In a Smiley World 
, there comes a time in every chitchat with friends, relatives or colleagues when the pointer shifts to ‘Jokes’. Some of our ordinary folks come loaded with such extraordinary masala that they transform even the most complex day-to-day issues into simple comedy chuckles.
And all you want to do is to standup and keep bursting over at their laugh-a-minute sitcoms. How do they wield this magic of comic timing? Do they actually take the pain to memorise and rehearse their punchlines before letting loose the barrage of jokes over a guffaw-hungry audience?
Long time back i created a belief that its easy to make girls laugh. Suprisingly, many a pretty face used to blush and ‘lol’ at my seemingly unintentional one-liners that they mistook for jokes. And i was flooded with compliments of ‘you are so charming’, ‘your sense of humour is still intact’, ‘you are so funny’ kind! I wondered whether they really meant it or if it was their backhanded attempt to woo me.
However, I swear by Billions of Bakbak Cyruses, i would often be left mocking like a tongue-tied Bakra whenever my official turn came to tell a joke to a formal audience. So, i decided to loosen up and spot the G-spot of this art.
Memorising one simple joke that came my way, i practised telling it to every soul on every single occasion. I narrated ‘The Joke’ to married mothers, unwed bachelors, young grandfathers, big children without expectation of even a half-smile or a two-toothed grin from them.
Lo and behold! The response was extraterrestrial and unimaginably similar.
They would roll down with laughter. They would hold their sides in joyful madness. They just would not stop their merriful outbursts. Their faces would gleam and eyes would glisten with the ‘Ho-Ho effect’ that joke had on them. It was as if their whole day was ‘made’ just listening to this particular joke.
This would leave me uneasy, wondering where this tremendous power came from. Voila! To hold an audience at wit’s end and induce genuine belly-glee was something only a ‘Laughter Challenge’ participant could do to The Sixer Siddhu.
Was it ‘The Joke’ or was it me? What was it about this seemingly simple joke that triggered people’s Ha-Ha responses? I have still not found the answer, perhaps there is no answer. But i continue to tell ‘The Joke‘. I tell only this one joke and no other.
Wouldn’t you want to listen to it as well? Here it goes:
Two men were standing on different floors of a 24-floor building. The first man was standing on the balcony of the 24th floor. The second man was standing on the balcony of the 1st floor. Both of them jumped down from their respective balconies.
What is the difference between the two men?
The first man (who was on the 24th floor) jumped down and cried ‘Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…..Dhuppp’.
The second man (who was on the 1st floor) jumped down and cried ‘Dhuppp…..Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah’.
Hey, did that make you laugh 
as well?
This is one of those jokes that has no Expiry Date. This same joke will evoke a cackle no matter how many times you tell it to the same people.
Hey one idea! We can actually create a Laughter Chain with just this one joke. Practise telling ‘The Joke’ to as many people today and notice their responses. I’m sure the response would invariably be the same! Laughter is guaranteed.
So go ahead and impress a fussy boss, a nagging wife, a hot chick or a shy guy. Break the ice and let the storm of joy take over.
Of course, thank me afterwards. This will give me enough hilarious merit to want to experiment with another joke that could guarantee laughter and be crowned the next ‘The Joke’.
Pssst, do you know of any?
