"Traced back to 1900 BC, the Sumerian saying goes like this:
"Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young women did not fart in her husband's lap"
The second oldest is from 1600 BC. Said to be about a pharaoh (King Snofru)
"How do you entertain a bored pharoah? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish."
Dirty, really old folks!"
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@ fubar.
I had always figured the world's oldest joke was, "I just walked in from Mesopotamia... and boy are my legs tired!"
