What hangs at a man's thigh and wishes to poke the hole it often has?
A key.
/oldest recorded joke in history
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 11:09,
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That's the oldest recorded English joke
The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to the Sumerians in about 1900 BC, and goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 11:14,
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