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[–] Mwallerby@startrek.website 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's brown and sticky?

A stick

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

What's brown and red and sticky?

Another bloody stick.

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's brown and runny?

Usain Bolt

[–] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What’s brown and rhymes with snoop?

Dr Dre.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Why does Snoop carry an umbrella?

Fo drizzle.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Two muffins are in an oven.

One goes, "It sure is hot in here."

The other muffin says, "Holy shit! A talking muffin!"

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

This is my casual go to, love freaking out as the second muffin.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago

I didn’t invent this but I was really proud that I ‘got’ this readers digest joke from the bathroom copy when I was 10? and it’s stuck with me.

Person A is on the elevator and Person B gets on

Person A: “You look like Helen Brown”

Person B: “You don’t look so good in black either”

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What do you call a pig with three eyes?

Piiig.

(Say it aloud.)

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What do you call a deer with no eyes?

No idea

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?

Still no i-dear.

[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That really made me laugh, then I told it to my husband and had even more fun, I was crying/laughing. Thank you. XD

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're welcome!

And based on your user photo, it looks like you have a really good cat. I thought it was important to say that.

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of my dumb jokes don't work in English, but here's some that do:

  • A Buddhist goes to the hot dog stall. What does he ask for? "Make me one with everything."
  • You heard about the claustrophobic astronaut? He just wanted some space!
[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

After handing the hot dog vendor money, the Buddhist asks for change.

The hot dog vendor replies, "Ah, but change comes from within."

The Buddhist then pulls a gun out from beneath his robes and points it at the hot dog vendor. The vendor exclaims, 'I thought all Buddhists were peaceful!' The monk then says, 'Every monk carries with him his inner piece.'

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[–] fool@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 month ago

When I was younger I memorized this in three (3) steps to use at zero (0) family gatherings... is it cheating if my stupidest joke is the only one I can recall instantly? :]

Warning: this joke is so ancient, it's sepia-toned.


An engineer and a doctor were arguing about who had the harder job. To prove his might, the engineer decided to open a clinic, betting he'd be a successful doctor:

"If we can cure you, you pay $500; if we can't, we pay you $1,000."

Of course the doctor saw the proverbial button immediately. The guy didn't even have a license! So the doc went straight to the clinic as his first patient.

Doc: "Sir, I have lost my sense of taste."

Engineer: "Nurse, please bring the medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."

Doc: "Blawrgh! This is gasoline!"

Engineer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back. That will be $500."

The doctor leaves, fuming. But not to be beaten, he goes back after a few days -- he can still leave with a profit if he plays this right.

Doc: "Sir, I have lost my memory."

Engineer: "Nurse, please bring the medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."

Doc: "What, no! That's gasoline!"

Engineer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back. That will be $500."

The doctor leaves pissed. Buuut, doc comes back after a few days


he needs to at least break even, right? So, more determined than before, he brings a cane and says:

Doc: "Sir, I've gone blind."

Engineer: disappointed "Well, unfortunately I don't have any medicine for that. Take this $1,000."

Doc: "But this is $500..."

Engineer: "Congratulations! You've got your vision back! That will be $500."

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's the difference between zombies?

Zombies make honey and zombies don't.

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Apparently I'm too stupid to get even a stupid joke.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Say "zombies" aloud and it kind of sounds like "some bees."

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I figured it out an embarrassing amount of time later.

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago

Never mind. Ignore me. I'm an idiot.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 14 points 1 month ago

The stupidest joke I ever heard that has stuck with me for some reason:

How are Santa and a plum alike? They're both purple, except for Santa.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 13 points 1 month ago

It's green and goes downhill. A skiwi.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

There were two goldfish in a tank. One says to the other "do you know how to drive this thing?"

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Q: Why does Edward Woodward have so many 'd's in his name?

A: Because without them he'd be called Ewar Woowar.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What do you call an elephant that you can only access remotely? A telephant.

EDIT: Damn autocorrect.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I know a great 'knock, knock' joke. Start it off, okay?"

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago

Knock knock

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Whenever my passwords are insecure, I offer them a few encouraging words.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What's the difference between a duck?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It swims faster than it walks.

And the similarities:

Both feet are the same size, especially the left.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's the spirit! Keep trying.

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[–] Kayday@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okay, I was a child of 12 or so at my local gym with a friend. We were talking and some old guy we didn't know came up and asked us this. We stared at him, dumbfounded for a few moments before he said, "it has no legs."
He walked away and I never saw him again.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

He's wrong. The original riddle is making fun of riddles, and so has no answer. Someone, might have been the same guy, walked up to me in a grocery store, as I was looking at mangoes. And he said, "If you eat a mango every day for 75 years, you'll live a long life." And he walked away.

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[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Stalactites hang tight to the ceiling, stalagmites build up from the ground with all their might, but when they meet in the middle? You grab your phone and ya call 'em!

... It's called a column.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's a more complete mnemonic than the one I knew

When the mites come up the tights come down

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

What do you call two mental patients in bed together?

Two nuts in the sack.

[–] SneakyWeasel@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Want to hear a dirty joke?

I horse fell in the mud.

Want to hear a clean joke?

A horse had a bath.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Where did lil Napoleon hide his lil armies?

In his lil sleevies!

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago

Pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel down his pants.

Barman asks why he's got a steering wheel down his pants.

'Yarrr, it's driving me nuts'

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Why do astronauts use Linux on the International Space Station? Because you can't open windows in Space.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 6 points 1 month ago

Woman buying a fish: "Do you have a plastic bag with that?" Fishmonger: "There is already one in the fish mam"

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

When’s the best time to visit a dentist?

Any time before tooth-hurty (2:30) p.m.

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

My dumbest joke is actually a family joke that has built up over the years. Unfortunately it works only in German.

Basically when I was very young I mispronounced a key word in a Christmas carol and hilarity ensued that dogged me to my father's dying day. It developed over the years into this:

Es ist ein Ross entsprungen
Aus einem Stall so alt,
Wie uns die Bauern sungen,
Das Ross entfloh mit G'walt.
Es ist ein kluges Pferdchen
Aus altem Stamm gezeugt,
Das mitten in der Nacht dann
Sich aus dem Staub gezeugt.

Das Ross, das ich nun meine,
War flink und voller Mut,
Es sprang mit einem Male
Hinaus in die kalte Flut.
Mit Hufen, stark und kräftig,
Fand es den Weg hinaus,
Entkam dem Stall ganz leise,
Und rannte schnell nach Haus.

(I apologize to any German speakers for the terrible lyric verse.)

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[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 5 points 1 month ago

Here's a really dumb one I made up that my husband loves for some reason.

Q: What did the leprechaun say when he was kicked in the balls?

A: Menard's!

[–] Kben@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I went to a zoo recently and it was just a dog.It was a shitzu.

[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

What is green, has four legs and would kill you if it fell out of a tree? A pool table.

[–] nuggsy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

What do you call a Rolls-Royce without wheels?

A Royce.

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Tuna.

Tuna who?

Tuna piano and it'll sound better.

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