August 2008 | The world's ten oldest jokes revealed - University of Wolverhampton
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/volossaveroniki on 2023-07-01 13:22:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the UK’s oldest joke is a crude riddle that features in the Exeter Codex and dates back to the 10th Century AD - What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked before?

  • Contextual IdiotEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    This is clever! I know the answer the riddle is alluding to, but the real answer is probably…

    A key!