Humour
The World's Funniest Joke
Recently, Dr Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire, UK (where he holds Britain's only Chair in the Public Understanding of Psychology) conducted a scientific project called "Laughlab". An extended experiment was carried out to find the funniest joke in the world.
More than 40,000 jokes were received, analyzed and rated.
After much study and scrutiny, the winning joke - declared by the Laughlab Project as the Funniest Joke in the World - was one submitted by Gurpal Singh Gosall, a 31-year old psychiatrist from Manchester, UK. Here's the joke:
A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing. His eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: "Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: "OK, now what?"
Conversation about this article
1: Hardeep Singh (Jalandhar, Punjab), January 21, 2008, 8:01 PM.
This was not funny at all.
2: Narinder Singh (U.S.A.), January 23, 2008, 9:24 PM.
Sorry, but it isn't very funny.
3: HK (U.S.A.), March 27, 2008, 9:51 PM.
Ha ha ha ... not funny!
4: Grace (U.K.), May 05, 2008, 11:21 AM.
Poor effort!
5: Kulvir (San Francisco, U.S.A.), May 30, 2008, 9:46 PM.
Boring!
6: Harbinder Kaur Nagi (England), August 20, 2008, 9:31 AM.
Next, please!
7: Navreet (India), September 25, 2008, 4:59 PM.
Good luck next time.
8: Parminder Singh (India), October 09, 2008, 2:21 AM.
It doesn't seem to be that funny!
9: Ravindra singh (Oman), June 14, 2009, 4:44 AM.
Bahut koshish kee, par samajh nahin aaya! Wah, kya joke hai?