I've never been a lover of the standard joke. Usually at school I was bombarded each day with this long winded set up which  ended on a lame twisting of words that didn't make me laugh. 
The standard joke is best exampled like this, there was an Englishman, Scotsman and an Irishman.... The first and second men do something classed as normal and then the third either does something stupid or does something that sounds a bit like an amusing play on words. But after hearing the pattern of this joke formula so many times you start to just want to forget the set up. I have an example of sorts... It's what I refer to as "and then the Irishman drinks some piss" formula. Theres a set up, three men go into a bar and the first one drinks a cup of tea, then the second one drinks a cup of coffee and then the Irishman drinks some piss. The whole two thirds or more is not relevant really but you have to stand there being told all the made up story of why these people would be put in this situation using stereotypes that are mostly untrue outside of a joke. I just want to hear the punchline and get on with my life. 
There's a joke about a zoo catastrophe I used to know at school that ends with the line,"That day the animals ate Finch, Chimps and Mushy bees".  Now the 'joke' of this is that is that they've found animals that sound like the food fish, chips and mushy peas. That is the one line it takes two minutes to arrive at and I always feel annoyed at being put through. Someone starts a joke and I'm thinking" skip to the end..and then an Irishman drinks some piss" 
I do like to laugh but I want a joke as short as the punchline.
For example:
What is E.T. Short for?

Because he only has little legs. 

This works because if you don't find it funny or you don't understand the pun it's over and done with anyway so you can continue with your day. 
I soon as someone starts telling me a joke, I zone out as if I'm being inconvenienced.
But tell me the punchline first and I'm happy. It's just as funny when you tell me that there was an Irishman who once drank some piss.