9/4/09

Six word jokes

Hemingway wrote this story in just six words: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." He's said to have called it his best work.

But how about a six word joke? Here's one I came up with (inspired by a recent Twitter post):

McCartney! Re: love. We get it.


Got a six word joke? Post it in the comments.

17 comments:

RG Daniels said...

What's this? Oh, it's my rectum.

Mo Diggs said...

KFC=Killing Fat Children

soce said...

I'm so close to making it.

myq said...

"A simile is like a metaphor"
--Steven Wright

myq said...

Coffee? Not my cup of tea.
--Myq Kaplan

myq said...

My brownstone: made of red bricks.

YouJean Chang said...

Why are Filene’s Basements always above ground?

YouJean Chang said...

"History repeats itself! History repeats itself!" - Dennis Miller

Abbi Crutchfield said...

For sale: baby skin, never worn.

Dog dilemma: eat cat poop?

Jonathan said...

Listening to my Now 467 CD...

myq said...

Here's a one-word joke: farts!

Paul McCartney said...

Ruby! Money! You don't got it!

Hank Thompson said...

Answer: Electra, Redenbacher. Question: Ideal threesome?

myq said...

Antidisestablishmentarianism. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Supercalafragilisticexpialadocious. Hippopomonstrosesquipedalian equals fun

Badinia said...

Ostracized: to be rejected by ostriches.

Abbi Crutchfield said...

"NOW That's What I Call Music!"

"Ancient Dog Dilemma: Eat Cat Poop?" (there, now it's six, not five.)

"Hiccups are spasms of the diaphragm" (It's funnier in Swedish)

"Sarah Palin for President in 2012"

"Veiny hands: maternal oppression through genetics"

"Leno Daycare Center: parking lot"

"Once you go black, it's frostbite"

Kevin S. said...

Parents divorced. Therapy followed. Speech therapy.

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