A one-liner is a joke that is delivered in a single line. A good one-liner is said to be – concise and meaningful.[ For James Bond, one line says it all - Christopher Bahn, Today, 10 November 2008]
Examples
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"Never read a pop-up book about giraffes." (Sean Lock)
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"Throwing acid is wrong. In some people's eyes." (Jimmy Carr)
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"My girlfriend makes me want to be a better person - so I can get a better girlfriend." (Anthony Jeselnik)
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"Cricket. No matter who wins, both teams, and all the fans, are losers." (Frankie Boyle)
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"An escalator cannot break, it can only become stairs." (Mitch Hedberg)
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"My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave." (Burt Reynolds)
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"I'm on a whiskey diet… I've lost three days already." (Tommy Cooper)
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"It's good to see me, isn't it?" (Glinda, from the musical Wicked)
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"I have nothing to declare except my genius." (Oscar Wilde, upon arriving at US customs, 1882)
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"They hired a 3-piece band that was so lousy, every time the waiter dropped a tray, we all got up and danced!" (Les Dawson)
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"What a magnificent show this is going to be when it starts!" (Ken Dodd)
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"I have a girlfriend! I've been going out with my girlfriend for… sex!" (Stewart Francis)
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"I have an L-shaped sofa… Lowercase." (Demetri Martin)
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"Crime in multi-story car parks is wrong on so many different levels." (Tim Vine)
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"My wife – it's difficult to say what she does. She sells seashells on the seashore." (Milton Jones)
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"In Scotland the forbidden fruit is fruit." (Gary Delaney)
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"Life is like a box of chocolates. It doesn’t last long if you’re fat." (Joe Lycett)
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"I was so ugly; my mother had morning sickness after I was born" (Rodney Dangerfield)
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