echo %temptext

will return all the HTML code on status window
why did you use that?

by the way, there are some jokes with a lot of lines, and it may cause "excess flood" disconnection...

why dont you use

else if (<li> isin %temptext) || (<p> isin %temptext)  {

instead 2 elseif conditions?

i didnt understand the meaning
of set %jokebegin = 1 and then set it %jokebegin = 0

this is simple tips, and i will not mention $regex to improve your first socket