{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-joke","title":"A History Of The Joke","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever wondered what kind of jokes our ancient ancestors told? The following is recorded on an Egyptian papyrus text dated between the eighteenth and sixteenth century BCE:\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eMan is even more eager to copulate than a donkey, his purse is what restrains him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt killed them four thousand years ago!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHumans have likely told jokes since they could speak and as language evolved so too did the sophistication of the jokes. A History of the Joke traces its journey from ancient one-dimensional riddle to the variety of complex, and not so, modern types. A journey illustrated by almost nine hundred jokes, which makes it a book of jokes and a book about jokes. \u003cbr\u003e\nIt also details when and why particular joke types were created, and as folklore what they reveal about a society. It is not, and never has been, just a joke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS JOKES OF AN EXPLICIT NATURE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44225992097953,"sku":"9780244116811","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1z9qy477-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1713688789","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-joke","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}