I sent in a couple of jokes at the start of the week and I haven't even got an autoreply.
Anyone else getting the same sort of crap?
118 118 Need Jokes Page 12
You don't, you'll hear from Jack when Jack's good and ready.
The Sun's finally tried the real joke service.
I see Sooty's iplod gets top billing.
I wonder how many other gags he or other BSG'ers have here?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1986000.ece
I have a joke book with a few of those jokes in it.
Quote: Griff @ November 29 2008, 11:02 AM GMTVery true.
But kudos to Sooty, they've even illustrated his joke now!!
Sooty - surely that's your new avatar?
Awesome! Sootyj may be able to retire on the strength of one joke!
Yeah, I've certainly read or heard a lot of these before. I can remember variations on the patter of tiny feet gag being used by Ronnie Corbett in relation to himself on The Two Ronnies.
I liked the Go and Wash gag though. Is that original?
Quote: John Kelly @ November 29 2008, 11:06 AM GMTYeah, I've certainly read or heard a lot of these before. I can remember variations on the patter of tiny feet gag being used by Ronnie Corbett in relation to himself on The Two Ronnies.
I liked the Go and Wash gag though. Is that original?
After searching here, Lee Henman was the first person to write it on these forums on page 7 of 'Have any of you got full/part time jobs' thread recently.
If he wrote it, well done.
I would say that you could use old jokes as inspiration to write new jokes but not downright stealing/copying. E.g, I wrote this one:
What's Nat West short for? Because they ran out of money.
After reading this one:
What's ET short for? It's because of his tiny legs.
Am I the only one who thinks half of these gags didn't come from 118 118 at all, and that they are just an excuse for some Sun hack to churn out some old jokes they liked?
Several of them seem to be longer than 110 characters for a start.
Quote: Griff @ November 29 2008, 10:53 AM GMTWHO is the gangster who pulls the back of people's pants up? Wedgie Kray.
My girlfriend said she'd like to hear the patter of tiny feet. So I bought her a gerbil.
There's a new computer game about a gynaecologist. Womb raider.
Why can't you borrow money from a leprechaun? Because they're always a little short.
Apparently Amy Winehouse has brought out a new shampoo range. It's called Go & Wash.
My bakery only sells other bakeries' leftovers. It's called Dreggs.
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Those are mine from that lot.
Look on my works ye mighty and tremble.
n.b. my fave last one I sent was, what's the most annyoing Geordie in the garden?
Ant and Decking.
The first two are ancient! Well done on getting cash for them, though!
You gives the audience what the audience wants, but yuh they're all ancient.
except maybe dregs,
So, do you send in jokes that you haven't written sootyj?
I ask that as the 'go and wash' gag I first saw written on here by Lee.
I don't intentionally pinch, the go and wash gag was one of the first ones i sent.
I suspect roughly 2 million people did the old reverse wash and go gag when the advert came out 10 years ago
but the bland style of humour they like will pejudice towards samey humour.
But they turned down my laxative shampoo gag which I way prefered.
Wash and go
n.b. any one lanning to cheat why not check out obscure pre internet jokes books which will be hardewr to check out.
Or just murder standups?
Quote: Nigel Kelly @ November 29 2008, 2:50 PM GMTSo, do you send in jokes that you haven't written sootyj?
I ask that as the 'go and wash' gag I first saw written on here by Lee.
TO be fair I didn't write that either.. 
Quote: sootyj @ November 29 2008, 2:20 PM GMTThose are mine from that lot.
Look on my works ye mighty and tremble.
n.b. my fave last one I sent was, what's the most annyoing Geordie in the garden?
Ant and Decking.
How weird. I also sent in the Wedgie Kray joke and that most definitely is an original of mine - I sold it to a card company years ago. Still, I suppose it's quite an obvious gag.
My girlfriend said she'd like to hear the patter of tiny feet. So I bought her a gerbil.
Wahhhey! I wrote this one.
Now I'M also famous in The Sun!