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I've heard a number of jokes which were only funny if you were ignorant of some pertinent fact; in my case, of course, the extra information tends to be legal. Unfortunately, I cannot remember any examples right now, Faldage.
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outside jokes, which would require that there be something one *doesn't know for them to be considered funny?Like, he only thought it was funny because what he didn't know is that it wasn't funny? Does that make the *outside joke an *inside joke for those who DO know it's not funny?  Do I know what I'm trying to say here?
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In reply to:
Do I know what I'm trying to say here?
Unfortunately, yes.
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outsidejokes, which would require that there be something one *doesn't know for them to be considered funny?
Perhaps TEd R's very funny Rookie Cop -- whose punch line requires that you not approach it from the perspective noted by wwh's comment on that joke?
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René Descartes walks into a bar.
The bartender asks him if he'd like a beer.
René Descartes, being a good Frenchman and thinking that beer is suitable only for Englishmen, Belgians and les boches, responds, "I think not!" and disappears in a puff of logic.
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Why do the French only eat one egg for breakfast?
Because one egg is un oeuf.
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Rene Descartes opined, "I stand
Above the beasts because I plan,
Whereas the beasts do not." Of course,
He put Descartes before dehorse.
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Dearest Max,
I followed my hunch (or rather, uncertain memory), and verified that Descartes is the one who said, "I think, therefore I am". So, logically...
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