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The worlds oldest joke, Official!

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  • 01-08-2008 12:47pm
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    Flatulence joke is world's oldest


    _44882774_charlie_ap226b.jpg Flatulence, farce and pharaohs feature in the list of the world's oldest jokes


    Breaking news about breaking wind: the world's oldest joke is a one-liner about flatulence, researchers say.
    Academics have compiled a list of the most ancient gags and the oldest, harking back to 1900BC, is a Sumerian proverb from what is now southern Iraq. "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap," goes the joke. Randy pharaohs, thirsty ox-drivers and barbers also feature in the list.



    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7536918.stm


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    WindSock
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    We've come a long way since then, thank god (well, some of us have :cool:)


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    WindSock wrote: »
    We've come a long way since then, thank god (well, some of us have :cool:)


    An appropiate name considering the material :D


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