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The 31 funniest one line jokes to cheer you up after the US election result

The 31 funniest one line jokes to cheer you up after the US election result

Warning: Post contains swear words and adult themes.

All comedy is subjective, so that headline is bollocks.

Let's rephrase it.

We've had a quick scout around the internet for the best one-liners we could find and these were the ones that made us chortle. God knows we could all do with a laugh.

We hope they do the same for you.

1.

My wife told me: ‘Sex is better on holiday.’ That wasn’t a very nice postcard to receive.

  • Joe Bor

2.

Jesus fed 5,000 people with two fishes and a loaf of bread. That's not a miracle. That's tapas.

  • Mark Nelson

3.

I like Jesus but he loves me, so it's awkward.

  • Tom Stade

4.

He said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and put it in a library. ' I thought 'That's a turn-up for the books.

  • Tommy Cooper

5.

British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough, use an ashtray.

  • Jimmy Carr

6.

My parents are from Glasgow which means they're incredibly hard, but I was never smacked as a child. Well, maybe one or two grams to get me to sleep at night.

  • Susan Murray

7.

Standing in the park, I was wondering why a Frisbee gets larger the closer it gets. Then it hit me.

  • Stewart Francis

8.

My name is Fin, which means it's very hard for me to end emails without sounding pretentious.

  • Fin Taylor

9.

I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought: 'This could be interesting'.

  • Paddy Lennox

10.

For my birthday I got myself glasses. So my observational comedy’s really improved.

  • Sara Pascoe

11.

I got an odd-job man in. He was useless. Gave him a list of eight things to do and he only did numbers one, three, five and seven.

  • Stephen Grant

12.

I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

  • Nick Helm

13.

I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

  • Tommy Cooper

14.

I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa.

  • Rob Auton

15.

I had an argument with one of the seven dwarfs. He wasn’t happy.

  • Rebecca Humphries

16.

The early bird gets the worm but the late worm gets to live.

  • Jonny Lennard

17.

If I discovered a new animal I’d call it a Quorn to mess with vegetarians.

  • Jim Campbell

18.

A lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a train-load of terrapins, I thought 'That's a turtle disaster'.

  • Tommy Cooper

19.

I’ve decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.

  • Tim Vine

20.

Hedgehogs – why can’t they just share the hedge?

  • Dan Antolpolski

21.

You can’t lose a homing pigeon. If your homing pigeon doesn’t come back, then what you’ve lost is a pigeon.

  • Sara Pascoe

22.

My dad said, always leave them wanting more. Ironically, that’s how he lost his job in disaster relief.

  • Mark Watson

23.

So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'.

  • Tommy Cooper

24.

I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!

  • Stewart Francis

25.

The anti-ageing advert that I would like to see is a baby covered in cream saying, ‘AAAAH, I’ve used too much!!'

  • Andrew Bird

26.

I could tell my parents hated me, my bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

  • Rodney Dangerfield

27.

I have a lot of growing up to do. I realised that the other day inside my fort.

– Zach Galifianakis

28.

I'm on a whiskey diet. I've lost three days already.

– Tommy Cooper

29.

My dad suggested I register for a donor card. He's a man after my own heart

- Masai Graham

30.

I met a painter who only paints using Japanese rice wine, but it was just saké for art’s sake.

- Phil Mann

31.

This bloke said to me: ‘I’m going to attack you with the neck of a guitar.’ I said: ‘Is that a fret?’

- Tim Vine

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