes the soap through excessive use!' [[User:Slf67|Slf67]] 02:00, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

The joke is really bad, but it means it breaks down or diminishes. The nun is maturbating with the bar of soap and it wears the soap bar down... Get it? [[User:69.179.88.113]] 04:16, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
*It would be more interesting if the type of soap were "Pope on a rope", ''ja?'' >:) [[User:Wahkeenah|Wahkeenah]] 05:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[[User:AnthonySteele|AnthonySteele]] Yes, I get it, kinda, but it's stupid not funny: All the women that I've asked on the subject keep the soap well away from the sensitive vaginal menbranes. They wouldn't do that. Knowing the score is actually a hinderance to getting this joke.

== NPOV - Types of Jokes section ==

I just did a Google search for "dumb blonde jokes," listed as a subsection of "sexist jokes." It got 35,000 hits [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=%22dumb+blonde+jokes%22&spell=1] - more than "sexist jokes" but still well below what the others got. Deffinately sexist jokes aren't the most notable or funny type of joke, and apparently they're not the most popular type of joke either. I for one think that's a good thing :)

So yeah, the ordering of that section should be changed to reflect this.

--[[User:128.206.104.126|128.206.104.126]] 03:01, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

:It's probably because people don't call sexist jokes, sexist jokes while people do call blonde jokes, blonde jokes.

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The placement of "sexist jokes" as first in the "types of jokes" section, seems inappropriate and unduely advancing a point of view by drawing attention to that issue.

A Google search came back with 636,000 hits for "lawyer jokes,"[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22lawyer+jokes%22&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official] 299,000 hits for "political jokes,"[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22political+jokes%22&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official] and 85,000 hits for "yo mama jokes,"[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22yo+mama+jokes%22&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official] but only just over 18,000 hits for "sexist jokes."[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22sexist+jokes%22&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official] So clearly "sexist jokes" aren't the first thing that most people think about when they think about types of jokes.

--[[User:Blackcats|Blackcats]] 20:45, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

== Playin' the Dozens ==

I didn't realize "playing the dozens" was always about jokes concerning a family member. Is there a source for this? [[User:TUF-KAT|Tuf-Kat]] 04:19, Nov 4, 2003 (UTC)

:About crackin' on family -- that's just the way it's always been, with jokes about somebody's mama being especially favored. Bet if you surfed the Net for the subject, you'd find lots of references to the fact that the dozens was about family insults. -- deeceevoice, June 24, 2004
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Being new, I've only just realized I should have preserved the following misinformation:

*"The object of the game is to tell the best joke, usually after each person has been given twelve tries, or until the competitor fails to reply with a comeback."

This is just patently wrong. See my edit for the true origin of the phrase -- deeceevoice, June 26, 2004

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Note to self: add reference to signifyin' and oral tradition/ritualized sparring practices in African culture.[[User:Deeceevoice|deeceevoice]]

:Done. With new article on [[wolf ticket]]. [[User:Deeceevoice|deeceevoice]] 15:41, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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I miss the "usually with an unexpected ending, called punchline" stuff in your definition of a joke. Even the short sentence "What's the matter - apart from energy divided by the square of lightspeed?" is only a joke because of the unexpected ending. Since I'm a new user, I don't want to edit it without the consent of the previous editors. [[User:AlexKloss|Alex Kloss]] 16:30, Feb 5, 2004 (UTC)

:Go ahead and edit, you don't need permission. And in some cases the previous editors might not even be around any more. If people don't like your edit they'll discuss it with you and a compromise will be reached. See: [[Wikipedia:Be bold]] --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod]] 17:54, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)

===Move Playin' the Dozens?===

The dozens is not just about telling jokes -- as the passage explains. While I appreciate the attempt at shoehorning the dozens into this category, it still doesn't fit, and "and the like" is clumsy, I think -- sort of like, "and, uh ... whatever."

