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We know a lot (more than we often like to admit) about great and not so great tattoos, so we feel as though we finally know what we would want out of a tattoo: something funny, clever and intelligent; a conversation starter that we could still whip out in 30 years and gets laughs for. [...]

We have never heard a single “Chicken crossing the road” joke that was actually funny (commenters, enlighten us), nor are we especially curious to entertain their possible motivation for doing so. We know the real reason that the chicken crossed the road was because it had just escaped from the factory farm and was being [...]

If you’re at all familiar with the recurring jokes and comic tropes of the best sitcom pre-AD (Arrested Development), you’ll know that one of Seinfeld’s less well-known but still delightful pleasures are Kramer’s (Michael Richards, yes, that one) entrances into Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment. To illustrate their subtle comedy, some seriously nostalgic person has assembled a [...]

Nothing sells stuff like a clever play on words, as most ad slogans and company catchphrases will demonstrate. And nothing sets an otherwise generic store apart from its peers like an unforgettable pun. This is how we ended up with Best Week Ever’s listicle of The 50 Best Pun Stores, which, amazingly, doesn’t include Buy [...]

Obviously, trying to whittle the field of outstanding Jewish comedians down to a choice twenty will invariably yield some problems, exaggerations and blind spots, and we’re mostly happy with how mental_floss handled the not inconsiderable task. That said, we really don’t like Seth Rogen and don’t understand why he made their list of the Top [...]

We love us some fake news (in fact, over half the things we write on this site are fake…), and somehow it’s especially rewarding being in on a joke story when someone with supposedly more authority and credibility falls for it. Cracked chronicles some cases of just such a scenario with their listicle of 7 [...]

Yes, a good office prank can make a dreary day slaving away in a cubicle slightly less oppressive. If you’re looking for some inspiration for April 1st, check out Best Article Every Day’s listicle of 5 Great Office Pranks. Some of them are way too elaborate to be reproduced, but some are feasible, like this [...]