One thing that I have noticed since the invention of the internet is that we have lost our ability to tell a joke. Also, it used to be ( before the internet) a big deal to tell a joke that hadn't been heard before. People would say, "Tell me if you heard this one". It was very good to tell a joke that hadn't been heard before. That art, or ability has been lost because we can so easily read, forward and forget a joke. Trust me young folks, it used to be very impressive to have a bank of jokes, and the people who could remember and tell jokes were very popular because they were great entertainment. I know you don't know this, but, some people are better at telling jokes than others. This whole generation of people who grew up using the internet has no idea how to tell a joke and no idea how some people were better at telling them than others. It used to be like " Here comes Uncle Bob, he always knows a good joke". It isn't like that any more, and that is something we lost with the internet. When was the last time YOU told a JOKE?
So my friends, I would like it if you told (Yes, verbally) a joke to someone. Can you do it?
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You are right! My husband is one of the few people I've met that can still tell a good joke. He used to be "king" of the joke tellers when he was in the service.
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