Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it, but a joke is about surprising someone. I'm a great believer in context. You can joke about anything. I do like finding out where the line is drawn, deliberately crossing it and bringing some of them with me across the line, and having them be happy that I did.

It is impossible for an abortion clinic to have a waiting list of more than nine months.

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?

When he got loaded, the human cannonball knew there were not many men of his caliber.

Whoever coined the term "Buyer Beware" was probably bleeding from the asshole.

Who decides when the applause should die down? It seems like it's a group decision; everyone begins to say to themselves at the same time, "Well, okay, that's enough of that."

I like my jokes to be built on a foundation of ideas, or at least smart observations.