For about 6 months back in about 1988 I went about the place telling people a joke:
Q. Why did the mushroom go to the party?
A. Because he was a fun guy.
One of the funniest things about this, according to my wife anyway, was that I didn't actually get the joke for that entire period, and when I did, I stopped telling it.
I just thought it was an experiment in surrealism, and when I realized it wasn't, it lost all appeal for me.
Someone once gave the wrong punchline, saying, "Oh c'mon...! I'm a nice guy."
ReplyDeleteWe sat around in silence for about 35 seconds trying to work out what we were missing. Then DW asked "Do you mean: 'I'm a fun-guy'?"
Then we all laughed and laughed.
Whoops! It was a variation on the same joke. (About not letting the mushroom go to a party... or something)
ReplyDeleteWhoops! It was a variation on the same joke. (About not letting the mushroom go to a party... or something)
ReplyDeleteYeah I got that it was. And that's the stupid way my brain works, I didn't even pause to consider the connection and think, 'Wait a minute, Honoria didn't really explain that', but then I saw that you had explained it and I stopped...
I better stop actually, I sound too much like a character out of Dostoevsky, endlessly analyzing my own motives and thoughts...
Are we related?
ReplyDeleteI believe so.
ReplyDelete"I better stop actually, I sound too much like a character out of Dostoevsky, endlessly analyzing my own motives and thoughts..."
ReplyDeleteYou sound like the Pookwife.
What can I say Gordon, except to reply with that other saying you used to repeat endlessly - "...it's people like you what cause unrest!"
Did you hear what the inflatable principal said to the inflatable boy who brought a pin to the inflatable school?
ReplyDelete"You let me down, you let yourself down, you let the whole school down ..."