Laughing Joe Goes All The Way Back To 1904

“The Laughing Philosopher.”

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Laughing Joe Goes All The Way Back To 1904
Rosie Gray

The Laughing Joe meme goes all the way back to 1904.

In a poem by Palmer Cox in the June 15, 1904 edition of the Sydney Mail, “Laughing Joe” is a “great philosopher / Lived years and years ago; / And such a merry soul was he / They called him Laughing Joe.”

This is the new version of Laughing Joe, inspired by Vice President Joe Biden’s laugh-filled debate last night:

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    • degausser thinks Laughing Joe Goes All The Way Back To... is WTF  about 7 months ago
    • nmarnier 7 months ago

      @laughinpaulryan … i laughed before i said we are going to send your kids to the deadliest place in the world and that ain’t no lie or a joke … #completelywrong

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    • yogeshg 7 months ago

      Great Smirky Joe

    • Trubador 7 months ago

      The Philosophy Of Joe Biden: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American presidential candidate who is articulate and bright and clean-cut and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man,” “You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent…. I’m not joking.” “If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there’s still a 30% chance we’re going to get it wrong.” “A three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs.” “My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be president of the United States, I could be, I could be Vice President!” To a wheelchair bound man: “Stand up, Chuck, let ‘em see ya.”

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