Loads of Fun with Charming Humor 1988 Jokes
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." —Henny Youngman
Henry "Henny" Youngman was an English-American comedian and musician famous for his mastery of the "one-liner". 1906 - 1988
Little known fact about me: I was supposed to compete in the 1988 summer Olympics in Seoul...
...but I suffered a Korea ending injury.
Did you hear about the big German bakery heist of 1988?
Everything was stollen
I was born in 1988, so you might think I'm a millennial
But please don't assume my generation. I actually identify as a baby boomer.
The Housewife and the Grocer 1988 (cat. no. 62)
A Housewife selected three small tomatoes and was told by the grocer they were 75 cents.
"What!" she exclaimed, "75 cents for those small tomatoes? Well, you can just take them and you know what you can do with them!?
"I can't lady," replied the unhappy grocer, "there's a 95 cent cucumber there."
- Richard Prince
TIL in 1988 the Konami sound department was arrested
They were apparently dealing with Contra Band.
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
After extensive marketing research the Colonel concluded that the franchise would benefit from better traffic patterns on the other side of the intersection.
(from my grandmother's Reader's Digest circa 1988)
