The Joke Repository

Some time ago I found myself needing some jokes to give a friend. Sadly I had none.

So when a number came my way, I decided to start collecting all sorts of gems, which has turned into this collection.

The classics

Advice for American tourists in Paris
Mr Scott Williams
Beguiling science
What to do with hotel soap
Curious questions
Why DID the chicken cross the road, anyway?
Political systems

Modern

Thoughts
The intelligence of lawyers
The latest version of Girlfriend and I’ve been having some problems lately
"Computer illiterate"

Work and rest

Warranty Card on Purchased Government Official[tm]
Things you don’t want to hear during surgery
A skilled worker
You know you’re out of college when ...
You know you’re an e-mail junkie when ...
A betting woman ...
Women are complex creatures
The stumper!
A genie
Play ball
Marriage
Cars and computers
How to succeed
To all my favorite femme fatales
The truth about owning a Volvo
Amazing mathematics

Lawyers!

Attorney’s fees
The intelligence of lawyers
The truth about lawyers

Books and bookworms

A bibliophile’s dilemma
Inspiration
Publishers at work
Rejected!
Addicted to books
Announcement: Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge [BOOK(tm)]


The English language

Worst analogies ever written in a high school essay
Definitions
Euroenglish
Glorious grammar
A press release from Microsoft
A guide to scientific communication
Lines from the slushpile
Ode to Spell Checkers
A press release from the White House Lexicon of lies: A dictionary of Hollywood-speak


Goodness knows where half (okay, all) of these jokes started, but I say this to whoever spent the hours typing them up: thanks!


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Last updated: 8th July 1999