Cream of Jokes was a competition that ran in The Weekly Irish Times in the late nineteenth century. Jokesters were invited to contribute their best gags – rarely hilarious, often confusing and nearly always dark – each week. Jokes were voted for by readers (by post card) and competitors had to guess the three most popular jokes and their order of merit. “Is he a man of domestic tastes?”“Very; I understand he flirts with the servants!”9. “But if you have broken the engagement, why don’t you send his picture back to him?”“Because I’m afraid he’ll give it to some other girl.”The three most popular jokes that week were: 2, 9 and 1.

Source: The Irish Times March 28, 2019 09:22 UTC