How the hell is this funny?
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
It was mildly amusing back in the day, before political correctness decreed that jokes must not be laughed at.
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Odd. I quite liked it. Perhaps it is a South African thing?
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Where is the crux of the joke, the punchline? Is it that he didn't know he was being poisoned, or that he didn't know his wife was aware of his adultery? Both seem plain everyday scenarios to me. Do you see what I mean?
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It was mildly amusing back in the day, before political correctness decreed that jokes must not be laughed at.
I don't deal with PC. I make and laugh at all sorts of jokes, but there must be some wit involved.
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
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Odd. I quite liked it. Perhaps it is a South African thing?
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
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Brady Kelly wrote:
anyone find it funny
I do. This IS funny. Totally my kind of humour. Plus it is cynical and the punchline does have some surprise in it (one of your criteria for fun).
I don't know how you kind find a wife murdering her adulterous husband at all surprising. Now I am battling to recall another joke where the third party was poisoned, and the punchline revealed that because of the adultery, the adulterer had also become poisoned. Now that is unexpected, i.e. a surprise.
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
Brady, I would have to say that one man's meat is another man's poison.. I found it funny
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
Brady Kelly wrote:
Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside.
Oh dear, sad story.
Brady Kelly wrote:
He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess."
"There's no need to, " his wife replied.Ooh, interesting.
Brady Kelly wrote:
"No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!"
Oh my, that is sure to be a shock for the old girl, and a little selfish of him wanting absolution at the end like that.
Brady Kelly wrote:
"I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work."
Ha ha ha, the joke is on him. He wasn't expecting that was he. Your thought process is supposed to go something like that. I think it is a reasonable joke (if a little old) that conforms to the standard switch in thought direction punchline at the end.
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
Possible Improvement to what Brady Kelly wrote:
Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside.
He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must ask."
"Sure dear, " his wife replied.
"We have three daughters that I dearly love." he started, "The eldest two are beautiful and the spitting image of each other, but the youngest is not all that pretty and have no resemblance to her sisters, were you unfaithful to me?"
"Yes dear," she replied, "The youngest is yours."FTFY
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I don't know how you kind find a wife murdering her adulterous husband at all surprising. Now I am battling to recall another joke where the third party was poisoned, and the punchline revealed that because of the adultery, the adulterer had also become poisoned. Now that is unexpected, i.e. a surprise.
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Brady Kelly wrote:
I don't know how you kind find a wife murdering her adulterous husband at all surprising
So that's standard practice in SA?
Haha, no, what I mean is, it's a very obvious motivation for murder.
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
Sense of humour bypass much? Most humour is distasteful to some people, for one reason or another. How many dead baby jokes are there, yet I assure you that if you watch a baby still-born you find those just a tad less funny. How about Blonde/Irish jokes? Think they're as funny of you're blonde or Irish (or god forbid, a blonde Irish woman)
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside.
Oh dear, sad story.
Brady Kelly wrote:
He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess."
"There's no need to, " his wife replied.Ooh, interesting.
Brady Kelly wrote:
"No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!"
Oh my, that is sure to be a shock for the old girl, and a little selfish of him wanting absolution at the end like that.
Brady Kelly wrote:
"I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work."
Ha ha ha, the joke is on him. He wasn't expecting that was he. Your thought process is supposed to go something like that. I think it is a reasonable joke (if a little old) that conforms to the standard switch in thought direction punchline at the end.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
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ChrisElston wrote:
Ha ha ha, the joke is on him
Now I get it!
Peter Wasser Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa
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I don't deal with PC. I make and laugh at all sorts of jokes, but there must be some wit involved.
Fair enough, some people find this funny, others (like you) do not. What's the big deal?
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Found a variant of this on a local comedian's web site yesterday, and I'm still pissed off - and I don't get pissed off outside of coding, ever - that anyone find it funny: Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside. He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess." "There's no need to, " his wife replied. "No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," she replied, "now just rest and let the poison work." So, an angry wife poisons her husband because of his adultery, and he only finds out while he is dying. This reads like a gossip column. It lacks any of the humorous elements found in jokes, like sarcasm, irony, wordplay, surprise. It is straight out of Idiocracy, "Ow, my balls are sore", but less funny.
The joke is that the wife knew all along, reversing her role from widow victim to black widow. Presentation lacks the buildup to a revealing deathbed-confession, and probably nowadays the cultural background that cheating on your spouse is something deathbed-confession-worthy. It's old, back then, there was no need to "make it more hilarious by listing about half a dozen women". Now, no, it won't get funnier for you. If you can't laugh the first time, explaining a joke doesn't usually make it better. Just so you know.
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The joke is that the wife knew all along, reversing her role from widow victim to black widow. Presentation lacks the buildup to a revealing deathbed-confession, and probably nowadays the cultural background that cheating on your spouse is something deathbed-confession-worthy. It's old, back then, there was no need to "make it more hilarious by listing about half a dozen women". Now, no, it won't get funnier for you. If you can't laugh the first time, explaining a joke doesn't usually make it better. Just so you know.
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The joke is that the wife knew all along, reversing her role from widow victim to black widow.
I'm slowly starting to see how others find that funny, but for me it's sort of one of the expected outcomes.
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Hey..... everything in South Africa is just one big joke :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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