Types of Humor

Reader's Digest just published the "Best Jokes in the World" in their most recent issue. That got me thinking, how do you really compare jokes. I mean, to me, a simple "TWSS" placed at a right place, with the right people, and at the right time always cracks me up; sometimes more than the jokes listed.

Also, there's the issue of different cultures. Chinese humur is distinctly different from American humor. So is European from SE Asia etc. How do you really compare the "funniest" jokes without understanding a culture first?

Here's a sampling (try to match it to their respective countries):

Due to the recession, to save on energy costs, the light at the endof the tunnel will be turned off. -God

My cousin always "borrows" money from her older brother's piggy bank, which drives him crazy. ONe day, she found the piggy in, of all places, the refrigerator. Inside was this note: "Dear sister, I hope you'll understand, but my capital has been frozen."

Visiting the countryside on a hunting trip, the well-dressed man from S_____ takes aim and shoots a duck. But the fowl drops into a farmer's field, and the farmer claims it. Since both want it, the farmer suggests settling the dispute with an old fashioned hick-kick. "I kick you as hard as I can in the crotch, then you do the same to me," he explains. "Whoever screams the least gets the bird."
The city man agrees. So the farmer winds up and delivers a crushing blow to the man's privates, and he collapses to the ground. Twenty minutes later, when he finally manages to stand, he gasps, "My turn."
"Nah," says the farmer, turning away. "You can keep the duck."


A priest, a minister, and a rabbi want to see who's best at his job. So they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together. The priest begins: "When I found the bear, I read to him from the Catechism and sprinkled him with holy water. Next week is his First Communion."
"I found a bear by the stream," says the minister, "and preached God's Holy Word. The bear was so mesmerized that he let me baptize him."
They both look down at the rabbi, who is lying on a gurney in a body cast. "Looking back," he says, "maybe I shouldn't have started with the circumcision."

Stewie wants everything to be perfect for his anniversary trip to the hotel where he and his wife honeymooned 30 years earlier. So he gets there a day early to make all the arrangements. That night, he e-mails her but misspells the address and it goes to a recent widow.
The next day, the widow's son finds his mother passed out in front of her computer. On the screen is this e-mail: "My darling wife, I've just gotten here and everything's set for your arrival tomorrow. I hope your trip down here will be as pleasant as mine.
"P.S. It's really hot!" 

Joe, Mike, Mary, and Tom were talking about their dream jobs. "I want to be a lawyer," Joe began, "so that I can defend my countrymen."
"I want to be a congressman," said Mike, "so I can draft laws to benefit my countrymen." "I want to be a doctor," said Mary, "so that I can cure my countrymen."
"How about you, Tom? What would you like to be?" asked Joe.
Tom thought a moment and replied, "I'd like to be a countryman."

The choices of countries are (in alphabetical order): China, Finland, Philippines, Russia, Sweden,United States

Here's the originals.

-runiteking1

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