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I think of it as The Fool's Journey. I've been asked who the "fool" is. It's me, but in the classical sense of the court jester. Only the fool was allowed to tell the king of his follies. All cartoons are available as prints or originals, framed or unframed, through my website or e-mail. For mugs, t-shirts, and other products visit my gift shop at www.zazzle.com/jcrowtherart* (be sure to include the *).

Monday, December 04, 2006

Those Wacky Cavemen

I've wondered through the years what was the first joke. Not the first recorded joke, mind you, but the first ever joke. When did irony creep into human interaction? Did Homo Sapiens tell Neanderthal jokes, like, "did you hear the one about the two Neanderthals out fishing in a dugout, and the fishing was so good they wanted to return to the same spot the next day, so one of them suggested carving an "x" in the bottom of the boat?" This one acquired an additional punchline when it became a Polish joke, but hey, that was a few hundred thousand years later. Jokes don't just spring up fully formed overnight, you know. I've heard the Egyptians carved some really hilarious comic strips on the walls of their burial chambers, so the dead could have a good chuckle in the afterlife.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

finally my internet is working correctly. Love this cartoon. Wished I had a dime for everytime I have said this, says I grinning.

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