return of the mom joke

[communi_kate]

Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done?

Aaron: That which thou canst undo.

Demetrius: Thou hast undone our mother.

Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother.

Shakespeare: 'Titus Andronicus'

The oldest recorded mom joke, from 'a tablet full of crude jokes and riddles about beer' written in cuneiform and dating back 3500 years to Ancient Mesopotamia. Translated as: "of your mother, by the one who has had intercourse with her. Who is it?" Article from the Daily Mail (so historical accuracy is in doubt) here

And Kate Beaton's excellent Tycho and Kepler comic here