I recently added Ask MetaFilter to my news reader. It's a colossal waste of time, but occasionally will have something that educates or amuses.

The latest example is a mom who sticks bad jokes into her five year old's lunch box every day, and wanted a resource for those jokes. Not only did the "hive mind" come up with some classic gems, e.g.

they also came up with URLs full of these groaners. I spent several minutes laughing stupidly. From Squigly's Jokes & Riddles came these:

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Alas, my girlfriend didn't find these amusing. I don't understand why. Here's a final one, from Bad Puns, that may explain it:

Two parts of the eye were discussing who told better puns. Their debate raged on, till one said to the other, "You, my friend, are simply the pupil. I am by far the cornea of the two of us."

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