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Chances are, one of the first jokes you have ever learned started with the world's most famous opening configuration: "hitting hit". And whilejokes to hit Stuffed into American culture in a way that no other kind of joke has been capable since then it has not always been like that. In fact, despite ancient roots of centuries, these jokes have only won popularity in the early 1930s.

But before we arrive at the popularity of the strike-strike joke, it is important to recognize as soon as possible in the format. It turns out, the occurrence of the first known striker, which, the dialogue came from the bard itself: William Shakespeare.

Here it is in act 2, scene 3 ofMacbeth.

Knock Knock! Who is here,I' the name of
Beelzebub? Here is a farmer hanging up
Himself on the expectation of abundance: come enter
time; Have EnRow towels from you; here
you sweatstrong.

Knock Knock! Who is there, in the other devil
Name? Faith, here is an equivocator, who could
swear in both scales against one of the two scales;
Which has been corrected enough for the love of God,
Yet, could not be equivalent to heaven: o, come
In, equivocative.

Obviously, the Knock-strike scene of Bard was not supposed to be funny - and its hearings of the seventeenth century did not leave the performance claimedly claimed to hit the doors of the other. Yet it was a start.

The next interpretation of the strike-strike joke only approached about 1900. And even at that time, the format was a little different. This time, the joke started with the phrase "Do you know?" For example, the next joke was popular, wrote a journalist simply McEuvoy in a 1922 issue of theOakland Tribune, as reportedNpr:

Do you know Arthur?
Arthur who?
Arthurmometer!

In 1936, "do you know" that the jokes had officially turned into jokes to hit and the Americans could not have enough. That year, aNewspaper advertising For a roofing company gave us another example published joke to hit. Here are their recipient:

Knock Knock.
Who is here?
Rufus.
Rufus who?
Rufus The most important part of the house!

"You can not turn the radio on it without having one of the striking gags," said aNewspaper columnist In July of this year. "They are fun and when some of the best orchestras execute them, they believe. But you have probably discovered that for yourself." (The swivel orchestras would incorporate jokes to hit on the audience segments-participation of their actions.)

Part of the 1936 Virality of 1936 of Joves stems from the fact that Colonel Frank Knox was selected as a companion executed for this year of Republican electionpresidential candidate, ALF LANDON. And everyone knows that mocking the names of politicians is always an explosion.

Throughout the tail of the 30s, jokes to hit have reached a fever height. And like everything that becomes a little too popular, people started debating their merits. Namely, whether or not they areActually funny and if people who appreciated them wereActually intelligent.

In a widely broadcast editorial, Da Laird, director of the Rivercrest River psychological laboratory in Colgate University, alleged that jokes to strike at Cock-strike could be classified with other types of "absurd waterfalls that have become CrZons and who occupied the main interests of thousands of young people. " Rude!

Anyway, block jokes hitting. And if they make you laugh or moan, they probably go nowhere soon. So, the next time someone knocks you with a "hit hit", do not get too aggravated. After all, it's Shakespeare. And if you are on the market for even more bizarre trivia, check these40 random obscure facts that will make everyone think you are a genius!