A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services.
He gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?”
The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: “Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead.”
There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: “OK, now what?"
apparently, this is the funniest joke in the world. i don't think it's that funny though. it's just not that funny to me! definitely not "best in the world" material. i did however think the top joke from Wales was pretty darn good...
A turtle was walking down an alley in New York when he was mugged by a gang of snails.
A police detective came to investigate and asked the turtle if he could explain what happened. The turtle looked at the detective with a confused look on his face and replied, "I don't know, it all happened so fast."
the fact that he got mugged by a gang of snails, or that there would be a gang of snails to be mugged BY, is simply hysterical. so i was on this site talking about how some scientist apparently did this scientific study on jokes, yea, somebody needs a life (uh, me for actually investigating the funniest jokes in the world! yea, and for saying that a scientist did a scientific study...what other fucking study is he going to do?! *sigh* i am silly). but anyway, here's the site:
http://www.laughlab.co.uk/summary.html