His first night, he hears people shouting out numbers… “18!” then the whole cell block laughing. “37!” was the next intelligible response, followed by more uncontrollable laughter. “109!” and nobody could even respond. The night ended with people laughing until they wet their pants.
Next day, he asks his cell mate what the hell was going on, and cell mate says “hey, we all been here so long, we already know all the jokes, so instead of reciting them, we just call them out by number.”
That night, newbie listens in again. Each time, someone tells of a random sounding number, and each time, the entire cell block erupts in laughter.
Next day, newbie decides he’s going to give it a try. He waits for someone else to start… “24!” And people were chuckling, so he waited. “47!!!” and the cell block started rolling. So he decided it’s now or never, and he shouts out “73!” and the whole block goes silent.
Newbie felt super embarrassed, shut his mouth and went to bed for the night. The next morning he talked to his cell mate, asked him what happened… cell mate simply shrugged and said “i guess some people just don’t know how to tell a joke!”
I like this one when you request of them “Ask me what the most important part of comedy is” and then when they begrudgingly say “okay fine, what is the most–” you interrupt them with “TIMING” frantically like you are desperately trying not to miss the window.
I’ve heard one like this before…
Two guys in a prison cell, one brand new.
His first night, he hears people shouting out numbers… “18!” then the whole cell block laughing. “37!” was the next intelligible response, followed by more uncontrollable laughter. “109!” and nobody could even respond. The night ended with people laughing until they wet their pants.
Next day, he asks his cell mate what the hell was going on, and cell mate says “hey, we all been here so long, we already know all the jokes, so instead of reciting them, we just call them out by number.”
That night, newbie listens in again. Each time, someone tells of a random sounding number, and each time, the entire cell block erupts in laughter.
Next day, newbie decides he’s going to give it a try. He waits for someone else to start… “24!” And people were chuckling, so he waited. “47!!!” and the cell block started rolling. So he decided it’s now or never, and he shouts out “73!” and the whole block goes silent.
Newbie felt super embarrassed, shut his mouth and went to bed for the night. The next morning he talked to his cell mate, asked him what happened… cell mate simply shrugged and said “i guess some people just don’t know how to tell a joke!”
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Oh I like that version!
Do you know what’s the most important thing when telling a joke timing.
I like this one when you request of them “Ask me what the most important part of comedy is” and then when they begrudgingly say “okay fine, what is the most–” you interrupt them with “TIMING” frantically like you are desperately trying not to miss the window.