Oct 14 17:56 2017, Gerrit Kuehn wrote to Robert Bashe:
RB>> Mama, why does papa have a rock tied to his leg? RB>> "Shut up and row!"
RB>> You'd have a hard time making a German laugh at that.
That joke is so old it has grown a beard ;)
GK> For a reason. It is not funny at all, given you're older than maybe GK> 10. I vaguely remember we told "jokes" like that during our primary GK> school time (I do remember our kids did back then).
Yup, we've called that type of jokes "Flachwitze".