July 29, 2024 • 5 mins
The first joke ever in the history of the world has been revealed. We’ll give you a couple of guesses as to what it could be about but the first thing you’re thinking of is most likely it. Who knew humans being were such advanced creatures?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Fitting In with Kate Richie podcast. We're
talking about this for a while. The oldest joke? Could
it possibly be the first joke ever told? How far?
Speaker 2 (00:14):
How far are we going back here?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
We've got a rough estimate four thousand years? Oh, it
was documented when ninety It's very very funny. The joke
hasn't matured much.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
And where did they find it? Am I asking too many?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
No, I'm glad you're asking this. The history of joke
nineteen hundred BC. That's not BC. The oldest joke on
record was discovered on tablets from the Old Babylonian period,
which could possibly date back two thy three hundred BC,
so it could be going back even further. And it
(00:52):
it was an area in southern Iraq that they found
this well known for now, you know the Southern Comedy
Festival with Montreal. It's so funny. That's just a couple
of weeks of joy. Now the joke, the joke goes
something like it and it's a proverb warning new husbands
about their brides.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Proverbs warning. Yeah, I mean that's a funny area of movie.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Is very funny. Thing goes on to say, but what
is the oldest joke known to exist. As I mentioned fits,
A team of twenty spent two months going back and
looking at the history of comedy and jokes. This is
where they dated it too.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
You're really building it up. I mean, I don't want
to put any more pressure on you, but better be good.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
The joke and what was inscribed on the wall was
picture two words tom ivey. No, it wasn't guys mate.
It goes something along the lines of here we are.
I would get up. Let's say it's an old Babylonian
comedy night right, what.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Are you wearing?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Is that the joke? No doing some stuf? And you
stood up and I go, hey, something which has never
occurred since time a young woman did not fart in
her husband's lap.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
That that is the biggest loaded the tray A joke
was the first ever joke.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I believe that, actually, I actually believe that because it
is as funny as.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Time is it.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
It is because if you were to ask the question
even before, let's say, humans couldn't speak, but they could
still make a funny noise and they'd lie in bettert
no with a funny result. And they let's say they
couldn't even talk, they would still find comedy in that
someone would be the biggest comedian. Classic course it again,
(02:49):
mister left, what is it? Who was the guy? Mister
So you.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Mean like the sound is funny?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Or do you think they would at the beginning of
time they'd still do the sometimes pull my finger where
it's and it's not me like it's silent, completely silent,
and then just wait for the effect.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Wait for the aftershock.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Serious crops, you crop dusted. That's not me. I'm not
talking about me. I wouldn't even know where to be.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
We were playing a game of Runo last night as
we all sat on the floor in a circle. Now
no one has put their hand up. Who caused the
absolute murderous situation as we all had to put our
cards down and leave the room. Some suggest that it
was tactical to look at other people's cards, but it
was a clearer yeah. And then what was laughter? There
was laughter, And I thought at the time they would
(03:45):
have the Babylonians would have been laughing at I would.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Have loved this.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
We still haven't broken down the unpacked the whatever you
call it. What do you do about the joke.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
You unpack us? Something's obviously happened, and then the guy
has had to turn around and say that a young
woman and did not find in her husband's lab Where
did that sound come from?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
No, I think the joke. Actually, I'm going to have
a go. Let me have a look at it again.
I think what their meaning is. Any young woman who
is going to let fluffy off the chain.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Is never going to have a husband. Isn't that the joke?
Speaker 3 (04:20):
It's like a oh, isn't that like it never happened
something which has never occurred since since the beginning of time.
A young woman did not fluffy her husband's lap because
a young woman who does such things would never find
herself a husband.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yes, I think you're right, Kane.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
I think that's the joke.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
It's a lesson. There's a lesson in there as.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Well, is there If you don't want a husband, keep
your bumpshut.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
No, do the opposite, don't sit, must open crop dust,
do it from abouteen meters away and just go.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
You'll never find a man if you have flatulence. There
you go. I said it.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
That's me seeing anyone at the moment. Very windy in
the afternoon, we laughed, don't we cap.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I mean good joke Mate, great joke.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Where do we go from here? It's in Whipper with Kate.
