Im reading a book on comedy writing and they tell you in one exercise to construct your own jokes and put them on the web to get feedback. The one below is one of them. Can you rate it from a scale from one to 10 and tell me why or why not it was funny. Be completely honest so I can improve this skill more effective
2 people are talking to each other
Person 1: Hi
Person 2: HI
Person 1: did you hear what happened to the pope yesterday
Person 2: no. What happened?
Person 1: A group of compulsive gamblers were asking the pope for forgivness.
The first person who talked was jacob zuma. The pope asked him to explain what he did and jacob zuma said “sorry father I have sinned but I couldn’t help it. I have had so much tax money and I felt lucky!”. The pope tried to remain patient as he forgived him
The second person was gorge bush who said “sorry father I have sinned but its hard not to when you get so much tax money. I felt lucky!”. The pope tried to remain patient but this time it was harder.
The next person was Robert Mugabe who said “sorry father, I have sinnd its just that I get so much money from tax. I felt lucky”. The pope tried to remain patient but this time his emotions got the beter of him. He left the room and slambed the door with out forgiving him.
Person 2: shocking. did the pope say anything after that?
Person 1: that he was feeling lucky!
2 people are talking to each other
Person 1: Hi
Person 2: HI
Person 1: did you hear what happened to the pope yesterday
Person 2: no. What happened?
Person 1: A group of compulsive gamblers were asking the pope for forgivness.
The first person who talked was jacob zuma. The pope asked him to explain what he did and jacob zuma said “sorry father I have sinned but I couldn’t help it. I have had so much tax money and I felt lucky!”. The pope tried to remain patient as he forgived him
The second person was gorge bush who said “sorry father I have sinned but its hard not to when you get so much tax money. I felt lucky!”. The pope tried to remain patient but this time it was harder.
The next person was Robert Mugabe who said “sorry father, I have sinnd its just that I get so much money from tax. I felt lucky”. The pope tried to remain patient but this time his emotions got the beter of him. He left the room and slambed the door with out forgiving him.
Person 2: shocking. did the pope say anything after that?
Person 1: that he was feeling lucky!