# 9/11 Jokes that worked **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comedian-jokes\ **Created:** [June 11, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736 "2024-06-11T14:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/41 "2024-06-13T01:52:33Z")
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/42 "2024-06-13T04:10:25Z")
I heard a comedian (I forget who) a few years ago saying that there must have been one person whose birthday was September 11th, 2001. And they woke up that day, ate their breakfast without turning on the TV or going online, when they got a phone call from a friend who said “Oh my God, do you know what’s happening today?” And that person said “HELL YEAH!” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/43 "2024-06-13T12:03:13Z")
Perhaps it’s too Gottfriedesque for the OP’s taste, but I thought Louis C.K. was funny with this one (less funny now in retrospect – not because of 9/11, but because of Louis): “You can figure out how bad a person you are by how soon after 9/11 you masturbated, like how long you waited. And for me it was between the two buildings going down.” (Also, did an audience member’s response to Gottfried’s line launch the popularity of the expression “Too soon!”? I think I’m remembering that right.) ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/44 "2024-06-13T12:13:07Z")
Not quite the same, but my niece was born on 9/11/2021. Her mother (my sister) lived outside of DC at the time and had to fight a lot of traffic to get to the hospital. She has said several times that it was very confusing to her to hear others talk so emotionally about “9/11” when she was young. She’s adapted to it, though. Still, I don’t envy her. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/45 "2024-06-13T12:21:51Z")
Do you mean 2001? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/46 "2024-06-13T12:27:04Z")
Another one from SNL: Ashton Kutcher guest-starred on a “Jarret’s Room” sketch as Yaorg, an excitable Icelandic teenager visiting the U.S. for the first time: YAORG: Nine-Eleven! Nine-Eleven! I love Nine-Eleven! JARRET: No! He means **Seven** -Eleven! ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/47 "2024-06-13T12:40:31Z")
Dang! You’re right. Betrayed by my own fingers. \*\* 9/11/2001 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/48 "2024-06-14T13:03:57Z")
I wholeheartedly agree with the brilliance of the post-9/11 Onion issue. I liked this article in the follow-up issue as well: > **[A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again](https://www.theonion.com/a-shattered-nation-longs-to-care-about-stupid-bullshit-1819566188)** > > SPRINGFIELD, MO—Were this an ordinary Tuesday night, Wendy Vance would return home from her receptionist job at a Springfield chiropractor's office and spend the evening engaged in any number of empty, meaningless diversions: watching old, taped... ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/49 "2024-06-16T17:26:56Z")
Thought this one was pretty good. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sb6luYan_hk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Big Sick – 9-11 | Amazon Studios") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb6luYan_hk) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/50 "2024-06-16T17:35:31Z")
Thread winner ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/51 "2024-06-16T17:37:58Z")
Oh, I saw that one the other day. Yep, kind of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/52 "2024-06-16T21:17:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Oh, I saw that one the other day. Yep, kind of fun. Also better in context with the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/53 "2024-06-16T21:25:25Z")
From the _Simpsons_ episode “Moonshine River,” where the family visits New York for the second time: BART: Come on, Dad, you love New York!…now that your two least favorite buildings have been obliterated: Old Penn Station and Shea Stadium. HOMER: Lousy outdated relics! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/54 "2024-06-16T21:58:33Z")
That was such a good movie. I laughed hard at that. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/55 "2024-06-16T23:30:07Z")
There’s an episode of _Family Guy_ where the Griffins are on _Family Feud_. Stewie is giving his own answers. When the question is “what’s your favorite holiday”, he says 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/56 "2024-06-17T04:31:01Z")
There was an episode of the sitcom **Corporate** where the company they work for turns September 11 into a kitschy holiday called Remember Day (so they can sell red-white-and-blue decorations and roast geese). It was pretty dark, but quite funny. RIP Lance Reddick. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/57 "2024-06-17T05:18:37Z")
It’s a good joke, but just a repackaged “my grandfather died in the Holocaust. Fell off the guard tower.” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/58 "2024-06-17T12:44:00Z")
The funny part of the scene to me is not that joke. It’s the part where he awkwardly says, “911 was a terrible tragedy… And I just thought… it would be funny to joke about it…” It’s been a while since I’ve seen the film but IIRC that’s his ex girlfriend’s parents who thought it would be appropriate to grill the Pakistani guy about his feelings on 9/11. Which is also funny because he’s just so dumbfounded by the question he’s not even taking offense. The movie was based on a true story that actually happened to Nanjiani and his wife who co-wrote the movie. I wonder if that conversation really happened. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/59 "2024-06-17T12:58:16Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > There was an episode of the sitcom **Corporate** where the company they work for turns September 11 into a kitschy holiday called Remember Day (so they can sell red-white-and-blue decorations and roast geese). It was pretty dark, but quite funny. RIP Lance Reddick. Better Off Ted did not go there, but I’m sure eventually Verdian Technologies would have been shown to be doing this. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736/60 "2024-06-17T13:14:16Z")
I mean, that’s not even fiction any more. It’s a recognized holiday. It’s called Patriots Day, not Remember Day, but that’s the only difference. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-jokes-that-worked/1002736.md?page=4)