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Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental read more
Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.
A civil servant doesn't make jokes.
A civil servant doesn't make jokes.
The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle read more
The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes read more
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.
A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, read more
A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, it's much harder to make the right jokes.
A joke is a very serious thing
A joke is a very serious thing
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already read more
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded