A popular cannibalism joke is:
Q: When do cannibals leave the table?
A: When everyone’s eaten.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1996. Another popular cannibalism joke is: “Why don’t cannibals eat clowns?”/“Because they taste funny!”
Google Groups: soc.culture.hawaii
The Cannibalism Post…
John Long
5/9/96
(...)
When do cannibals leave the table? When everyone’s eaten.
Google Groups: rec.humor
CANNIBAL
Nancy Carson
10/23/96
-When do cannibals leave the table? When everyone’s eaten.
Google Groups: rec.food.cooking
Cannibal Cousine 😊
PENMART10
9/20/97
(...)
When do cannibals leave the table?
When everyone’s eaten.
Google Books
Over 1500 Fantastic Jokes
By Guy Campbell and Paul Moran
London: Dean
2002
Pg. 229:
When do cannibals leave the table?
When everyone’s eaten!
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd.
2012
Pg. ?:
When do cannibals leave the table?
When everyone’s eaten.
Twitter
Clean Jokes
@CleanJokes247
#CleanJokes Q: When do cannibals leave the table? A: When everyone’s eaten. http://ow.ly/39Mo6Z
8:31 AM - 6 Jan 2016
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
•“I read old books because I would rather learn from those who built civilization than those who tore it down” (4/18)
•“I study old buildings because I would rather learn from those who built civilization than those who tore it down” (4/18)
•“Due to personal reasons, I’m still going to be fluffy this summer” (4/18)
•“Do not honk at me. My life is worthless. I will kill us both” (bumper sticker) (4/18)
•Entry in progress—BP16 (4/18)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
This site is edited by Barry Popik. These are the Cookies and Privacy Policies.