Jumbo Joke: Humor the Way You Like It

Signs of the Light Bulb

How many members of your astrological* sign does it take to change a light bulb?

Aries: Just one -- you want to make something of it?

Another Easy Test

There are only 5 questions, so don't get all excited and confused yet.

Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not. The spaces between the question and answers below are there so you don't see the correct answers until you've made your answer.

OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.

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World's Easiest Test

Why is it so easy? Instead of needing 80% to pass, you only need to get 30% correct answers to pass! Easy! Jot down your answers before scrolling down to check your score.

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An Interesting Observation About People and Sports

1. The sport of choice for the urban poor is basketball.

An Instant Mug Shot Classic

Jumbo Joke has a new sister site, Mug Shot Museum. Today's entry is an instant "Hall of Fame" classic from our new site. This is an actual, real-life mug shot -- but read the brief story first!

What I Learned from the Movies 2

More things you would never know if it weren't for the movies.

All grocery shopping bags contain at least one loaf of French bread and one bunch of carrots with leafy tops.

It's easy to land a plane, providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.

What I Learned from the Movies

Things you would never know if it weren't for the movies.

Large, loft apartments in New York City are plentiful and affordable, even if the tenants are unemployed.

One of a pair of identical twins is always evil.

It's Still a Bad Economy

The recession, which has a specific definition, may be over, but the economy is still bad.

How bad is it?

Understanding Derivatives

We've all heard that "derivatives" caused the financial system meltdown, but few understand what they are. Read this and you'll fully understand them, and the concept of "too big to fail."

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Be My Valentine

A guy walks into a post office one day to see a middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing "Love" stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. The man then takes out a perfume bottle and starts spraying scent all over them.

All the News That's Fit to Print

On February 10, 1897 -- 113 years ago today -- the New York Times adopted its slogan, "All the News That's Fit to Print". That was after the paper ran a contest for a slogan, and here are the rejections.

And this isn't really a joke, per se -- these are real! Most of them could make you ill.

Transferred to Detroit

(I was tempted to add the category "True Story", but....)

On a flight heading for Detroit, Jack was sitting reading the paper when he noticed the guy next to him.

Zero Gravity Bureaucracy -- the Real Story

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they knew ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.

The Lonely Little Brain Cell

Once upon a time there was a female brain cell which, completely by mistake, happened to end up in a man's head.

Stress Management

Just in case you are having a rough day, here is a stress management technique that actually works -- and doesn't rely on habit-forming drugs.