Lelucon Tertua di Dunia

Humor esek-esek atawa jorok ternyata bukan monopoli manusia bejat di zaman modern yang penuh dekadensi moral ini. Sebuah penelitian yang dilakukan oleh University of Wolverhampton, Inggris, menemukan lelucon tertua di dunia berasal dari Sumeria, Irak, 3900 tahun yang lalu.

Jujur saja, saya tidak merasa itu lucu, tapi itu mungkin disebabkan karena adanya perbedaan konteks sosial yang SANGAT BESAR selama 4 milenia terakhir. Namun humor orang Inggris di abad ke-10 yang ‘nyerempet-nyerempet selangkangan’ , harus saya akui, sempat membuat saya terpingkal-pingkal.

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Lelucon Terlucu di Dunia

clipped from news.yahoo.com It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq and goes: “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.” A 1600 BC gag about a pharaoh, said to be King Snofru, comes second — “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 oldest British joke dates back to the 10th Century and reveals the bawdy face of the Anglo-Saxons — “What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked before? Answer: A key.” “Jokes have varied over the years, with some taking the question and answer format while others are witty proverbs or riddles,” “What they all share however, is a willingness to deal with taboos and a degree of rebellion. Modern puns, Essex girl jokes and toilet humor can all be traced back to the very earliest jokes identified in this research.”