Ah, ‘tis Monday, our weekly Old Joke Day. Fear not: some day I will run out of the jokes from this joke quizbook I wrote in the 1990s, and will have to find something else to do. (And reflect that if some enterprising publisher had actually published this book in the 1990s, you wouldContinue reading “Class Act”
Tag Archives: jokes
Interpreting Artifacts
It has been a while since we delved into the archaeology of humor as reflected in postcard art of the past (as opposed to our rather shallow digs every Monday.) More postcards come in all the time, and some of the jokes are moderately obscure unless you’re old enough, or are thoroughly obscure despiteContinue reading “Interpreting Artifacts”
Have Another
It is Old Joke Monday again, and I find that we are back into the chapter on bars and drinking jokes, which gives me an excuse to use up a couple of postcards I found too late to include in one of my postcards blogs a while back. You remember the rules: these areContinue reading “Have Another”
More On Your Plate
Ah, the first Monday of 2022, and our first official old joke day. (For newcomers, old jokes told the rest of the week are a matter of chance. Don’t think yourself safe just because it’s Wednesday.) As mentioned last Monday, we start again at the beginning of my brilliant but somehow unpublished oldContinue reading “More On Your Plate”
Jest Jumble
This Monday old joke quiz comes from the dainties offered in the Miscellaneous chapter of the original quiz book, which was the LAST chapter. But do not rush to a cliff’s edge, Shortbread Lasagna, I did not use up all the jokes in each of the previous subjects, so we may have whole Mondays devotedContinue reading “Jest Jumble”
Oops!
Ah, the Monday before Christmas, and what can you expect as a surprise gift from your Uncle Blogsy? Old Jokes? Not much of a surprise. Was it? The selection of gags from the Old Joke Quizbook comes from the section covering mishaps, faux-pas, and straight accidents, the sort of thing life tosses at youContinue reading “Oops!”
Easy as A B…um
Why, what do you know? It’s Monday again! Let joy be unconfined at the return of the week as well as another Old Joke Quiz! (Look, get some of that leftover egg nog from the weekend and put it in your morning coffee. Maybe that will help unconfine your joy.) This set of jokesContinue reading “Easy as A B…um”
Paws for a Laugh
I think we should be able to return to our regular schedule of blogs. It is Monday again, and that means another exploration of jokes which are considered so elderly that you should be able to come up with the answer in no time at all. This chapter in my original book on theContinue reading “Paws for a Laugh”
Country Matters
Ah, Monday: the day when I fill your cup with jokes you can use at work through the week. Telling really old jokes is a way to impress your co-workers. Use one of these, and the first thought that will strike your listener is “Wow! I’m listening to a real historian!” Take theContinue reading “Country Matters”
Doctor, Doctor
Well, here it is Monday again, and time for another installment from my quizbook on old jokes. I have finally reached the Psychology chapter, in which I suggested, all those years ago, that someone should just do a whole book of the “Doc! My wife thinks she’s a…..) jokes. I assume someone has doneContinue reading “Doctor, Doctor”
Blogsy Babbles 