Comments on: The Longest Joke in the World

By: Me

Me — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:58:47 +0000

NO…I want that well-spent [/sarcasm] hour of my life back.

By: Nakari

Nakari — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:20:26 +0000

I think that this is the best pun in the world.

There are small nuggets of humor hidden in the entire story, which, if you are expecting humor, makes even reading the story worthwhile.

The story itself is captivating, interesting, and rather philosophical, not to mention long.

The pun at the end is cringe-worthy, but it is lovely. It wouldn’t be nearly as funny if the joke was simply, “So, this guy knows of a snake named Nate who lives near a lever that ends humanity, and the guy has to choose whether to kill the snake or pull the lever, so he kills the snake, shouting, ‘BETTER NATE THAN LEVER!’”

The joke is funny because it’s long.

By: Anirudh

Anirudh — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:42:22 +0000

OK like the story was cool type and i think the joke sounded funny cuz it got so sentimental in the story

it’s a good story to annoy someone to no end
i wont mind reading another one

three cheers

Nice one

By: ImpostorZim

ImpostorZim — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:00:37 +0000

I was intriguied by the idea of The World’s Longest Joke Ever, so when I started reading I had high expectations. Even after noticing how drawn out the narrative was and how long the scroll bar would be, I read on. Mostly due to the fact that I was actually attracted to the storyline and I get this terrible feeling whenever I don’t see something to the end.
As for the punchline, priceless. Never saw it coming. I don’t think anyone did.

By: lolbifrons

lolbifrons — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:00:46 +0000

I’m so glad this is documented online. Thank you, gaius.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:05:41 +0000

Good story,bad joke :-P

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:27:14 +0000

I approve.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:41:20 +0000

Not worth the time. Awful ending. The pun ruined it.

By: montugar

montugar — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:48:00 +0000

lol i spent 20 mins to read the whole thing and i laughed at how long it took. im sending this to ppl if i want to either:

1. have them read a good short story
or
2. waste their time

By: Kenyyyyy

Kenyyyyy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:18:41 +0000

That wasn’t a joke, that was a story. And an amazing one at that! So well said. Absolutely loved it. So funny too! The pun was awful though.. But so bad that it was funny. Worth reading!