You are probably on the right track. Letting people think they are hilarious when the are really bugging the hell out of you is probably a pretty good characteristic on a Sate Job. As an outlet, find someone you trust that you can confide in, and you can secretly make fun of "clyde and jethro". In fact, you might find yourself looking forward to the next stupid attack so that you will have something to tell your friend. It could be much much worse.

1. Extinction is the most effective behavioral modification technique. Doing nothing and walking away when folks make these jokes will probably spike them in the short (as they try to get your attention) and then make them give up. Read more here: http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Extinction

2. There is a Zen technique of realizing that what people say has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them. It is annoying because you are letting yourself be annoyed--you are actually creating the "annoying" feeling in your own mind. If you step back and look at the situation objectively a stupid person makes a dumb joke near you or direct toward you.... look at the person as a handicapped person in a wheel chair of stupidity and at most feel pity for how dumb they are.

3. You're obviously too smart and enlightened to work with these crazy people... plan your escape!

hope this helps...

I can answer this from the other perspective because I am the annoying person. Maybe not in the same ways you have mentioned in your question but truly most all people find me annoying. I am demanding and self-absorbed, I talk to much and interrupt often, I am a manipulative conversationalist.... staying on my conversational point and disregarding or circle talking yours is one of my favorite specialties. I am annoying.

In business and in personal life when people find me annoying, they run away.

I do not mind this at all because if I cannot be myself, no matter how annoying that guy is, I get annoyed and truthfully.. better someone else be annoyed than me. I like me and I am a nice person.. I just have some idiosyncratic personalty tendencies and for the most part you like me or hate me.

So in my experience when people are annoyed and they can run away they do, those that cannot run away immediately start planning their escape, and I do the same.. usually without exception (law, courts, money will keep me there).. so I not only think escape is the best policy but it is the policy of most people because also in my experience.. people do not like to be annoyed for long.. and those that do like to be annoyed.. they annoy me and I do not know what the word is we should use in describing those that have the opportunity to run away but do not.. despite claiming annoyance.

Not spend your time in thinking and listening their stupid jokes, there are some people who actually don't know what they are saying, you can say immature or having negative thinking. These type of people get encourage further if other appreciate them and listening their silly jokes and stupid ideas actively. So try to convey your massage in the form of examples as by sharing third person's stupid ideas and exampling the society that don't accept these things.
Manage your communication with those kind of persons properly and talk only for business purposes while at job. Try to find some good friends so that you can spend good moments and share your views too.
Thanks

Dealing with difficult individuals is a challenging topic that I unfortunately have been blessed to know much about. I have had a particularly difficult roommate this year along with the meanest, most ugly man I have ever endured at my new job. I have learned that at least in my situation both people are looking to manipulate their situation in some way.
Beginning with my roommate. Along with a general disrespect for the house she shares with myself and one other female, she has a bad habit of putting food in our yard. I know it sounds insane but when she has an item which she feels cannot go into the kitchen garbage or into our compost (we do not have a garbage disposal) she throws these items into the grass outside our back steps. Then, when I confront her about it she acts as if she does not understand why it is not okay to put her old sugar snacks just outside our back door. So even from this one example I am sure you can understand the frustration I have felt for the last 9ish months.
Next is my co-worker. He is not so much annoying as he is utterly mean. He creates an awful work environment and is ugly to myself and all our co-workers. As this is a serving job while I am in school, there is not too much restriction on employee behavior. In the restaurant industry if you are reliable, which he is, then you are a diamond in the rough. I serve with him therefore we work closely and our teamwork is important to the evening's overall success. He is angry and is mean at every turn. I dread following him into the dish tank as I know he will give me a nasty look when we pass.
So how have I chosen to deal with these people. My roommate I became friends with. I have learned that being close to someone is much more likely to change them or at least make them more tolerable. So often people act ridiculous because they are trying to impress those that they do not know (which may be the case at your office). When you become their friend you break down that wall and can often find a very different person then the obnoxious one in your workspace. Also when they are doing something out of line or simply annoying you have built up a relationship so that you are able to pull them aside and have a conversation.
With my co-worker I have come to terms with the fact that he is simply not a happy human. He is 43, working in a restaurant and I have a sneeky suspicion that he may be an alcoholic as well. Either way I find comfort in the life I have before me. I am young and have already set a positive life path in motion, even without my future I know that I have a family who loves me, an amazing boyfriend and most importantly I have self control, something this man with almost 20 years on me does not. We all want to scream and yell from time to time, but we train ourselves not to. My ability to take a crappy situation and smile anyway is what keeps me coming back to this job. I have made creating happiness and a genuine smile when he is at his worst a sort of game. It has gotten to a point over the last couple weeks were his rudeness actually reminds me to be thankful that I live a positive life for myself and in the way that I treat others.
You will never fully get away from annoying people. Even the ones you love, like my wonderful boyfriend, does, at times, get under my skin. Make friends with this person or people that bother you. Even if you do not confide in them as you would a close friend, This relationship will allow them to respect you and therefore may take from their annoyance upon you. For those you come across that are downright mean, simply be happy that you con go through each day with a smile and know that you impact others in a positive manner. Now this second one is not easy. Depending on my mood it can be very hard to deal with my co-worker but, it is a start and it does often help me through my evenings at work.

