The Humour of Wood Elves is a work of humour written sometime in the Second Era by Telenger the Artificer, an Altmeri scholar. The book contains a collection of Bosmeri jokes.
Contents
As a historian, I realise one can learn much about a culture by studying its humour. Therefore, I copied down several of their witticisms for future examination. Perhaps by considering their amusements, we will gain further insight into the mind of the Bosmer.
A skeleton walks into the tavern and says, "I'd like some rotmeth. And a mop."
Q: Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?
A: It was dead.
Q: What's brown and sticky?
A: A stick.
Person One: Ask me if I'm a tree.
Person Two: Are you a tree?
Person One: No.
Q: Which side of a raven has the most feathers?
A: The outside.
Q: What has three heads, is ugly, and smells?
A: My mistake! You don't have three heads!
Q: What's light as a feather, but cannot be held for very long?
A: Breath.
Q: Imagine your boat's sinking in slaughterfish-infested waters. How do you survive?
A: Stop imagining!
Q: Why do thunderbugs eat raw meat?
A: They never learned to cook.
A: Because they can't whistle.