Last night I was listening to a call-in talk radio show - not sure how old the guy calling was, maybe he wasn't even old, I wasn't really listening very closely but I heard him say 'I'm a state sponsored artist', then silence from the host, and with pretty good timing the guy adds 'Yeah, I draw welfare and social security checks'
Sounds like the cornball jokes my uncles used to tell, but i did find it clever.