“I took up fencing once, but I couldn’t see the point”
"I really don't see the point of fencing" is a fencing pun that was posted on Twitter on August 9, 2008. "I honestly don't see the point in the fencing" was posted on…
“I tried playing water polo, but my horse drowned”
Polo is played on horses; water polo is not. A popular joke is: "I tried playing water polo, but my horse drowned." The joke has been cited in print since at least 1968. 18 May 1968,…
“I tried suing someone for stealing my basketball, but it got thrown out of court”
"I tried suing someone for stealing my basketball, but it got thrown out of court" -- a pun also on "basketball" court -- is a joke that was posted on Sickipedia and Twitter on…
“I tried to tell a bowling joke to a friend, but he said ‘spare me’”
Several bowling puns use the expression "spare me." "Want to hear a joke about bowling? Spare me" was posted on Facebook by Jim Abbas on February 28, 2012. "Please, spare…
“I used to be addicted to swimming, but I’m very proud to say I’ve been dry for two years”
A joke about swimming -- and drinking -- was posted on Twitter by Alfie Moore on March 31, 2013: "I used to be addicted to swimming but I'm proud to say I've been dry for two years…
“I used to date a ski instructor. Sadly, the relationship went downhill quickly”
Many skiing jokes have it that things started off OK, but "went downhill." "couple met on ski trip? .things went downhill after that" was posted on X/Twitter by Mick O Callaghan…
“I want to live with the NY Jets. They don’t beat anybody”
A classic sports joke about a losing team (insert any team's name) has a judge deciding custody in a divorce proceeding. The child says that both his father and his mother beat him.…
“I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary” (Yogi Berra Night)
New York Yankees rookie player Yogi Berra (1925-2015) was honored with a Yogi Berra Night on June 6, 1947 at his old neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. Berra wrote in the book When You Come to a…
“I wanted to try water skiing but I couldn’t find a sloping lake”
Water skiing doesn't require a slope (like a ski slope), but there are jokes. "Joe Kowalski hasn't used his new water-skis yet; he can't find a sloping lake: was printed in The…
“I was in NYC and a black guy asked me if the Yankees won…” (joke)
The New York Yankees don't have anything to do with the Yankees of the Civil War, but there's a joke: "I was in NYC and this black guy asked me if the Yankees won, I said, 'Yeah…
“I was playing chess with my friend and he said, ‘Let’s make this interesting’” (joke)
One of the top ten jokes at the 2011 Edinburgh Comedy Awards was: "I was playing chess with my friend and he said, 'Let's make this interesting.' So we stopped playing…
“I went bobsleighing the other day. Killed 20 Bobs”
A popular -- and obvious -- bobsleighing joke is: "I went bobsleighing the other day. Killed/Slayed/Sleighed 20 Bobs." The number of "Bobs" (or "bobs") has varied.…
“I went fishing today with my two friends, Rod and Annette”
Who's the best couple to go fishing with? Rod and Annette (a net), of course! "What do you call a Genestealer and a Sister of Battle fishing? Rod and Annette" was posted on the…
“I went to a drama class and a soccer game broke out”
Many people watching soccer (especially World Cup soccer) have long believed that the soccer players fall down and "act" to draw penalties on the opposing players. "I just went to a…
“I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out”
Fighting has long been a part of ice hockey. Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004) -- who founded Dangerfield's comedy club in Manhattan -- made a popular joke about it in July 1978: "I…
“I went to an acting class and a soccer game broke out”
Many people watching soccer (especially World Cup soccer) have long believed that the soccer players fall down and "act" to draw penalties on the opposing players. "I just went to a…
“I wish there was a chess player named Richard. Everything he does would be a Dick move”
A "dick move" is a contemptibly cruel or selfish action. It doesn't involve a "dick" making a chess move, but there have been several jokes. "Penis-shaped figures on a…
“I won my first cage fight last night. That parrot didn’t know what hit it”
"Cage fighting" doesn't involve bird cages, but there are jokes. "Won my first cage fight earlier today.... Fucking budgie never knew what hit it...." was posted on Twitter…
“I wonder why there are no women transitioning to men so that they can compete in men’s sports”
Men sometimes transition to women to participate in women's athletics, but few women transition to men to participate in men's athletics. "I wonder why there are no women…
“I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger, and then it hit me”
"I wondered why the baseball/frisbee was getting bigger, and then it hit me" is a popular Internet joke of unknown authorship. "I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then…