Humor in the Wild

Actual jokes told by real people overheard in a natural setting

When collected: December 23, 2007

Where collected: Aboard Delta Airlines flight 1222 from Los Angeles to Cincinnati

Who told the joke: A man in seat 4-A

Who he told the joke to: A flight attendant

Additional audience: A man in seat 4-B

What was the joke: (re: flight attendant gathering meal trays) “Guess you don’t have three arms, huh?”

Laugh response on a scale from 1 (no laughter) to 10 (uproar): 3

Note: a large percentage of the laughter was generated by the man telling the joke

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