Talk:Meta-joke
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notice the example under jokes about jokes: "you've exceeded the legal character limit in this joke." the word this refers to the joke itself. Therefore, this is a self referanceing joke and belongs in the category above it.
- It is not. Please read the definitions carefully. Simply to refer to itself is insufficient. The joke itself must have the specific structure it refers to. Mikkalai 23:54, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
While we are at it, aren't all of these examples jokes about jokes? would that be a satisfactory definition of Meta-joke? should the artice start out by saying,
meta jokes are jokes about jokes. here are some examples:
- self-referanceing
- template
-WBM 2005;3;20
- They are three different kinds. The purpose is to distinguish them, not to put into one basket. Mikkalai 23:54, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Now, wouldn't a meta-joke be a joke that references itself in the joke? For example:
- A priest, a minister, and a rabbi are walking down the street. The rabbi says, "Hey, did you hear the one about us?"
- A priest, a minister, a rabbi, a horse, a light bulb, and a piece of string walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this, some kind of a joke?"
Or would those be recursive jokes? -- Merphant 13:17, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I don't think they are meta jokes, but self-referring jokes (there used to be a page on that IIRC). --Mixcoatl 15:10, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I did some googling, most meta jokes I found are indeed like your examples. I think we'd move this page to Non-joke and make a page about the kind of jokes of your examples here. --Mixcoatl 15:36, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Isn't this the same as anti-humor? Fishal 09:21, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
What about this one?
- "Do you know the joke with the feminist crossing the street?"
- "No, I don't ..."
- "IT'S NOT FUNNY!"
It works really well if you yell at the person and surprise them. Which kind of joke is this? Paul Dehaye 08:22, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Don't know about the metamath analogy...
[edit] A "knock-knock" joke my mother told me when I was young:
My mother said to me, "I have a great knock-knock joke! You start it."
I said, "Knock, knock!"
She said, "Who's there?"
I then paused, realizing that we couldn't proceed with the joke because I didn't have enough information about the joke with which to effectively proceed.
That, apparently, was the joke: me sitting there with a blank stare.
This sort of joke breaks whatever fourth-wall jokes contain as their inherent possession. But does this alone make it a meta-joke? I think: yes, it does.
Allixpeeke 00:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Postmodern joke?
What about this one?:
-What's the difference between a duck and also? -A duck eats biscuits and also bread!
HA! 83.182.152.54 00:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Meta-Joke
Would it be a metajoke if a Tv program or film made fun of its own deus ex Machina? ArdClose (talk) 15:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
