Edited by Richard Walker, Monday, 2 Apr 2018, 23:54
Corny jokes. Are they the lowest form of wheat?
(Rolls in field laughing.)
Well they are. Sort of. The term 'corny' as applied to jokes is only from early in the last century. Before that it just meant rustic (someone from where they grow the corn, geddit?), with the associated sense of being rough and unsophisticated.
Corny Jokes
Corny jokes. Are they the lowest form of wheat?
(Rolls in field laughing.)
Well they are. Sort of. The term 'corny' as applied to jokes is only from early in the last century. Before that it just meant rustic (someone from where they grow the corn, geddit?), with the associated sense of being rough and unsophisticated.