The joke then circulated among the troops, and a legend was born.

A year or so ago, that joke circulated with an Oklahoma oilman in the title role.

A joke circulated in the saloon crowd: "Wait till you hear this new guy.

A joke circulating in late 2008, said: "The best bonus for 2008 is still having a job in 2009."

Before 2006, there even was a popular joke circulating in Finland, where a man frees a genie from a bottle:

One joke about Showalter's status is circulating.

The joke later circulated in New Haven that "only one man lived who could understand Gibbs's papers.

A joke circulating through Cairo is that to be deemed "serious" any candidate would have to have been president previously, limiting the potential field to one.

Cartoons and jokes often circulate as faxlore; the poor graphic quality becoming worse with each new person who resends the joke to the next recipient.

One joke circulating in Poland summed up the system this way: "One dead dog for two dead cats."