I'm thinking the dozens should be a completely separate piece, with only a passing reference in "jokes" -- unless someone comes up with something called "ethnic humor" or something. I'm thinking there would be other additions in this category, but they would be general characterizations (like Jewish humor), for example, rather than specific forms. So, maybe not. (But, then, what do I know?) A general category or separate article on "ethnic humor" aside, I don't think this is a terribly effective way of dealing with the problem of placing the dozens in a "joke" category. [[User:Deeceevoice|deeceevoice]] 06:19, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:: Reverted. You didn't happen to notice that this section is not only about dozens. These are jokes, and rightfully here. Dozens has its article as well, good for it. And it is not "ethnic humor" either. [[User:Mikkalai|Mikkalai]] 07:31, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

==The difference between ethnic jokes and ethnic humor==

Got into a back-and-forth with another person about changing a subhead from "Ethnic Jokes" to "Ethnic Humor." Playing the dozens is included under "ethnic jokes," but it clearly isn't in that genre. It belongs in a category of "ethnic humor," as opposed to "ethnic jokes." How do you want to handle that? The other contributor apparently feels strongly that the subhead should remain the same. If that's the case, the playing the dozens should be removed from that section and placed elsewhere. [[User:Deeceevoice|deeceevoice]] 07:27, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

"Playing dosens" not under; in is "after". Please look into the table of contents. And I am not another person. Me got myself a name, hello. And I agree with you; while playing dozens is exchange of jokes, technically it is not "joke", and should be put into a separate article. And this article must say something along the lines that ''"special kind of jokes is used in playins the dozens etc.etc."'' [[User:Mikkalai|Mikkalai]]

Hi, Mikkalai. *waving* Yes, I know you have a name! I just couldn't remember it at the time; I was rushed. And rather than misspell it, I simply referred to you indirectly. I suppose there could be a separate article on ethnic humor if people think it warrants that. But someone already had put "playing the dozens" there, so I was simply trying to figure out a way properly to distinguish between ethnic jokes and ethnic humor -- because it doesn't belong in the former category. Whatever other people want to do is fine with me, but the correction definitely should be made. [[User:Deeceevoice|deeceevoice]] 20:08, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== Lists of Jokes ==
Just a "heads up" for people watching this page and not the lists of jokes pages that it spawned/links to. These pages have been listed (or mooted to be so) on [[WP:VFD|VfD]]:
*{{On VFD|List of "You have two cows" jokes}}
*{{On AFD|Your mom}}
*{{On VFD|List of "Shit happens" jokes}}

==[[Wikipedia_talk:No original research]]==
A group of Wikipedia administrators are working on guidelines that will eliminate pages like this one. --[[User:Wetman|Wetman]] 08:37, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:Are you saying that there are no [[Wikipedia:No original research#What counts as a reputable publication?|reputable source]]s on jokes, and "[[Joke]]" is doomed? [[User:Mikkalai|Mikkalai]] 21:42, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Look, I'm just a regular Internet user, but this article is no where near the quality of the rest of Wikipedia. It's stupid, frankly.

== No Religious Jokes? ==

The recent [http://www.shipoffools.com Ship of Fools] contest to find the funniest and most offensive religious (Christian) jokes made me wonder why there's nothing on religious jokes. I suspect that there's a lot of material that could be used, such as the stereotyped St. Peter on the Pearly Gates and various sick jokes about crucifixion, the Life of Brian etc. but I can't find any articles on religious humour/humor or religious jokes. Will have to get around to writing one :) What does anyone else think? --[[User:Sweet-indigo|Sweet-indigo]] 10:57, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
:Yes, this part is definitely missing. BTW, I don't remember any jokes in the [[Bible]] or [[Quran]]. there is ''[http://www.thedoormagazine.com/current_issue.html The Door]'' magazine of religious humor. [[user:mikkalai|mikka]] [[user talk:mikkalai|(t)]] 15:36, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

== Pirate jokes ==
Hi! There is a page [[Pirate joke]] that seemed kinda weak. Is the genre recognized enough to merit an entry on this page? If so, I'm inclined to merge. Otherwise, I'm likely to Transwiki the jokes to the Jokebook and delete. Thanks, --[[User:William Pietri|William Pietri]] 19:40, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
== Deletion of the Jokebook ==
Jimbo Wales has announced that he will be deleting the Jokebook from Wikibooks within 24 hours. See [[Wikibooks:Wikibooks:Staff lounge|Wikibooks:Staff lounge]]. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] 16:30, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
:I remember that. Twas a sad day. Luckly, I transfered all them to pages in my Buddy Profile before it happened. I just wish I knew why you can't get a knock-knock joke from Wikibooks anymore to save your life. [[User:Kvn8907|Kevin]] 06:23, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

== Council house? ==

There is a joke in the "ethnic jokes" section which says: ''An old Gypsy goes to his local council and says, "My wife has become ill, and we need to come off the road. Can we have a council house?"'' While the term "[[council house]]" is not used in the USA, I understand it means "public housing" (in the UK). So I don't understand why this is supposed to be funny. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] 06:49, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

:The "joke" is just that gyppos are scroungers. Removed. [[User:Markalexander100|Mark]][[User talk:Markalexander100|<sup>1</sup>]] 23:25, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

== The section I sporked on non-jokes ==

I sporked a section from a deleted page on 'non-jokes', which I think was legitimate, since it relates to a branch of joke making. Some moron removed it, but its rightful place was here. Can someone give me a rational reason?

