best joke short stories

A good one is that the past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense. It's a short and clever play on words where 'tense' has a double meaning related to time and the atmosphere in a bar.

Well, here is a good one. A snail got mugged by two turtles. When the police asked him what happened, he said, 'I don't know. It all happened so fast.'

There's a story of a duck that walked into a bar and asked, 'Got any grapes?' The bartender said no. The next day, the duck came back and asked, 'Got any grapes?' The bartender, a bit annoyed, said no. This went on for a few days. Finally, the bartender yelled, 'If you come in here one more time and ask for grapes, I'll nail your beak to the bar!' The next day, the duck came in and asked, 'Got any nails?' The bartender said no. So the duck said, 'Good, got any grapes?' This is a simple and funny story that kids can easily understand and enjoy.

Sure. Here's one: A magician was walking down the street and turned into a grocery store. Another one: I used to play piano by ear. Now I use my hands. They work better.

Here is a short joke story. A man goes to the doctor and says, 'Doctor, I think I'm a bell.' The doctor asks, 'Well, have you rung?' The man replies, 'No, I'm still a little ding.' For a more detailed joke, there was a cowboy who rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and left on Friday. How? His horse was named Friday.

Simplicity. A great short joke story is simple and to the point. For example, 'I'm reading a book about anti - gravity. It's impossible to put down.' It gets right to the humor without a lot of extra details.

Here is a short joke. A magician was walking down the street and turned into a grocery store. Another one: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.

Most of them play on words, like homophones or double meanings. A joke such as 'I'm reading a book about anti - gravity. It's impossible to put down.' Here, 'put down' has two meanings - physically putting the book down and being able to stop reading it, which creates the humor.

Here's one. A magician was walking down the street and turned into a grocery store. Another one: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.

There's a joke that goes like this: A man tells his doctor, 'Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'' The doctor replies, 'That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.' 'Is it common?' asks the man. The doctor says, 'It's not unusual.' Another short joke is, what's brown and sticky? A stick.