The oldest joke is 3,900 years old

The oldest recorded joke is a Sumerian toilet joke, written 3,900 years ago. Kids-being-kids is older than every empire. Combine that with your favourite modern joke.

✦creativity move · combine— smash two ideas together

✓observe

✦imagine

✎try

♡reflect

NASA / Land 1968 · the four moves creative kids make

step 1 · observe

did you know? ★

The oldest recorded joke is a Sumerian toilet joke, written down about 3,900 years ago.
src: University of Wolverhampton (2008)

step 2 · imagine

You wake up. A tiny door has appeared in your wall. It's your size.

Pick a modern situation. Add an ancient twist. Punchline appears.

step 3 · try

pick everything that feels true →

What's the takeaway?

Tip: if you pick something "wrong," that's not a fail — it's the most useful click of the day. Mistakes get saved to your Lab as trophies, never as shame.