1001 One-Liners - Tibballs Geoff

Short, quick-fire jokes have been popular for centuries. Indeed the world's oldest surviving joke book, the Philogelos, which was written in Ancient Greek, contains this classic doctor joke:Patient: "Doctor! When I wake up I'm all dizzy. Then after half an hour I feel fine."Doctor: "Well, wait half an hour before waking up."Meanwhile in Rome, they had a gag for every occasion, from senate orations and lavish feasts to throwing Christians to the lions. A Cicero stand-up gig was the hottest ticket... Zobrazit více