The
Clown Joke
Once
upon a time there were two (as opposed to three) identical
twins, who, in defiance of all we know about the genetic
basis of intelligence, were anything but identical mentally.
One of them was, quite frankly, stupid, while the other
was very sharp indeed. In fact, he was a master of ready
wit and stunning repartee.
One
evening the stupid twin went to a circus that happened
to be in town. He went early so he could get a good seat
in the front row, right beside the ring, and he thoroughly
enjoyed the experience. He marvelled at the elephants,
cowered from the lions, and gaped at the trapeze artists
in their skimpy costumes; he reacted exactly the way he
was meant to.
Last
of all, on came the clowns. They were his favourite bit
of the circus. All that falling over, all that water,
all those custard pies - it was hilarious. The lead clown
was the most ludicrous of the lot: he had bigger shoes,
baggier trousers, brighter make-up and the most enormous
red nose. And part of the lead clown's job was to make
fun of people in the audience.
So
the clown looked around for someone to hassle, and saw
a rather stupid-looking man sitting right in the front
row. Ideal. He went up to the stupid twin and said:
"Sir,
are you the front end of an ass?"
The
stupid man sat there wishing that he hadn't come, wishing
that the clown would go away and pick on someone else.
He knew he wasn't very intelligent, and he knew he would
come out of this looking very foolish. But he spoke up.
"No," he said.
"Sir,
are you the back end of an ass?" the clown continued.
"No,
I'm not," the stupid man replied.
"Then,
sir," the clown said slowly, letting the audience savour
the moment, "you are no end of an ass!"
The
audience, having a fairly poor sense of humour, erupted
into laughter. The stupid man just wished he could die.
Fortunately for him, the show was soon over.
When
he got home, the stupid man told his brother what had
happened.
"Don't
worry," said the master of ready wit and stunning repartee,
"I am a master of ready wit and stunning repartee. Tomorrow
night I will go to the circus and make that clown look
foolish."
So
the next night, the master of ready wit and stunning repartee
went to the circus, and got a front row seat. Being an
intelligent man, he was considerably less impressed by
the sight of dumb animals being made to do tricks, although
he had to admit that the trapeze artists were rather tasty.
Then
the clowns came out, and the one with the biggest shoes,
baggiest trousers, brightest make-up and most ludicrously
over-sized nose looked around the audience for someone
to make fun of. He could not believe his luck. There,
sitting in the front row, was the stupid man he'd got
such a laugh out of the night before. So the clown approached
the master of ready wit and stunning repartee and asked:
"Sir,
are you the front end of an ass?"
"No,"
said the master of ready wit and stunning repartee.
"Sir,
are you the back end of an ass?" the clown continued.
"No,
I'm not," replied the master of ready wit and stunning
repartee.
"Then,
sir," said the clown, "you are no end of an ass!" The
crowd went wild with laughter. The joke went down even
better than it had the night before, and the clown felt
on top of the world.
But
just then the master of ready wit and stunning repartee
stood up, smiled sadistically and said:
"Fuck
off you red-nosed bastard."
Want
that on a shirt? One of the new
T-shirts say just that.
I got
this nice joke from The Oxford University Company of Archers.
You've probably heard this one before, but it was pretty
funny the first time.
Hey,
if you have a great (or even not-so-great) clown joke,
I would love to hear
it and put it up!!