{"id":3700,"date":"2002-10-03T20:14:33","date_gmt":"2002-10-04T01:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2002-10-03T20:14:33","modified_gmt":"2002-10-04T01:14:33","slug":"lord_ha_ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/03\/lord_ha_ha.html","title":{"rendered":"Lord Ha-Ha"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world’s funniest joke? The world’s least funny joke? The funniest jokes by country? We have scientific proof!<\/a> Wow!<\/p>\n

After 40,000 submitted jokes from 70 countries, and 2 million comments, here, at long last, is the scientific result<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other man pulls out his phone and calls emergency services.
\nHe gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator in a calm, soothing voice replies: “Take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.”
\nThere is a silence, then a shot is heard.
\nBack on the phone, the hunter says, “Okay, now what?” <\/p>\n

The others (some of them, at least) are better. Or worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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