here's the punchline - what's the joke?
EDEB
jokes so that the group can come up with "answers" (ie questions) which
would elicit the punchlines.
example of a punchline:
Caws.
example of the question:
Why did the crow cross the road?
This example works as it is clearly in the well known "Why did the chicken
cross the road?" genre.
Other appropriate joke genres might include:
the "Knock Knock" style,
the "how many X does it take to change a lightbulb" series,
the "man walks into a bar" series,
and the "what's the difference between x and y" series.
Have fun.
EDEB.
Eric Sosman
I cannot resist perpetrating the most thought-provoking
"Knock, knock" joke I've ever heard. It's so good, in fact,
that I insist it be told in a series of postings, mimicking
the dialogue form of the traditional K-K. Reply to this
posting with the first line of the joke, then I'll reply
with the second, and so on.
Go ahead ...
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> and the "what's the difference between x and y" series.
What's the difference between a thin woman and a fake dollar bill?
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"Eric Sosman" <eso...@acm-dot-org.invalid> wrote in message
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> I cannot resist perpetrating the most thought-provoking
> "Knock, knock" joke I've ever heard. It's so good, in fact,
> that I insist it be told in a series of postings, mimicking
> the dialogue form of the traditional K-K. Reply to this
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Oh, all right then....
Knock! Knock!
Er... hang on a minute.... If I'm the one saying "knock, knock," it'll be my
turn again to tell you who's there, but I won't know who's there....
Shouldn't it be you who starts with the, "knock, knock"?
ally
Anthony Buckland
>The puzzle here is to come up with punchlines to standard - ie cliche' -
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And that's the way it'll be until somebody changes the jail cell light bulb.
(Hint: the first line isn't a light-bulb-changing instance.)
Eric Sosman
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>> I cannot resist perpetrating the most thought-provoking
>>"Knock, knock" joke I've ever heard. It's so good, in fact,
>>that I insist it be told in a series of postings, mimicking
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> Knock! Knock!
"Who's there?"
> Er... hang on a minute.... If I'm the one saying "knock, knock," it'll be my
> turn again to tell you who's there, but I won't know who's there....
> Shouldn't it be you who starts with the, "knock, knock"?
Got it in one.
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eso...@acm-dot-org.invalid
Anthony Buckland
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A burglar, a con man and a burglar walk into a bar.
DcH
Anthony Buckland wrote:
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I first saw the KK prank about 25 years ago so I selected several KK
jokes so I would be ready with an appropriate one if anyone tried it on
me. Sure enough someone tried it. To the chagrin of the perpatrator I
immediately replied 'Olive' to her 'Who's there?' The look on her face
was priceless.
You can use 'Butch & Jimmie' if it's a girl fiend. You can use 'Little
old lady' to sort of turn the tables. Or if you can sing, you can use
Ted's 'Anna Maria Alberghrtti' - probably the best known KK of them
all.
The best has to be 'Annie' as in Annie-thing you can do, I can do
better... Which was actually sung by Annie.
dgates
How weird! I was just thinking of finding a bunch of these, putting
them into a 6x5 grid and calling it "Punchline Jeopardy," to be played
at a game night.
Here's roughly what I had -- not enough for most categories, and I
hadn't yet arranged them from "easy" to "hard."
Punchline Jeopardy
Standard Jokes
"Okay, now what?"
"How many is a Brazillion?"
Schoolyard Jokes
To get to the other side
A newspaper
Because she didn't wanna go.
Knock Knock Jokes
Who's there?
Ahh, don't cry.
What are you so happy about?
Sam-en-channet evening
Tars an' stripes forever
Oren't choo glad I didn't say banana again?
Offensive Jokes
"Bofus?"
"(You're scared?) I have to walk back alone!"
Changing a Lightbulb
Two, but the question is how did they get into the lightbulb?
Five. One to hold the lightbulb, the other four to turn the chair
around.
Polish Jokes
Because they can't figure out how to get the bottle into the
typewriter.
Put it in the water. (how do you sink a polish submarine?)
dgates
Yeah, I always keep the "Tarzan" knock-knock in my back pocket, just
in case someone tries this on me. :-)
EDEB
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First, let's make sure he's dead. There is a silence, then a shot rings out...
> "Okay, now what?"
We lost three Brazilian soldiers in Iraq yesterday
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Why did the chicken cross the road?
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Black white and re[a]d all over.
Why did it take four big boy scouts to get the old lady across the road?
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Boo who?
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Woo who?
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Sam and Janet who?
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Tarzan who?
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Orange who?
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Child and wicked witch walking through the forest.
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Bad pun on screw.
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Blondes.
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Why don't Poles make good pharmacists?
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How do you sink a canadian battleship?
> Put it in the water. (how do you sink a polish submarine?)
EDEB
dgates
I'm amazed that one guy got nearly every one nearly perfectly!
I thought this would be one of those threads where each guy
contributes a few till they're all done.
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>> What are you so happy about?
I was thinking "Yah" (as in "Yahoo!")
>Sam and Janet who?
>> Sam-en-channet evening
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>> Oren't choo glad I didn't say banana again?
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Some sort of evil person, yeah.
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>> Two, but the question is how did they get into the lightbulb?
"How many fleas does it take..." was how I heard it.
>Blondes.
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>> Put it in the water. (how do you sink a polish submarine?)
I didn't watch carefully; I guess I posted the answer when I pasted
from my original brainstormed list.
Anyway, I could use some more punchlines for these categories if I'm
ever going to fill my 6x5 grid.
Perhaps, for the "offensive" category (although I'm not sure "dirty"
and "offensive" have to be grouped like that)...
"It would have been better if you let me take off my pantyhose first."
"Then why were you in such a hurry at the end?"
George Weinberg
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Beethoven's last movement.
George
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or how about
that's nacho cheese!