The old ones are the best - Mike Haskins

The essential joke-teller's bible, collecting the wisecracks that have made us laugh aloud for decades

Aman bumps into a friend as he comes out of the dentist's. "Oh,"says the man, "I've just had all my teeth taken out. Never again!"

A termite walks into a pub. And the termite asks, "Is the bar tender here?"

A man walks into a psychiatrist's wearinga pair of see-through cellophane underpants. "Well,"says the psychiatrist, "Ican clearly see you're nuts."

This superb collection of 500 of the best jokes, one-liners, top 10s, and puns is filled with nothing but classic rib-ticklers and great gags on all sorts of subjects,all of which have stood the test of time. There's even a section on what makes those in other countries laugh-even the Germans!