Thursday, January 15, 2009

Very Old Jokes

Like, older than Henny Youngman jokes. Archeologists have dug up an ancient Greek jokebook dating from the 4th Century. It's called Philogelos: The Laugh Addict. So if you hear Carlos Mencia doing Spartan jokes, you know where he got them. A sample: A misogynist is attending to the burial of his wife, who has just died, when someone asks: "Who is it who rests in peace here?". He answers: "Me, now that I'm rid of her!" Boy, comedy sure has evolved over the last 1500 years!

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