National Tell A Joke Day: 15 Short Jokes That You Can Easily Remember

Celebrated every year on Aug. 16, National Tell A Joke Day, like the name suggests, is all about telling jokes and making people around you laugh.

Everyone loves people who are funny, witty and can cheer up others during serious times. Therefore, this day is a great chance for you to make new friends.

To help you with this, here are some short jokes that you can easily remember and share with people around. (Courtesy: Reader's Digest)

1. Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers? He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.

2. Why do we tell actors to "break a leg?" Because every play has a cast.

3. A bear walks into a bar and says, "Give me a whiskey and … cola." "Why the big pause?" asks the bartender. The bear shrugged. "I’m not sure; I was born with them."

4. Where are average things manufactured? The satisfactory.

5. Why can’t you explain puns to kleptomaniacs? They always take things literally.

6. A man tells his doctor, “Doc, help me. I’m addicted to Twitter!” The doctor replies, "Sorry, I don’t follow you …"

7. Why don’t Calculus majors throw house parties? Because you should never drink and derive.

8. What do you call a parade of rabbits hopping backward? A receding hare-line.

9. What did the bald man exclaim when he received a comb for a present? Thanks— I’ll never part with it!

10. What did the left eye say to the right eye? Between you and me, something smells.

11. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta.

12. What did one hat say to the other? You wait here. I’ll go on a head.

13. What do you call a magic dog? A labracadabrador.

14. What did the shark say when he ate the clownfish? This tastes a little funny.