“Problem with lawyer jokes - lawyers don’t think they’re funny and others don’t think they’re jokes”
A joke is told about lawyer jokes:
“The trouble with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don’t think they’re funny, and nobody else thinks they’re jokes.”
This joke about lawyer jokes became popular in 1994. The joke has been told about bankers since at least 2011.
Other popular lawyer jokes include “What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start” and “An utter waste is defined as a busload of lawyers going over a cliff with three empty seats” and “What’s the difference between a dead armadillo and a dead lawyer in the road? The armadillo has skids marks in front.”
Google Groups: rec.humor
NEED LAWYER JOKES
Andrew J. Templin
May 2 1994
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It’s been said before; I’ll say it again:
The problem with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don’t think they are funny, and we don’t think of them as jokes.
Google News Archive
5 July 1994, Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal, “The Stroller” by Lou Parris, pg. B1, col. 1:
Quips a wag: “The trouble with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don’t think they’re funny, and nobody else thinks they’re jokes.”
Google Groups: rec.humor
Jeffrey Saul Feldman
Dec 5 1994
As it is well known, the problem with lawyer jokes is twofold:
1) Lawyers don’t think they’re funny.
2) No one else thinks they’re jokes.
Google Books
The Joke’s On—Lawyers
By Stan D. Ross and Ysaiah Ross
Sydney: The Federation Press Pty Letd
1996
Pg. 3:
For the readers of this book I must mention a widely quoted observation: “The problem with lawyer jokes is that most lawyers don’t think they are funny, and most non-lawyers don’t understand that they’re just jokes!”
5 October 1997, Buffalo (NY) News, “PeopleTalk”:
Heard any good lawyer jokes?
The problem with lawyer jokes is that some people don’t think they are funny, and some people don’t think they are jokes.
Google News Archive
28 October 1999, The Daily Courier (Yavapai County, AZ), “Let Markham’s Critics Speak Up In Public” by Mark Duncan, pg. 4A, col. 5:
I’ve heard that the problem with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don’t think they’re funny and regular people don’t think they’re jokes.
ABC Online Forums (Australia)
buggrit
16/05/2002 00:12:35
what’s wrong with lawyer jokes?
lawyers don’t think they’re funny and other people don’t think they’re jokes.
The Telegraph (UK)
Top ten banker jokes
Bankers don’t have much to smile about but Lloyds Banking Group has managed to have a giggle - the taxpayer-owned bank is running staff training at the Comedy School. To share the joke, here are the top ten wise-cracks about bankers:
By Anna White, City Diary Editor 3:57PM GMT 08 Dec 2011
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What’s the problem with banker jokes? Bankers don’t think they’re funny, normal people don’t think they’re jokes.
The Observer (UK)
Bank bonus season set to be a rib-tickler
Why the financial sector will be a laugh this week, IG Group’s solid gold performance, and chill winds on the high street
Simon Goodley
Saturday 12 January 2013
The problem with banker jokes, as the old saying goes, is that bankers don’t think they’re funny while normal people don’t think they’re jokes.