One of the earliest "jokes" in the Bible is an example of comic absurdity. Imagine if you punished your pet dog, and in response, he opened his mouth and asked you what the heck that was about. Well, something similar happens in Numbers 22, when the prophet Balaam was having a bad day and took it out on his donkey, repeatedly beating the poor beast with a stick. The donkey has enough of it and talks back: "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?"
Along the lines of comic absurdity, back in Genesis 17-18, God promised Abraham and Sarah, an elderly man and woman, that they would have children. Although both laughed, God was not laughing, as Aleteia explains. Similarly, in Numbers 11, the Jews are hungry and complain, and in response, God promises them so much food that it will be coming out of their nostrils.
In 1 Samuel 24, we have a prank of sorts. David's enemy, Saul, had gone into a cave to "relieve himself," and David crept up on his adversary and cut a corner off of his robe while he was doing the deed. There's no word on whether or not David stifled giggles while doing so, but it bears noting that David felt bad about it afterward.
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