* BEWARE..the humor pedant sneaks in again*

Ummm... most of those are pretty good, but not really 'jokes'. Small children call riddles jokes.

Those 10 prize winners are mostly what is called 'one liners', which are vaguely related to 'zingers'(short, funny remarks..often caustic).

"A joke is a short story or ironic depiction of a situation communicated with the intent of being humorous. These jokes will normally have a punchline that will end the sentence to make it humorous. "



The reason we HAVE words like joke, riddle, zinger, Spoonerism, one-liner, jibe, shaggy-dog story, limerick...etc., etc... is to differentiate various forms....just as we name different types of music.
Today, most stand-up comedians do mostly a semi-linked set of one liners. Jeff Foxworthy, the 'red-neck' comedian mixes one-liners with some real jokes and some just plain 'outrageous stories'. Red Skelton told a lot of real 'jokes', as did Buddy Hackett.

*humor pedant quickly leaves, dodging zingers as he goes*