Ok, I guess there are more than one of them...
Depending on who/what you ask, according to the Interwebz, there are two top World’s funniest jokes.
The "world's funniest joke" is a term used by Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertforshire in 2002 to summarize one of the results of his research. For his experiment, named LaughLab, he created a website where people could rate and submit jokes.
The Winner?
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 gun shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says, "OK, now what?
But, if you believe onepoll.com which examined more than 1,000 jokes before whittling them down to a final 50 and getting 36,000 people to vote for their favorites, the winning joke was:
A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: ''Ugh, that's the ugliest baby I've ever seen!'' The woman walks to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: ''The driver just insulted me!'' The man says: ''You go up there and tell him off. Go on, I'll hold your monkey for you.''
I can honestly say neither does it for me, though if I had to pick the first joke is better… but neither is “the best joke” of all time. For me that honor goes to the following joke:
A man walked in to a bar after a long day at work. As he began to drink his beer, he heard a voice say seductively "You've got great hair!" The man looked around but couldn't see where the voice was coming from, so he went back to his beer. A minute later, he heard the same soft voice say "You're a handsome man!" The man looked around, but still couldn't see where the voice was coming from. When he went back to his beer, the voice said again "What a stud you are!" The man was so baffled by this that he asked the bartender what was going on. The bartender said "Oh, it's the nuts--they're complimentary."
So, what do you think? Do any of the three strike you as the funniest joke of all time? If not, what does?