Comments on: Rejected jokes submitted to a kids' jokes site http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 23:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1597288 cdh1971 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1597288 Yes, people with type 2 diabetes are posers, or they did it to themselves. I hate these arses who try to make medical conditions into pissing matches or act hot and bothered at the very mention of their pet disorder.  Yes, people with type 2 diabetes are posers, or they did it to themselves. I hate these arses who try to make medical conditions into pissing matches or act hot and bothered at the very mention of their pet disorder. 

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1597066 LightningRose Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1597066  *curtsies*  *curtsies*

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596992 B E Pratt Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596992  How many economists does it take to change a light bulb. None. Had the light bulb actually needed changing, the Invisible Hand of the Free Market would have already done so. Sorry about that....  How many economists does it take to change a light bulb. None. Had the light bulb actually needed changing, the Invisible Hand of the Free Market would have already done so.

Sorry about that….

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596991 B E Pratt Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596991  Two words:  The Aristocrats!  Two words:  The Aristocrats!

]]> By: Frank Lee Scarlett http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596951 Frank Lee Scarlett Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596951 That is glorious. That is glorious.

]]> By: Frank Lee Scarlett http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596950 Frank Lee Scarlett Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596950 Me too! It put me in mind of Axe Cop, written by a 5-year-old and drawn by his 30 year old brother.  http://axecop.com/ I truly was inspired to illustrate some of these jokes though. I'm thinking I'll devote tomorrow's drawing hours to some attempts. Me too! It put me in mind of Axe Cop, written by a 5-year-old and drawn by his 30 year old brother. 

http://axecop.com/

I truly was inspired to illustrate some of these jokes though. I’m thinking I’ll devote tomorrow’s drawing hours to some attempts.

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596830 Dean Putney Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596830 Double points for you! Double points for you!

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596816 LightningRose Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596816  I never miss a chance to pimp my own web site. :)  I never miss a chance to pimp my own web site. :)

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596797 Gyrofrog Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596797  A termite walks into the bar and asks, "where's the bartender?"  A termite walks into the bar and asks, “where’s the bartender?”

]]> By: chris jimson http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596784 chris jimson Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596784 Underwear?  You were eating underwear?  Gross! Underwear?  You were eating underwear?  Gross!

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596776 jimh Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596776 Q: What's grey and comes in quarts? A: Elephants Q: What’s grey and comes in quarts?
A: Elephants

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596601 Lemoutan Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596601 My avuncular duties are long done. I'm magnavuncular now. My avuncular duties are long done. I’m magnavuncular now.

]]> By: carlogesualdodivenosa http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596597 carlogesualdodivenosa Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596597 <blockquote>"What goes on the motor way at 90 miles an hour? a baked bean in a jug" The person who understands this joke has achieved Enlightenment.</blockquote>I thought it was "If you meet the Buddha on the road, tell him he smells of poop."

“What goes on the motor way at 90 miles an hour?
a baked bean in a jug”

The person who understands this joke has achieved Enlightenment.

I thought it was “If you meet the Buddha on the road, tell him he smells of poop.”

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596596 millie fink Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596596 Indeed, much more so than its gendered counterpart, <i>avuncular</i>. Indeed, much more so than its gendered counterpart, avuncular.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596589 Wreckrob8 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596589 Perhaps any means of sending messages through space and time. Kids never change. Perhaps any means of sending messages through space and time. Kids never change.

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596581 Dean Putney Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596581 Did you just ROT-13 encode the answer to a dumb joke? Ladies and gentlemen, Boing Boing's comment section. Did you just ROT-13 encode the answer to a dumb joke?

Ladies and gentlemen, Boing Boing’s comment section.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596579 Wreckrob8 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596579 But koalas and babies both have the cuteness factor, which helps. But koalas and babies both have the cuteness factor, which helps.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596578 Wreckrob8 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596578 Not as funny as the one that my erstwhile epileptic twin brother really hated. "What's green and doesn't fit?" "A dead epileptic." Not as funny as the one that my erstwhile epileptic twin brother really hated.

