“How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish.”
The world’s oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC. It is a Sumerian joke.
To read the world’s oldest recorded joke, click here.
Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Tag: Jokes
2 comments:
I have to admit, I'm surprised to learn that we actually know what the Sumerian word for "fart" was.
Eric,
I do not know Sumerian there are some words that convet the same message in any language.
Claude Mariottini
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