Dead baby jokes
Dead baby jokes are a joke cycle reflecting sick humor. The joke is presented in riddle form, beginning with a what question and concluded with a grotesque punch line answer.[1]
Contents
Examples
What's the difference between a truckload of dead babies and a truckload of bowling balls?
With bowling balls you can't use pitchforks.[2]
What's more fun than nailing a baby to a post?
Ripping it off again.[3]
What's bright blue, pink, and sizzles?
A baby breastfeeding on an electrical outlet.[3]
How do you get 100 dead babies into a box?
With a blender![3] How do you get them out?
With a bag of chips
What's worse than 10 babies in 1 garbage can?
1 baby in 10 garbage cans.
How do you make a baby drink?
With a blender
What's red and taps?
A baby in an oven
What games can you play with a dead baby?
Rugby
What's the best reason to have a baby?
Its a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas
What's red and bubbly and scratches on glass?
Baby in a microwave.
History
According to the folklorist scholar Alan Dundes, the dead baby joke cycle likely began in the early 1960s.[1] Dundes theorizes that the origin of the dead baby joke lies in the rise of second-wave feminism in the U.S. during that decade and its rejection of the traditional societal role for women, which included support for legalized abortion and contraceptives. Consequently, "to fight the fear of pregnancy and ease the guilt of abortion, young people told dead-baby jokes. Babies once dehumanized, could be laughingly destroyed."[4][5] It has also been suggested that the jokes emerged in response to images of graphic violence, often involving infants, from the Vietnam War.[6]
In the twenty-first century, the popularity of the joke cycle has led to the creation of a number of websites dedicated to dead baby jokes.[3]
See also
References
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