Talk:World's funniest joke

message: The article presented the text as that of the experiment.  Off-hand i like the "filled in" version better, but what is needed is not to improve on the 2nd-best joke, but to quote the experiment accurately.
I've therefore restored the prior version of the joke.  (But thanks for the cop ed, which i retained.)
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If what you mean is that the article is in error, first, say that clearly.
 
Second: The original editor got away with not providing documentation, largely bcz there was no controversy.  If there is now a controversy, the change sought requires verification.  If the Web has that, provide an exact URL (not just the site's front page.)
:The comments above are not mine, but to answer: The article's quote of the joke was in error. It had been heavily paraphrased, and in one place read quite differently. I replaced it with the actual joke that I cut-and-pasted from the LaughLab site. The only change I made was to capitalize an "a" at the beginning of a sentence. You may not be able to see a more exact URL than http://laughlab.co.uk. Click "In second place" link to read joke. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard (talk) 04:31, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have changed it back yet again, removing a reference to religion (read: controversy) and making the joke clearer. Please do not change the joke from its original version. --SweetNightmares (awaken) 14:34, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holmes-Watson 

message: Regarding this sentence:
:The experiment was conducted in Britain, where researchers solicited people around the world to contribute jokes as well as judge them.
Is the wording appropriate? How come it was conducted in Britain if the research covered people around the world? Maybe it should be reworded differently to imply that "British researchers surveyed people from around the world" if that is what is meant here? Is it? --Jūzeris | Talk 16:51, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording 

message: The article claims Spike Milligan created the winning joke.  However, none of the sources support or refute it.  I'm removing the mention and replacing it with a note that Geoff Anandappa Gurpal Gosall (switched first and second places) submitted it, which is noted on the Laugh Lab website itself. However, if someone is sure Milligan invented the joke, they should feel free to add that information, citing their source. Superm401 | Talk 06:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spike Milligan 

message: Have people other than Wiseman done similar studies? Ardric47 18:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We're only reporting that that's how it was described at the time. We have plenty of articles on things titled "The Best X", such as The Best Page In The Universe, but to me the article titles don't imply our opinion. I'm not too concerned about NPOV in this case. There's nothing wrong with LaughLab as a title though. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 07:24, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV considerations? 

message: it's funny that the top joke in Australia is the only one which in fact isn't funny! lol take it easy boys --euyyn 10:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: yes  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.152.60.252 (talk) 14:34, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  lol 

message: Roughly 5 years ago the BBC World Service announced two "winners" of a "best joke ever" survey. I don't have a reference but it may be related to a "funniest joke(s) of the 20th century" collection for a time capsule. From memory here are the jokes.
*A team of scientists are visiting Mars where the Martians turn out to be friendly and interested in cultural exchange. The teams agree to demonstrate how each race reproduces. The Martians show first. A Martian with blue hair rubs the front of a Martian with pink hair, then a door opens on the front of the pink Martian and out steps a perfectly formed Martian baby. Now it is the turn of the earth team from whom a man and a woman have volunteered to demonstrate reproduction. After witnessing the act the Martians ask in confusion But where is the baby? The earth scientists reply We have to wait 9 months for the baby. The Martians say If you have to wait so long for a result, why such a rush towards the end?
*A traffic policeman orders a car to stop because it has three penguins in the rear seat. What are those penguins doing there? the policeman asks the driver. Oh I don't know, they just appeared and don't seem to be doing any harm, replies the driver. Well you must take them to a zoo, orders the policeman. Next day the policemen stops the same car when he sees the penguins are still in it but this time they are wearing sunglasses. Didn't I tell you to take them to the zoo? he demands. The driver replies Yes, I did, and today I'm taking them to the beach. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 14:07, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC Joke Survey 

message: I don't know if this has any relevance, but the "Ugly-baby woman on the bus" joke appeared on an episode of The Jack Benny Program. 141.158.64.33 (talk) 02:49, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ugly-baby woman on the bus joke "origin" 

message: The proposal to merge with Richard Wiseman was made in April 2010. It was Nov 2010 when I came on this page and could find no other reference to the merge proposal, there isn't even the corresponding link in Richard Wiseman's page. Is this still under discussion or can the banner be removed? For the record, I think this is a more general topic than Richard Wiseman so should not be merged. Aarghdvaark (talk) 11:40, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge  to Richard Wiseman 

message: Removed in November 2013, the following section was labelled "Other findings" until it was removed in this edit, seemingly by mistake.
Researchers also included five computer-generated jokes, four of which fared rather poorly, but one was rated higher than one third of the human jokes:"Computer crack funnier than many human jokes", December 20, 2001, New Scientist
203.193.215.252 (talk) 05:23, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Good find, thanks. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 13:15, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 August 2015 

message: There's a wealth of information that could be added to the article in a report here - for example, which cultures preferred which types of jokes, or which countries were seen to be most 'funny'. 90.213.130.249 (talk) 16:27, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Information 

message: Here you will Get some funny jokes|Images|and Many More - for example, which cultures preferred which types of jokes, or which countries were seen to be most 'funny'.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Himansharma1995 (talk • contribs) 08:16, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Read Some Funny jokes

message: An investigation about which joke is the world's funniest, should of course take the language issue into account. The "make sure he's dead" joke is funny, but I think that phrase is difficult to translate in a funny way. So therefore this joke may only please readers with good knowledge of English. For a real contest, it should be compared to jokes in other languages. Otherwise it looks a bit like all those 'world championships' in America with only American contestants. Bever (talk) 20:45, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worldwide perspective 

message: LaughLab official site Nikunj6196 (talk) 04:53, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 08:22, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

text: The request was to add the official site of the topic of this article, but the wrong url was provided.  I've added it now. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 10:10, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , So it a  Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 11:38, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 9 July 2020 

message: In the lead, change  to , correcting capitalization and adding a link. 151.132.206.250 (talk) 18:53, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Jamedeus (talk) 19:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2024 

message: The section currently titled "The jokes" is plural in title and singular in content. It should either be renamed to "The joke", or expanded to discuss more than one joke. 151.132.206.250 (talk) 18:58, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed it to "Winning joke". This section originally contained several jokes but they were removed in 2013 because there were no citations. Since nobody has found a source in a decade it seems unlikely the section will be expanded. Jamedeus (talk) 19:22, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2024 (2)