To follow up the rather confusing Joe Miller collection of questionable humor, Louis Untermeyer offers another loose collection of jokes, but with a caveat provided by Josh Billings:
There is little chance of agreement among experts on humor. Or, rather, there are no experts; the only real test is personal taste.
That goes especially for the jokes in this section, which Untermeyer calls “Joe Miller’s Grandchildren.” Here are a few examples:
Yeah. The jokes don’t get much better than that. Well, they do, but not in this collection. Behold:
You’re larffing on the inside, I can tell.
What the hell. One more:
[rimshot]
Only one thing to say to that:
There is little chance of agreement among experts on humor. Or, rather, there are no experts; the only real test is personal taste.
That goes especially for the jokes in this section, which Untermeyer calls “Joe Miller’s Grandchildren.” Here are a few examples:
It was in the hills of Kentucky that a traveler saw a farmer holding a pig in his arms so that the creature could eat the apples right off the tree.
“Won’t it take a long time to fatten your hog that way?” asked the traveler.
“I suppose so,” replied the farmer. “But what’s time to a durned old hog?”
Yeah. The jokes don’t get much better than that. Well, they do, but not in this collection. Behold:
“Did you hear about the woman who married four times? Her first husband was a millionaire. Her second was a famous actor. Her third was a well-known minister. And her last was an undertaker.”
“I see. One for the money; two for the show; three to get ready; and four to go.”
You’re larffing on the inside, I can tell.
What the hell. One more:
“Why do you act so unhappy? Anything wrong?”
“I had to shoot my dog.”
“Was he mad?”
“He wasn’t exactly pleased about it.”
[rimshot]
Only one thing to say to that:
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