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One-liner joke

A one-liner is a joke that takes to its heart the principle that brevity is the soul of wit. A one-liner, in the strictest sense, is a joke that is delivered in a single line.

Examples

  • "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies."
  • "If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised."
  • "She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B."
  • 90% of all statistics are made up.
    • Anonymous
  • "If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream."
  • Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
    • Anonymous
  • We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.
    • Anonymous
  • "Take my wife. Please."
  • It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
  • "Politicians are like bananas: they start off green, then they turn yellow, then they become rotten."
    • Anonymous
Last updated: 02-26-2005 20:49:46