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    What is the earliest known joke?

    Question #113129. Asked by unclerick. (Feb 28 10 1:07 AM)


    Datsmeharse

    		According to this site, it's:
    "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."
    1900 BC Sumerian
    http://www.bananasinpyjamas.com/news/stories/2008/07/31/2319872.htm

    You could also make a case for the platypus, though attribution is typically cause for debate.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus

    Feb 28 10, 11:01 AM
    Baloo55th

    		Probably lost something in translation....

    Feb 28 10, 4:13 PM
    serpa

    		The Earliest joke caught on film:

    L'Arroseur Arrosé (also known as The Waterer Watered and The Sprinkler Sprinkled) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent comedy film ...It has the distinction of being the earliest known instance of film comedy, as well as the first use of film to portray a fictional story.

    Shot in Lyon in the spring of 1895, the film portrays a simple practical joke in which a gardener is tormented by a boy who steps on the hose that the gardener is using to water his plants, cutting off the water flow. When the gardener tilts the nozzle up to inspect it, the boy releases the hose, causing the water to spray him. The gardener is stunned and his hat is knocked off, but he soon catches on. A chase ensues, both on and off-screen (the camera never moves from its original position) until the gardener catches the boy and administers a spanking. The entire film lasts only 49 seconds, but this simple bit of slapstick may be the forerunner of all subsequent film comedy.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Arroseur_Arrosé

    Feb 28 10, 4:22 PM
    author

    		Flatulence humour has a long history.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulence_humour

    Mar 02 10, 6:55 AM

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