Funniest Jokes

1. Comedy requires confidence. You need the confidence to try and be funny in public, and sufficient self-esteem to not be dragged down when one of your attempts at saying something witty backfires (which it will from time to time). There's no easy way to gain confidence, but there's plenty of resources out there that can help you develop it over time.

2. Try some storytelling. A good story, laced with moments of humour, is a great low-risk way to build your comedy confidence up. Ideally, you want to come up with your own, based on a real situation that happened to you (don't tell me nothing funny has ever happened to you!) and then work it over in your head and see how you can dress it up a bit with some comedy touches. Just make sure the story has an interesting point, and it won't matter so much if your funny lines don't come off. If they don't, simply rework them, then tell the story to someone else and see if you get different results. This form of exercise is good for getting your brain into comedy gear.

3. Don't try and make every line a 'funny'. Comedy is about peaks and troughs. You need the lulls to make the high points (ie: the funny lines) work.

4. Judge your audience. The subjects you joke about with your friends will likely be very different to what you joke about with your partner, which in turn will be different to family banter. Always be mindful of the people you are with and the environment you are in. There's no hard and fast rules, it's really just intuition.

5. Know when to turn it off. Don't try and be the 24/7 comedian - firstly, because you can't be, and secondly, because no-one would want you to be anyway. You run the risk of becoming the 'class clown', which is not where you want to be.

6. Learn some basic principles. Many people have tried to categorise jokes, with the size of the lists varying enormously. There is simply no definitive way to pigeon hole a particular funny line, but there are certain recurring themes that you can fall back on again and again. Exaggeration is one of the most commonly used methods. The "Your momma's so fat..." jokes maybe a crass example, but serve as a good reference for this principle. Exaggerating something can create a mental image that people find funny. Other useful tools are misinterpretation - taking something someone said deliberately out of context; misleading - taking the listener in a particular direction, then deliberately changing course (many 'classic' jokes are based on this concept); referencing - if something has made everybody in the group laugh, simply referencing it in some way an hour or two later can produce great results, even if your reference isn't particularly funny in its own right.

7. Don't force it. Comedy should never be forced in public. The only time to force it is when writing comedy or doing exercises to improve your comedy skills. Under these circumstances, quantity is better than quality, because you can always edit your work to remove any deadwood later. It's much better to have a page of bad jokes than a blank page - at least you're working your comic mind, and the chances are, there'll be at least one gem in there somewhere.

8. Stay out of your head. Don't spend too much conscious thought on trying to be funny in social situations. The jokes come from your unconscious mind. Let it do its work.

9. Analyse your favourite comedians. Whatever sketches you're particularly fond of, break down each funny line and ask yourself what it is about the line that made it funny. You'll be amazed how often the exaggeration technique mentioned above crops up, for example. Do not, however, attempt to outright copy the style of your favourite comedian, as it will be incongruent with who you are.

10. Learn and practice. There's not many books out there on the subject that aren't geared at wannabe comedians, but it's worth looking around. Absorb all the information you can, then just keep trying stuff out until your confidence builds up. It can take a while, but it can be done.

Funny jokes are a great way to keep us all smiling and looking at life with a positive attitude. Humor is one of God's gifts... we should act accordingly!

Here's a joke which I find really funny...

So there's a guy at a bar, staring blankly at his drink. He stays like that for hours. Then, this big trouble-making truck driver steps next to him, takes the drink from the guy, and just drinks it all down. The poor man cries. The truck driver says, "Come on man, I was just joking. Here, I'll buy you another drink. I just can't stand to see a man cry."

"No, it's not that. This day is the worst of my life. First, I fall asleep, and I go late to my office. My boss, outrageous, fires me. When I leave the building, to my car, I found out it was stolen. The police said that they can do nothing. I get a cab to return home, and when I leave it, I remember I left my wallet and credit cards there. The cab driver just drives away."

"I go home, and when I get there, I find my wife in bed with the gardener. I leave home, and come to this bar. And just when I was thinking about putting an end to my life, you show up and drink my poison."

Hilarious!... but a little dark too! Here's a more light hearted funny joke which I love...

So a blond gets free helicopter lesson. She drives to the airstrip and asks the instructor if she can have her lessons. The instructor teaches her the controls and tells her: "Call me on this radio every 2000 feet".

So she goes in the helicopter and takes off. At 2000 she called him. At 4000 feet she calls him. At 6000 feet she calls him. But, at 8000 feet she does not call him.

He was wander what was going on when he heard a CRASH from behind him. The instructor ran over to the crashed helicopter and asked the blond what happened.

She replied: "It got really cold, so I turned off the big fan".

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