The first joke

David asked: What was the first joke? In a culture where we can only read and make fun of customs and habits that we don't always understand, many of the oldest jokes in the world are not funny at all to modern audiences. In other words, people are people, and the oldest joke has been passed down to this day, and nothing seems to have changed during this period-of course, this is a fart joke. That is to say, the first known joke recorded on the Sumerian stone tablet between BC 1900 and 2300 is as follows:

This has never happened since ancient times; A young woman didn't fart on her husband's leg.

This is the second oldest joke, which records the change from bedpan humor to sexual life. About 1600 BC, on the cardboard grass in Sika, "How do you entertain a boring Pharaoh?" You sailed along the Nile with a boat full of young women wearing fishing nets, encouraging Pharaoh to go fishing.

This is the third oldest joke known to the Babylonians. It is recorded on stone tablets around 1500 BC. Considering the lack of some context, it seems quite interesting today, mainly because of its structure, which is the oldest joke known to "Yo" Mom ... (We haven't changed much, have we? ) Fuck you.

..... who had sex with her. What/who is it?

* No answer *

From this perspective, there will be some surviving jokes from time to time, and even some joke books that no longer exist will be mentioned. The first book is a collection of jokes from a social club in Athens. It is said that it was compiled at the request of Philip (382-336 BC). Unfortunately, these jokes have been forgotten by history. Hundreds of years later (during this period, there are some well-known joke books about being lost), we have a Greek joke book, which has been preserved to this day.

This book Philogelos (here, the whole book) can be traced back to the 4th or 5th century A.D., including 265 jokes, one of which shows a wide range of humor. In some cases, the basic joke theme has hardly changed for centuries:

Someone said to an intellectual, "Your beard has grown out now." So he went to the back door and waited. Another intellectual asked him what he was doing. When he heard the whole story, he said, "I'm not surprised that people say we lack common sense." How do you know it won't come in through another door?

Someone joked, "I married your wife and have no money." He replied, "As a husband, it is my responsibility to marry such a monster. What made you do this? A man with bad breath asked his wife, "Madam, why do you hate me?" She replied, "Because you love me. "

A young man invited a lively old woman to his home. He said to his servant, "one person makes a glass of wine, and if she wants, she will make it with another person." Women say loudly like people, "I'm not thirsty."

A misogynist is terminally ill. When his wife said to him, "If anything happens to you, I'll hang myself," he looked up at her and said, "Do me a favor while I'm still alive."

An intellectual charmed his grandmother at night, and his father beat him up. The intellectual complained, "You kept my mother in prison for a long time, but I didn't bear any consequences. Now that you're angry, you found out that I slept with your mother for the first time! ?

Consulting a hot-headed doctor, a classmate said, "Professor, I can neither lie down nor stand up;" I can't even sit down. The doctor replied, "I think the only way left is to hang yourself." "

A student, Dunce, went swimming and almost drowned. So now he swears that he will never go into the water unless he really learns to swim.

A misogynist stood in the market and announced, "I want to sell my wife tax-free!" " When people asked him why, he said, "So the authorities will detain her."

Finally, there are several riddles recorded by the Anglo-Saxons in the 10 century. Exeter Code is usually regarded as the first known English joke (although it is old English) because of their dual nature, Endeley. For example, "what hangs on a man's thigh and wants to poke a hole that has been poked before?" Answer: a key.

And similar themes:

I am a magical creature that women expect, a person who serves neighbors. I didn't hurt anyone except my killer. My stem is upright, I stand on the bed, and there is hair under it. The daughter of a very beautiful farmer, sometimes a bold and proud girl, grabbed me, attacked my red hair, grabbed my head, locked me in a stronghold, and directly felt my experience, a woman with braids. Moisten your eyes.

Answer: An onion.

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