== Seriously ==

What do you people have against [[Hellen Keller]]? Nevertheless, thanks, I needed a laugh. <font face="Lucida Grande">[[User:Pacific Coast Highway|Pacific Coast Highway]]</font face>|<SUP>[[User talk:Pacific Coast Highway|Spam me!]]</SUP>

== Chelm? ==

I don't get it. How is "Chelm" another class of joke?

:See the second lede paragraph of [[Chelm]]. [[Special:Contributions/87.81.230.195|87.81.230.195]] ([[User talk:87.81.230.195|talk]]) 18:54, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

== Mathematical jokes - Money = Root of all evil ==

Isn't it actually ''the love of'' money that is the root of all evil? ~ <span class="plainlinks">[[User:Ghelae#|<span class="buttonlink" style="border-width: 2px; border-color: #FFFFFF;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#FFD700;padding:1px 5px 1px 5px;color:black;">{{{1|}}} Ghelæ {{{2|}}}</span>]]</span><sup><span class="plainlinks">[[User talk:Ghelae#|<span class="buttonlink" style="border-width: 2px; border-color: #FFFFFF;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#C0C0C0;padding:1px 5px 1px 5px;color:black;">talk</span>]]</span></sup><sub><span class="plainlinks">[[Special:Contributions/Ghelae|<span class="buttonlink" style="border-width: 2px; border-color: #FFFFFF;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#CD7F32;padding:1px 5px 1px 5px;color:black;">contribs</span>]]</span></sub> 16:48, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

It's a ...well...um...joke. [[User:Angrynight|Angrynight]] 02:08, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

I know, I <s>say</s> type the weirdest things. ~ <span class="plainlinks">[[User:Ghelae#|<span class="buttonlink" style="border-width: 2px; border-color: #FFFFFF;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#FFD700;padding:1px 5px 1px 5px;color:black;"> Ghelæ the Strange</span>]]</span><sup><span class="plainlinks">[[User talk:Ghelae#|<span class="buttonlink" style="border-width: 2px; border-color: #FFFFFF;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#C0C0C0;padding:1px 5px 1px 5px;color:black;">talk</span>]]</span></sup><sub><span class="plainlinks">[[Special:Contributions/Ghelae|<span class="buttonlink" style="border-width: 2px; border-color: #FFFFFF;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#CD7F32;padding:1px 5px 1px 5px;color:black;">contribs</span>]]</span></sub>

==Offensive joke necessary?===

[[User:AnthonySteele|AnthonySteele]] "I'm not Jewish but..." Can we lose the Jew/Oven joke? It is strictly necessary? does it add more than it detracts by sheer nastyness? I think definitely not.

:I also find the sexist jokes offensive but they're not going to be removed, so either take them all out or leave them all in.

:: [[User:AnthonySteele|AnthonySteele]] I suggest that joking about murdering people is far more offensive than joking about them being stupid.

'''No black jokes'''

Hey if we don't have black jokes then we should remove the Jewish and Asian jokes.


Everyone finds something offensive, this is an encyclopedia for unbiased research/entertainmet of a scientific nature, so your personal fealings don't mean squat here.

Author of above sentence, have a spine and sign your name. The previous writer (who also needs to sign) has a valid point. IF this page has been kept free of black jokes THEN it should not have other such jokes. I would say that categorically listing every kind of joke is not helping this article in any way. Regarding AnthonySteele's comment: I agree. What gain is there from including it? Is the article here to educate about what jokes are, as is the point of an entry in wikipedia, or to give someone a chance to type something so nasty it is bound to upset people? Should wikipedia only be useful to people who can't be offended by anything? How about seeing simple courtesy towards fellow humans as being important even here, especially here. Sure, the page should make clear what the range of jokes is, but just because a joke exists does not mean it should be included. Wikipedia gets stregth from being selective. You want a full catalogue showing the absolute range of humanity's behavior just surf the rest of the web. [[User:Fitzhugh|Fitzhugh]] 07:46, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

== Did anyone else get to this page by typing, [[Why did the chicken cross the road?]] ==

Well did they?--[[User:Greasysteve13|Greasysteve13]] 07:04, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I did. [[User:Awwill|aww]] 14:39, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

== Disability Jokes ==

I've removed the examples of disability jokes. Please read the reasons provided there.