A great deal of conflicts are dependent in misunderstandings, so usually make certain that you are obtaining every thing, It could be simple sufficient to tune somebody out once they annoy you. If absolutely nothing else functions, inform the individual precisely what you really feel. This requires some courage, but within the finish, it may be the most truthful and easy method to cope with the scenario.

Kill them with kindness. Stupidity and irritation cannot fight against a kind word, a kind look or a phrase of genuine interest in their lives. Kindness cuts through the muck. Good luck, hope that helps.

ARISTOTLE said, “Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”

Remember it and follow it. Apart from that, follow the following:
1. Know your goal and be clear about boundaries.
2. Do not give your ear & time to them (I work at a state job and employees can be annoying. For example, saying comments that are stupid but yet they think its funny. LOL So of course I smile but in my mind I want to say "shut up"!).
3. Keep your mood / temper cool and busy.
4. Fight fire with ice not with fire.
5. Close the door & never smile at them

If it is annoying you, just imagine they are comic characters and imagine they are talking like in a comic. I will also suggest, asking them to explain the joke. If you do that kind of response instead of just laughing politely, they will lost the fun of making silly jokes. When they give a comment, ask like "why you think so". After they explain to you it is joke, you can say with a dumb face, "That is nice joke".
Or simply just go on without giving any response at all.

I also work for a California State agency and the best thing you can do is not laugh at their stupid jokes. Give them a blank stare and walk away. Laughing politely only encourages them.

escaping

Tolerance and acceptance. "Pass and re-pass."

I think it depends on how seriously they are annoying you. I worked in call centers for 8 years. Some people would ask others to pipe down. Didn't make them popular, but it didn't hurt their performance stats either. After all, you are there to work, not party. I think sometimes it's totally appropriate to say calmly but firmly, "I'm trying to work here, could you please keep it down?"

Another option if someone is making inappropriate jokes directly to your face, personally, is to just say, "I find that offensive," or, without laughing, ask, "Why are you telling me this? Do you think it's funny?" I promise you that doing that once or twice will nip it in the bud. You don't have to get mad--getting mad makes it too much fun for the other person to torment you--just don't laugh, be absolutely deadpan and disinterested.

Work relationships are touchy. Lots of people think you have to buddies with everyone but you don't. A little distance is a good thing, while maintaining a pleasant manner most of the time. You have to be polite and professional and fair but that doesn't mean you have to laugh at idiotic childish jokes and be part of the 'gang'. If you act like a professional instead of a buddy you'll garner more respect in the long run, and by example you'll teach coworkers who don't know how to act how to be a class act.

i tell them to shut up or i walk away or change the subject or say lets play the quite gane