# Can someone tell me the joke that goes with the punch line? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898 "2003-05-17T15:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/21 "2013-03-29T01:35:09Z")
“9W” is often told as a set-up answer said before the question. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/22 "2013-03-29T01:42:16Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Can someone tell me the joke that goes with this punchline? Not quite the official version but the gist: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUfMgc-b9zw&playnext=1&list=PLB43770058AB28B59&feature=results\_video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUfMgc-b9zw&playnext=1&list=PLB43770058AB28B59&feature=results_video) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/23 "2013-03-29T01:51:18Z")
A red brick! ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/24 "2013-03-29T01:59:10Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > “9W” is often told as a set-up answer said before the question. So no-one is going to bite? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/25 "2013-03-29T03:19:57Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Can someone tell me the joke that goes with this punchline? Two drunks stop on a bridge over a river to take a leak. The first one says “This water is cold” The second one replies “And deep too” ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/26 "2013-03-29T03:21:40Z")
[quote=“Leo\_Bloom, post:20, topic:175898”] Can someone tell me the joke that goes with this punchline?[/QUO Two men are walking home from a night of drinking in the bars. They stop to pee on a bridge over a river. As they are peeing the first man says " the water sure is cold". The second man replies " and deep too". ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/27 "2013-03-29T03:31:23Z")
There seems to be an echo in here. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/28 "2013-03-29T03:56:18Z")
Sorry , I’m slow. Yours was more concise anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/29 "2013-03-29T04:11:30Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > And deep too. > [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Can someone tell me the joke that goes with this punchline? > [@Zeldar](#): > > Not quite the official version but the gist: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUfMgc-b9zw&playnext=1&list=PLB43770058AB28B59&feature=results\_video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUfMgc-b9zw&playnext=1&list=PLB43770058AB28B59&feature=results_video) > [@Rick](#): > > Two drunks stop on a bridge over a river to take a leak. The first one says “This water is cold” > The second one replies “And deep too” [quote=“steatopygia, post:26, topic:175898”] > [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Can someone tell me the joke that goes with this punchline?[/QUO > Two men are walking home from a night of drinking in the bars. They stop to pee on a bridge over a river. As they are peeing the first man says " the water sure is cold". The second man replies " and deep too". > [@Rick](#): > > There seems to be an echo in here. > [@steatopygia](#): > > Sorry , I’m slow. > Yours was more concise anyway. This ought to get it done. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/30 "2013-03-29T06:15:57Z")
You know…I still don’t get it. I could lie and say I got it, especially now that the very idea of not-getting it is a joke. But thats just the kind of upfront plain-speakng guy I am. Ask me if you look fat in that dress. Anyway, please explain the joke so I can get this frozen smile off my face. I explained cut velvet without being mean. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/31 "2013-03-29T06:18:33Z")
Stop the presses!! :smack: I get it! The coin dropped, the epiphany epiphaned! It’s a _guy_ joke! And me, a guy not getting it. Sad, sad. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/32 "2013-03-29T06:35:43Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > You know…I still don’t get it. I could lie and say I got it, especially now that the very idea of not-getting it is a joke. But thats just the kind of upfront plain-speakng guy I am. Ask me if you look fat in that dress. > > Anyway, please explain the joke so I can get this frozen smile off my face. I explained cut velvet without being mean. It’s a ‘my dick is bigger/longer than yours’ joke. 😉 Missed it by _ **THAT** _ much! ---
**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:** [March 29, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/33 "2013-03-29T14:12:17Z")
Although, really, the punchline should be “It’s not very deep”. As usually told, the conclusion would be that both men are sufficiently-endowed to reach the surface of the water, but that neither reaches the bottom, and that no comparison of the two is possible. Not exactly the sort of one-upmanship expected of such a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/34 "2013-03-29T14:13:38Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Two drunks stop on a bridge over a river to take a leak. The first one says “This water is cold” > The second one replies “And deep too” I believe one fella come from Arkansas. Git it? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/35 "2013-03-29T14:22:06Z")
And it’s wide, too. ) “Oh, you’re from New Jersey? Which exit?” “9W” ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/36 "2013-03-29T14:23:34Z")
Okay, who knows a Soviet-era joke comparing communism to capitalism. Something about a communist and a capitalist meeting up in hell, standing in line or something, and something something ‘hammer’ something ‘nails’ something. Damned if I can remember any other details. For some reason this went from the joke where I only remembered the punchline to a joke where I couldn’t even remember that. Anyone? Anyone? I’ll check in later. Coffee break’s over; time to stand on my head. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/37 "2013-03-29T15:24:39Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Okay, who knows a Soviet-era joke comparing communism to capitalism. Not the joke you are looking for, but fits the genre: A soviet man is obsessed with having a car. He scrimps and saves his entire life to afford such a luxury. Finally, at 65 years old, he has saved enough money. He begins the paperwork, and after only a couple of years, he has obtained official permission to obtain a car, and has been placed on the waiting list for a parking space. He takes his permission form and his rubels to the AZLK design bureau and orders a Moskvič in basic black. After several hours of filling out more forms, obtaining managers signatures, and a small bribe to the factory political officer, the salesman tells him “Fantastic! It doesn’t usually go this smoothly. Everything is in order, and your car will be delivered to your apartment on April 17, 10 years from next week!” The man asks “Morning or afternoon?” The salesman relplies “It is over 10 years in the future, what difference does it make morning or afternoon?” “Well” says the man, “The plumber is coming that morning.” ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/38 "2013-03-29T15:49:16Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I believe one fella come from Arkansas. Git it? 🙂 HMMMM-mmmm ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/39 "2013-03-29T15:54:11Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > I don’t get it either. What does it mean to “cut” velvet? When he sees the guy “cutting” A-lines in flannel, what is that guy doing actually? I thought at first that “cut” meant to get rid of your investment in, but that doesn’t make sense, and I can’t see how physically cutting the cloth turns this into a joke. > > Can someone explain to the fashion-clueless? The guy inside is cutting flannel for A-lines. The guy falling past the window is telling him he should be cutting velvet instead. The joke is that even though the guy is falling to his death, he still bothers to give advice to the guy he sees making a big mistake. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/40 "2013-03-29T16:12:49Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > It’s a ‘my dick is bigger/longer than yours’ joke. 😉 > > Missed it by _ **THAT** _ much! And a running joke at urinals. ManA: That Water is cold ManB: Deep too MAnA: And that burr in the pipe is sharp ManB: The one in the basement or the one at the street? ManA: The burr at the water treatment plant. ManB: That don’t bug me as much as that sharp stick in the river MAnA; The one at the water treatment plant or the one downstream? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898.md?page=3)