:I've readded the examples of disability jokes. If you are removing something, just get rid of it, don't put a rationale within the article. It looks bad, and is the reason we have talk pages. Explain why you don't want the information in the article on the talk page. &mdash;[[User:Seqsea|Seqsea]] ([[User talk:Seqsea|talk]]) 20:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== Joke ==

This is a joke I made up(I hope)

Yesterday, I was looking in my telescope to look for Uranus. But all I got was the Moon!

Get it? Uranus=your,anus. You show someone your anus(butt), your mooning him. Get it?

== awful intro ==

the intro has a terrible example. the ouch it was an iron bar is funny because it breaks the mould of the 'walks into a bar' style of joke. you can't use it as an archetypal example [[User:86.129.22.214|86.129.22.214]] 00:04, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

== Removing the jokebook ==

This is, in theory, an encyclopaedia, not a jokebook. So I removed the jokes, leaving what is somewhat closer to being an encyclopaedia article ''about'' jokes and the conept of the joke, rather than a list of often lame and sometimes gratuitously offensive jokes. Feel free to link to a list of jokes on some appropriate sister project, but [[WP:NOT]] a jokebook. [[User Talk:JzG|Just zis <span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:white; background-color:darkblue; font-weight:bold">Guy</span> you know?]] 20:27, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
*And I restored the jokebook, which is not. It is a classification of types of jokes, which is encyclopedic topic. By the way, I share your concern, and I monitor this page not to grow into a jokebook, but I am not as radical as you in this respect. `'[[user:mikkalai|mikka]] [[user talk:mikkalai|(t)]] 21:37, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
::Mikka, it is a cruft magnet. Where are the reliable secondary sources which state that these are considered by experts to be rperesentative of the classes of jokes defined? [[User Talk:JzG|Just zis <span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:white; background-color:darkblue; font-weight:bold">Guy</span> you know?]] 21:30, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
:Concur with Guy, this is not necessary, is uncited, and is most assuredly a cruft-magnet. [[User:KillerChihuahua|KillerChihuahua]]<sup>[[User talk:KillerChihuahua|?!?]]</sup> 21:43, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


If you are going to remove the jokes on the page, you will have to remove the jokes in each of the subcategories as well. [[User:63.23.3.195|63.23.3.195]] 21:22, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:Probably a good idea, but one step at a time. There is no reason in principle not to illustrate an article on knock-knock jokes with ''a'' knock-knock joke, but to have dozens of jokes of varying qualities and degrees of offensiveness in this article was really not a good idea, IMO. [[User Talk:JzG|Just zis <span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:white; background-color:darkblue; font-weight:bold">Guy</span> you know?]] 22:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


While it is a "cruft-magnet", there are plenty of wikipedia articles that attract idle writers (my favorite ones are [[Internet phenomenon]] and [[List of sexual slurs]]), this is not the reason to kill it. On the other hand, I kinda begin to like the "second start". Let's see what grows out of it this time. `'[[user:mikkalai|mikka]] [[user talk:mikkalai|(t)]] 00:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

:Fair enough. I think if we are going to include examples of offensive jokes in particular they should only be in articles which are specific to the genre of offensive humour, so that people looking at the higher level articles don't get bombarded with bigotry. Also there is practically no way of ensuring that individual jokes here are properly representative of the genre, per [[WP:NOR]]. [[User Talk:JzG|Just zis <span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:white; background-color:darkblue; font-weight:bold">Guy</span> you know?]] 11:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

== Deletion of Jokebook ==


^ I read above that Mr. Wales was going to delete the Jokebook. How come he didn't do it? [[User:63.23.90.5|63.23.90.5]] 01:43, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
:He did. It is gone from Wikibooks. [[User Talk:JzG|Just zis <span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:white; background-color:darkblue; font-weight:bold">Guy</span> you know?]] 11:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

== Citation for the 200 tropes section? ==

The idea that there are 200 tropes that can be used to make jokes is interesting, but I can't find any proof of it; it seems not to make much sense. And the additional information regarding Woody Allen is simarly without attribution. I think it should be deleted if there is no evidence for it.

