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* LawOfConservationOfDetail: One particularly jarring aversion is "His Time Was Up", which begins with an explanation of how Scottish churches used to pass around a ladle for their collection. This has no bearing at all on the joke which follows.
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'''''Jokes Cracked By Lord Aberdeen''''' is a slim volume published in 1929 containing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it says on the cover]]. Over the years, the book gained a cult following due to its often baffling humour and general air of being SoUnfunnyItsFunny.
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[[caption-width-right:200:The master of mirth.]]'''''Jokes Cracked By Lord Aberdeen''''' is a slim volume published in 1929 containing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it says on the cover]]. Over the years, the book gained a cult following due to its often baffling humour and general air of being SoUnfunnyItsFunny.
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* DontExplainTheJoke: "The Tandem Story", in which the author is required not only to describe hand gestures, but also their meaning (because they had fallen out of use even by the time he was writing). Even he must have realised the joke required far too much explanation to work.
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'''''Jokes Cracked By Lord Aberdeen''''' is a slim volume published in 1929 containing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it says on the cover]]. Over the years, the book gained a cult following due to its often baffling humour and general air of being SoUnfunnyItsFunny.
!Tropes in this book:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Many of the stories, for example "Unsettled":
--> "I've seen better days, sir" said a tramp to an Aberdonian, who replied, "So have I - but I havna time to discuss the weather the noo."
* CannotTellAJoke: Zigzagged. In person and with a sympathetic audience, his Lordship probably ''could'' tell a joke. But written down, they become SoUnfunnyItsFunny.
* CreatorProvincialism: The punchlines of several stories are variations on "Aberdeen's a great place!"
* DamnedByFaintPraise: John Finnemore's introduction to the 2009 reprint includes this example, also used as the back cover blurb:
--> My favourite of the jokes made me laugh out loud when I first read it. I mean, not much, we're not talking paroxysms of mirth here, but definitely audibly.
* SpoilerTitle: Many of the jokes have titles which give away the punchline.
!Tropes in this book:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Many of the stories, for example "Unsettled":
--> "I've seen better days, sir" said a tramp to an Aberdonian, who replied, "So have I - but I havna time to discuss the weather the noo."
* CannotTellAJoke: Zigzagged. In person and with a sympathetic audience, his Lordship probably ''could'' tell a joke. But written down, they become SoUnfunnyItsFunny.
* CreatorProvincialism: The punchlines of several stories are variations on "Aberdeen's a great place!"
* DamnedByFaintPraise: John Finnemore's introduction to the 2009 reprint includes this example, also used as the back cover blurb:
--> My favourite of the jokes made me laugh out loud when I first read it. I mean, not much, we're not talking paroxysms of mirth here, but definitely audibly.
* SpoilerTitle: Many of the jokes have titles which give away the punchline.
