Why bad jokes are easier to remember than the good ones

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5032755/Why-bad-jokes-are-easier-to-remember-than-the-good-ones.html ^ | 22 Mar 2009 | Lucy Cockcroft

[aruanan]

An old one from junior high:

Q: How do elephants hide?
A: They paint their balls red and hide in cherry trees.
Q: How did Tarzan die?
A: Picking cherries.

[aruanan]

What are the fish eating after the Challenger flight? Blackened astronaut.

The ad for Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment: Roommate included, some assembly required.

[bert]

Hillary Clinton

Ha, I just cant remember the lead

[jellybean]

A new guy in town walks into a bar and reads a sign that hangs over the bar.

FREE BEER FOR THE PERSON WHO CAN PASS OUR TEST!

So the guy asks the bartender what the test is. The Bartender replies "Well, first you have to drink that whole gallon of pepper tequila, the whole thing at once and you can't make a face while doing it. Second, there's a 'gator out back with a sore tooth...you have to remove it with your bare hands. Third, there's a woman up-stairs who's never had an orgasm. You gotta make things right for her."

The guy says, "Well, as much as I would love free beer, I won't do it. You have to be nuts to drink a gallon of pepper tequila and then get crazier from there. Well, as time goes on and the man drinks a few, he asks, "Wherez zat teeqeelah?"

He grabs the gallon of tequilla with both hands, and downs it with a big slurp and tears streaming down his face. Next, he staggers out back and soon all the people inside hear the most frightening roaring and thumping, then silence.

The man staggers back into the bar, his shirt ripped and big scratches all over his body. "Now" he says "Where's that woman with the sore tooth?"