== Woody Allen everywhere ==

Why is the best example of each element of a Joke simply another Woody Allen one-liner? -[[User:GTBacchus|GTBacchus]]<sup>([[User talk:GTBacchus|talk]])</sup> 22:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I took the explanation of jokes ''rules'' and ''why do we laugh'' from satirist [[Daniele Luttazzi]]. He gave the technical explanation when he was presenting his italian translation of Woody Allen's classic trilogy, and provided those examples. I don't have the theoric knowledge to provide alternative examples, but If you have it you're of course more than welcome to provide some.--[[User:BMF81|BMF81]] 21:46, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

=="X" group jokes==

It appears that "many cultures" have groups of jokes based around a subgroup/neighbouring group being "stupid"/"scroungers"/other stereotype etc. Why? How many of these jokes are common to all/several cultures (ie with replacement by local preference term)? If they were "rebranded" as eg [[Vogon]] or [[ogre]] or "this dimwit walked into a bar" equivalent jokes would they be considered less offensive? [[User:Jackiespeel|Jackiespeel]] 17:46, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

== Someone fix this page ==

This page has a lot of good information but it's really random in the way it's presented. Could someone reorganize it?

== "not" joke ==

An article on the [[Borat]] movie on the CNN website they say he talked to a guy who told him about "not" jokes. --[[User:Gbleem|Gbleem]] 11:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

== Why do we laugh section -- should be deleted ==

Other than for its first sentence, this section offers nothing substantive to the theory of why we laugh, and is mostly a rehash of a 100+-year-old essay by Freud peppered with examples (some ill-chosen, and mostly not illustrative) from Woody Allen. Moreoever, it is written in an extremely obtuse manner -- what does "the profound meaning of X" mean? -- that resists cleanup.

This surely does not represent the latest in psychological and or neural research into why humans laugh, and until someone adds that here, this section should be removed.[[User:Fmanjoo|Fmanjoo]] 23:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm adding a cleanup tag, because the article needs some major structural fixes. For one thing, info from the Why We Laugh section should be merged with the Psychology section. [[User:69.106.225.92|69.106.225.92]] 19:57, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, the entire section should be deleted. Freud should NEVER be consulted on articles relating to current psychology and only be used to provide historical context. There is no evidence for the existence of the subconscious and no compelling evidence for any of his theories. He should be relegated to a philosopher/literary critic, never a credible scientist. --[[User:Wolfrider|Wolfrider]] ([[User talk:Wolfrider|talk]]) 13:10, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

== History ==

Why is there nothing about the history of jokes? Isn't that an important part of the Joke article? Was it previously decided that this would be put elsewhere, and I can't find it?[[User:KevinPuj|KevinPuj]] 15:42, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== Australian Jokes ==
I've never heard an Australian joke about Aborigines or Greek! I think those statements are incorrect and should be removed.

== Jokes and Brain deleted ==

I've deleted this section as it was essentially incoherent, badly written and factually incorrect. It talked about an "inconsistency" between two parts of the brain, without ever spelling out what caused it or what it meant. It cited the wrong parts of the brain as being responsible for the comprehension of jokes (should be the cerebral cortex - the prefrontal cortex only creates the laughter impulse). There are 4 kinds of brainwaves - beta, alpha, theta and delta. I don't know where "positive" and "negative" waves come from. And it was unsourced. I'm no brain surgeon, but its better to have nothing than sheer wrong info - at least for the now.[[User:Xandercoon|Xandercoon]] 12:38, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

== Transmission of jokes ==
I think there should be a section on the transmission of jokes, how they spread, and how fast. A lot of sociological research has been published on the subject.[[User:Xandercoon|Xandercoon]] 12:38, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

== Ethnic joke ==

Removed a good piece of [[original research]]. Such things must be properly referenced.

