Stop Me If You’ve Heard This

Jim Holt, author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This explains where jokes come from, whilst sharing a few of the best jokes from over the past 2,000 years.
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“There was no existing history of jokes,” not until now. Where do jokes come from? And have we always laughed at the same things? Jim Holt, author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This explains all… whilst sharing a few of the best jokes from over the past 2,000 years.

A man sits in a barber’s chair. The barber asks him “So, how would you like it cut?”

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Samiat Pedro
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Samiat Pedro is a writer living in North London. She is currently part of Poesy – delivering a fresh brand of bi-monthly poetry and jazz events to the London community.