Sunday 18 November 2012

Part of human culture



Jokes have been a part of human culture since at least one thousand nine hundred BC. 

According to research conducted by Dr Paul McDonald of the University of Wolverhampton, a fart joke from ancient Sumer is currently believed to be the known as world's oldest joke.


 Britain's oldest joke, meanwhile, is a thousand-year-old double-entendre that can be found in the Codex Exoniensis.


A recent discovery of a document called Philogelos (The Laughter Lover) gives us an insight into ancient humour.

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