*[[United States|American]] jokes about [[Canada|Canadians]], the French, [[Mexican]]s, or [[Muslim]]s.
*[[Canadian]] jokes about [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundlanders]], Quebecois, Americans, or Native Canadians
*[[Germany|German]] jokes about [[Netherlands|Dutch]], [[Turkey|Turks]], [[East Frisia|East Frisians]] or [[Austria|Austrians]].
*[[Iran|Iranian]] jokes about Turks in Iran
*[[Australia|Australian]] jokes often involve Aborigines, Greeks, the Chinese, Americans, Irish, British and [[New Zealand|New Zealanders]]
*[[Brazil|Brazilian]] jokes about the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] and [[Argentina|Argentinians]]
*[[Portugal|Portuguese]] jokes about [[Brazil|Brazilian]] and [[Africa|African]] people
*[[Finland|Finnish]] jokes about [[Sweden|Swedish]] and [[Norway|Norwegian]] people and vice-versa
*[[Sweden|Swedish]] jokes about [[Norway|Norwegian]] people.
*[[Chile|Chilean]] jokes about [[Bolivian]], [[Argentinian]], [[Peruvian]] and [[Mapuche]] people.
*[[Russia|Russian]] jokes about [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]], [[Estonia|Estonian]], native [[Caucasian peoples|Caucasian]] and [[Chukchi]] people.
*[[Argentina|Argentinian]] jokes about [[Galicia|Gallegos]], [[Chile|Chilean]], [[Bolivia|Bolivian]] and [[Paraguay|Paraguayan]] people.
*[[Mexico|Mexican]] jokes about [[Galicia|Gallegos]] and [[Argentinian]] people.
*[[Netherlands|Dutch]] jokes about [[Belgian]]s and [[Germans]].
*[[Belgian]] jokes about the [[Dutch people|Dutch]].
*[[India|Indian]] jokes about [[Sikhs]] or "Sardars".
*[[Venezuelan]] jokes about [[Andean Region|gochos]], [[Galicia|Gallegos]], [[United States|Americans]] or [[Chinese people]]
*[[Israel|Israeli]] jokes about [[Russian Jews|Russian]] and [[Ethiopian Jews]]
*[[Armenia|Armenian]] jokes about people from [[Aparan]]

Whoever "adopted" this article, watch out: it shows dangerous signs of uncontrolled creeping of well-meaning but inadmissible unreferenced chaotic chat. `'[[user:mikkalai|mikka]] 18:05, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


== dead baby==
since i dont know how to formaly rekwest a page mill just say it here. i want a page on dead baby jokes[[User:I am Paranoid|I am Paranoid]] 23:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

== Bold text? ==

What's this "Bold text'Bold text'Bold text'Bold text'Bold text'Bold text'Bold text'Borhhthghgfhtrghtrghtrtrhtrhtrhghgfhgfhgf text'Bold text'Bold text'Boegr egfld er]]gfat" nonsense? I am not sure what it is so I'm uneasy about deleting it. Could somebody figure it out?

== Polish jokes ==

''Polish jokes'' redirects here, but the article doesn't inform about Polish jokes. [[User:Xx236|Xx236]] 14:44, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


it informs about all jokes. [[User:207.162.58.3|207.162.58.3]] 14:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

== Joke: External links ==

THIS IS AN ADVERTISMENT <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/66.237.109.194|66.237.109.194]] ([[User talk:66.237.109.194|talk]]) 02:41, 10 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

JibJab's JokeBox is the largest database of unique joke instances on the internet. I respectfully maintain that this is a distinguishing/notable attribute that qualifies it for its own (standalone) link within this section.

*I move for the following to be published:
[http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/ JibJab's JokeBox] is the largest database of unique joke instances on the [[internet]].

[[User:Jinf22|Jinf22]] 18:53, 17 April 2007 (UTC)jinf22

== folklore of the United States ==

This Wikipedia isn't about the USA only. [[User:Xx236|Xx236]] ([[User talk:Xx236|talk]]) 13:54, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

== Sample jokes - external links ==

I would like to suggest the joke sites of [http://www.jokesabout.net/ Jokes About ...] the Jokes About network for inclusion in the external links. I see lots of comments on the talk page here for different kinds of jokes, whether they be religious, etc. There are many different categories there. But, I'll leave that decision up to more knowledgeable editors.

== Unparseble, but not therefore funny :-) ==

Sorry, I can't figure out what the clause "When a technically good joke is referred changing it with paraphrasing, it is not laughable any more" means. "Referred" is transitive. Is the intended meaning something like "When an effective joke is paraphrased, it ceases to be humorous"?

[[User:Joshuamcgee|Joshua McGee]] [[User talk:Joshuamcgee|(talk)]] 01:04, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

--External links--
* [http://www.jokesabout.net Jokes About Network] - Examples


Cheers,
[[User:Rob Ross|Rob Ross]] ([[User talk:Rob Ross|talk]]) 02:46, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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