Oh, that's an old joke!

Scholars at the University of Wolverhampton in England have uncovered what they say is the world's oldest joke, told by the Sumerians around 1900 B.C.

It goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial: a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."

Ok, so the writers were on strike back then.

The second oldest joke, dating from 1600 B.C., is from Egypt: "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish."

The oldest known joke in the English language dates from the 10th Century, and will not be told here, since this is a family site.

Oh, those Anglo-Saxons!

Here is the full list of history's ten oldest known jokes.

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