Ritchie is a Nova podcast walk great shows like this.
Download the Nova player, Fire, the app store, or Google Play.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
The
This is the Fitting In with Kate Richie podcast. We're
talking about this for a while. The oldest joke? Could
it possibly be the first joke ever told? How far?
Speaker 2 (00:14):
How far are we going back here?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
We've got a rough estimate four thousand years? Oh, it
was documented when ninety It's very very funny. The joke
hasn't matured much.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
And where did they find it? Am I asking too many?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
No, I'm glad you're asking this. The history of joke
nineteen hundred BC. That's not BC. The oldest joke on
record was discovered on tablets from the Old Babylonian period,
which could possibly date back two thy three hundred BC,
so it could be going back even further. And it
(00:52):
it was an area in southern Iraq that they found
this well known for now, you know the Southern Comedy
Festival with Montreal. It's so funny. That's just a couple
of weeks of joy. Now the joke, the joke goes
something like it and it's a proverb warning new husbands
about their brides.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Proverbs warning. Yeah, I mean that's a funny area of movie.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Is very funny. Thing goes on to say, but what
is the oldest joke known to exist. As I mentioned fits,
A team of twenty spent two months going back and
looking at the history of comedy and jokes. This is
where they dated it too.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
You're really building it up. I mean, I don't want
to put any more pressure on you, but better be good.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
The joke and what was inscribed on the wall was
picture two words tom ivey. No, it wasn't guys mate.
It goes something along the lines of here we are.
I would get up. Let's say it's an old Babylonian
comedy night right, what.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Are you wearing?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Is that the joke? No doing some stuf? And you
stood up and I go, hey, something which has never
occurred since time a young woman did not fart in
her husband's lap.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
That that is the biggest loaded the tray A joke
was the first ever joke.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I believe that, actually, I actually believe that because it
is as funny as.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Time is it.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
It is because if you were to ask the question
even before, let's say, humans couldn't speak, but they could
still make a funny noise and they'd lie in bettert
no with a funny result. And they let's say they
couldn't even talk, they would still find comedy in that
someone would be the biggest comedian. Classic course it again,
(02:49):
mister left, what is it? Who was the guy? Mister
So you.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Mean like the sound is funny?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Or do you think they would at the beginning of
time they'd still do the sometimes pull my finger where
it's and it's not me like it's silent, completely silent,
and then just wait for the effect.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Wait for the aftershock.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Serious crops, you crop dusted. That's not me. I'm not
talking about me. I wouldn't even know where to be.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
We were playing a game of Runo last night as
we all sat on the floor in a circle. Now
no one has put their hand up. Who caused the
absolute murderous situation as we all had to put our
cards down and leave the room. Some suggest that it
was tactical to look at other people's cards, but it
was a clearer yeah. And then what was laughter? There
was laughter, And I thought at the time they would
(03:45):
have the Babylonians would have been laughing at I would.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Have loved this.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
We still haven't broken down the unpacked the whatever you
call it. What do you do about the joke.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
You unpack us? Something's obviously happened, and then the guy
has had to turn around and say that a young
woman and did not find in her husband's lab Where
did that sound come from?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
No, I think the joke. Actually, I'm going to have
a go. Let me have a look at it again.
I think what their meaning is. Any young woman who
is going to let fluffy off the chain.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Is never going to have a husband. Isn't that the joke?
Speaker 3 (04:20):
It's like a oh, isn't that like it never happened
something which has never occurred since since the beginning of time.
A young woman did not fluffy her husband's lap because
a young woman who does such things would never find
herself a husband.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yes, I think you're right, Kane.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
I think that's the joke.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
It's a lesson. There's a lesson in there as.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Well, is there If you don't want a husband, keep
your bumpshut.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
No, do the opposite, don't sit, must open crop dust,
do it from abouteen meters away and just go.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
You'll never find a man if you have flatulence. There
you go. I said it.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
That's me seeing anyone at the moment. Very windy in
the afternoon, we laughed, don't we cap.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I mean good joke Mate, great joke.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Where do we go from here? It's in Whipper with Kate.
Ritchie is a Nova podcast walk great shows like this.
Download the Nova player, Fire, the app store, or Google Play.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
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