Korean Job Discussion Forums

[nio]

The Rules:

The joke must NOT involve of any of the following elements:

a) The joke must NOT take advantage of socio-ethnic minorities;
b) The joke must NOT take advantage of an objects or persons stupidity, physical location, appearance, or socio-economic status.
c) The joke must NOT involve cruelty to animals;
c) The joke must NOT involve s3xual connotations, or word sound simularities;
d) The joke must NOT involve the use of chickens *.*

so for example:

"Yo mommas so fat..."
"An english man, an irishman..."
all these jokes break the rules.

The reason for this thread is that I believe 99% of jokes in some way put down something or someone.
Therefore its incredibly hard to even tell a joke that doesnt in some way insult something or someone.

Prove me wrong!

The Prize
A sensation of pride and satisfaction. Similar to that felt when successfully completing a Ruik's cube or a 4000 piece puzzle of sky.

[maya.the.bee]

you spelled "lonely" wrong.

sorry but it's distracting.

[nio]

[Corporal]

and involve, for that matter. Although he/she did have it spelled right once.

[nio]

[maya.the.bee]

how's about these to get you back on topic.

[BigBuds]

How about these:

[Hanson]

Does the joke have to be funny?

How about that bad Korean joke from a thread not long ago:

What does Will Smith eat at a Korean restaurant?

Chiggae - because he likes to get 'chiggae' with it?

[gang ah jee]

So this likely fellow walks into a tavern with a large grin on his face. Says the barkeep: "Why don't you just look like the cat that got the cream, my good fellow". "Indeed, barkeep," says the man. "Why, only yesterday, in my travels did I encounter a young woman tied to yonder train tracks. Naturally, I did what any gentleman would do in such a situation: I untied her, and we repaired to my humble abode for a night of passionate love making." The barkeep is impressed. "By jove," says he, "that's a rum tale indeed. Tell me, was she pretty?" Replies the fellow, "God's truth, I can't rightly say. I couldn't find her head."

[Juregen]

[SeoulShakin]

Read this in a joke book my bf has - not sure if it fits the rules...

Adam was laying in the grass in the garden of eden, after just experiencing his first physical bliss with Eve. Eve had gone down to the river to bathe, when God's voice boomed down and spoke to Adam.

God - So Adam, how did you enjoy the union between man and woman?

Adam - God, that was the best moment of my life. Nothing beats this. I will be forever happy knowing that I got to do that before my time here is over. To think you thought about this, and how pleasurable it would be for me. That was amazing.

God - Well Adam, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's the most sacred of unions, and I hope you respect it in the future. But, where is Eve?

Adam - Oh, she just went down to the river to wash up a bit. She should be back soon.

At this point, God got VERY angry. Thunder and Lightning broke through the heavens, and God's fury was unleashed. Adam cowered behind a nearby bush, and wondered what could have made God so angry, when he'd just experienced something so great.
Adam got some guts, and asked:

"God, why are you so angry that Eve went to bathe in the river?"

God - Well now I'm never going to be able to get that smell out of the fish!

[nio]

guys

The joke must NOT take advantage of an objects or persons stupidity

that rules out blond jokes, and the headless s3x joke.

The Adam and Eve joke, is the first to not obviously cross the line, but its only taking advantage of an obvious sexual connotation. I should ammend the rules...

Sexual connonations are also a nono.

They're just too easy to pull off.

[gang ah jee]

[kermo]

OP, what do you suppose comedy is about?
I'd say it's largely about crossing boundaries, violating taboos, giving the audience the unexpected, giving privileged groups their comeupance, putting the familiar in an absurd context or putting the absurd in a familiar context. I agree that mocking the underdogs isn't that funny, but "stupidity" is a vehicle for creating unexpected/shocking scenarios, which is what creates the chuckle. Without that, you're whittling comedy down to something resembling "wit" which carries with it the horrid spectre of the pun. You don't want us to resort to that, now do you?

[gang ah jee]