Friday, 2002-04-05
a joke as old as yo' mama
Around AD 450, a book was compiled of 265 jokes. It was called Philogelos or "laughter lover." Remarkably some of the jokes are still funny. Like the following.
A witty young student ran out of money and sold his school books. He wrote to his father and said, 'Congratulate me, father, for I am already making money from my studies.'