According to 55 percent of 350,000 people from 70 countries who participated online in Richard Wiseman’s Laugh Lab experiment, this is the world’s funniest joke:
Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing, and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator says, “Calm down. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says, “Okay, now what?”
Richard Wiseman is the author of
Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things
. His web site can be found at
Quirkology.com.
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Comments (1)
Yes--I agree that this could be the world's funniest joke. But it begs the question: what was the world's funniest joke before cell phones were invented?
Posted by Gina | February 4, 2008 9:06 PM