Talk:Joke

International joke day?

At least one source claims it originated as a promotional campaign for someone's joke book in the mid 1990s. Should the day be in the article? TooManyFingers (talk) 14:14, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

I added a tentative source on this, but frankly, it's unclear that anyone actually celebrates this day at all, so the section probably should be removed. CliffExcellent (talk) 23:08, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

Unless someone can write up an article, it does not belong to this generic page, per WP:UNDUE. --Altenmann >talk 23:19, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

It's gone CliffExcellent (talk) 00:16, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

The "numbskull"

In the "Classification systems" section, we have this:

obsolete actors (e.g., numbskull)

But is the stock "numbskull character" really obsolete? The word itself is out of fashion, but it seems to me that the concept is still in use. Regardless of fashion and regardless of moral issues, people find ways to continue to ridicule each other. TooManyFingers (talk) 14:43, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Punchlines vs. Ezra Pound

Pound's very short poem In A Station of the Metro seems to me to match all of the structures and functions described in the "Telling Jokes / Punchline" section of this article, including the most important one - the listener or reader has to retrospectively reinterpret the "setup" after they hear the "punchline". Pound even stuck (extremely strictly) to the direction that the narrative must be kept succinct. It seems to me that the only difference is that this poem isn't funny but a good joke is funny. I think carefully comparing this "pseudo-joke" (a correctly constructed and fully functional joke whose effect is analogous to humour but isn't humour) with real jokes might lead to a clearer understanding of what "funny" actually is. TooManyFingers (talk) 17:51, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Minor typo

On the electronic section, the letter a in " a :-)" links to the smileys article. I think only the smiley should. 96.8.248.148 (talk) 10:58, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

"Funny jokes" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Funny jokes has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 November 24 § Funny jokes until a consensus is reached. QuietCicada - Talk 21:22, 24 November 2023 (UTC)