Joke

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February 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Chicken/The Road/The Question of Why/No Joke/No Joke At All

One of the oldest jokes in the world is about why the chicken crosses the road. The answer is different each time. Both a surprise and an inevitability. The finite made to seem infinite. Why does the chicken cross the road? It’s actually the epitome of drama. We watch stories, and tell stories and listen […]

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November 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: A Ham Sandwich Walks Into A Bar…

The old joke has it that if Karen Carpenter and Mama Cass had just shared the same ham sandwich they’d both be alive today. It’s hilarious – because one of them was rather thin, the other not so much. they both died due to conditions of the heart. (I’ve no idea where the ham sandwich […]

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January 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

In-Yr-End-O: Come Again? – The Frank And Filthy Song Lyrics Hiding in Plain Sight Deep Inside Your Favourite Pop Songs

You don’t often hear very good jokes on the radio. Well, I don’t. But then, I don’t often listen to the radio…I do remember hearing one I liked: A woman goes in to a bar and asks the barman for a “double entendre” So he gave her one. Off for a walk after, listening to […]

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November 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Joke

so this guy, right, cruises in to the supermarket, he’s wandering around the aisles. With his basket; the little supermarket basket you get when you haven’t got a big order, but don’t want to carry all the stuff in your hands in case by force of coupon and advertising you still buy slightly more than […]