Going the other direction; some jokes do remain understandable and funny for several thousand years.
There is an old Babylonian tablet that includes this line:
"The dog understands "Take it!", but it does not understand "Put it down!" "
https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.05.html
Michael Busch
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