“What’s green and doesn’t fit?”
“A dead epileptic.”

]]> By: Snarf http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596577 Snarf Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596577 Some of these jokes are excellent! I just might have to sharpen my pencil and try and illustrate some of them. My 7-year old kid made this joke the other day :  A man is holding up a guy at gunpoint and says : "Give me 200 bucks ... if you want to buy this gun!" Some of these jokes are excellent! I just might have to sharpen my pencil and try and illustrate some of them.

My 7-year old kid made this joke the other day : 

A man is holding up a guy at gunpoint and says : “Give me 200 bucks … if you want to buy this gun!”

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596574 Wreckrob8 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596574 Yeah. I thought that. But is it 'things to do with dead babies' or 'ways of killing babies'? Dead babies can't chew razor blades. "What's red and its mouth gets bigger and bigger?" "A baby chewing razor blades." Semiotically it doesn't matter. Yeah. I thought that. But is it ‘things to do with dead babies’ or ‘ways of killing babies’? Dead babies can’t chew razor blades.
“What’s red and its mouth gets bigger and bigger?”
“A baby chewing razor blades.”
Semiotically it doesn’t matter.

]]> By: echolocate chocolate http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596572 echolocate chocolate Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596572 What's brown and sounds like a bell? DUNG What’s brown and sounds like a bell?

DUNG

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596566 noah django Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596566  I heard it as "what do you call a mexican exhibiting duophalism?"  I heard it as “what do you call a mexican exhibiting duophalism?”

]]> By: Shane Simmons http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596557 Shane Simmons Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596557 I would love to hear Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe perform that joke.  Difficulty: comedic timing. I would love to hear Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe perform that joke.  Difficulty: comedic timing.

]]> By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596551 cdh1971 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596551 "You know, if there's one thing I've learnt from being in the Army, it's never ignore a pooh-pooh. I knew a Major, who got pooh-poohed, made the mistake of ignoring the pooh-pooh. He pooh-poohed it! Fatal error! 'Cos it turned out all along that the soldier who pooh-poohed him had been pooh-poohing a lot of other officers who pooh-poohed their pooh-poohs. In the end, we had to disband the regiment. Morale totally destroyed... by pooh-pooh!" “You know, if there’s one thing I’ve learnt from being in the Army, it’s never ignore a pooh-pooh. I knew a Major, who got pooh-poohed, made the mistake of ignoring the pooh-pooh. He pooh-poohed it! Fatal error! ‘Cos it turned out all along that the soldier who pooh-poohed him had been pooh-poohing a lot of other officers who pooh-poohed their pooh-poohs. In the end, we had to disband the regiment. Morale totally destroyed… by pooh-pooh!”

]]> By: mjed mazga http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596542 mjed mazga Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596542 What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A stick!  What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back?

A stick! 

]]> By: allium http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596540 allium Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596540 What's long, brown, and sticky? A stick! What’s long, brown, and sticky?

A stick!

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596537 tubacat Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596537 Took me a minute, but I got it ; ) Took me a minute, but I got it ; )

]]> By: Tudza White http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596535 Tudza White Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596535 Hey duck, you gonna pay for that drink? Put it on my tab... Damn, messed that one up. Hey duck, you gonna pay for that drink?

Put it on my tab… Damn, messed that one up.

]]> By: Tudza White http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596533 Tudza White Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596533 I heard bowling balls, but sand works just fine. I heard bowling balls, but sand works just fine.

]]> By: Tudza White http://boingboing.net/2012/12/01/rejected-jokes-submitted-to-a.html#comment-1596532 Tudza White Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197666#comment-1596532 I must be missing something.  Why is the batman joke too rude for a kid's joke site? I must be missing something.  Why is the batman joke too rude for a kid’s joke site?

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