# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/61 "2013-03-31T17:38:23Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > “Shoot the dog!” I’m a frayed knot! ---
**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 31, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/62 "2013-03-31T17:42:30Z")
Listen, this is turning into that Johnny Carson routine with the telepath who can read jokes in sealed envelopes. I think only the OP’s query–only because it is a query–and my, if I do say so myself, punchline-joke of “9W” is what should count, not punchlines to old favorites, unless theyre really well known. Although, why the hell not. Proceed. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/63 "2013-03-31T19:08:07Z")
A Well since you insist, the greatest Carnak answer of them all: Sis-boom-baa ---
**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 31, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/64 "2013-03-31T21:44:08Z")
Which is…? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/65 "2013-03-31T22:36:58Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Which is…? What is the sound of an exploding sheep? ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/66 "2013-04-01T00:35:46Z")
“doctor said you’re gonna die.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/67 "2013-04-01T02:08:23Z")
“And then his legs fell off.” ---
**Author:** ![jimigorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@jimigorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimigorilla)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/68 "2013-04-01T13:31:27Z")
> [@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? Clothes are made of fabric, like velvet or flanel or silk. This does not come ready made. It has to be cut to the right shape for the intended garment, usually with scissors. That’s what “cutting velvet” means. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/69 "2013-04-01T13:55:39Z")
You’re not here for the hunting, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/70 "2013-04-01T14:35:02Z")
So, he shot her. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/71 "2013-04-01T14:50:07Z")
“Well, you don’t really think I wished for a 10 inch pianist, do you?” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/72 "2013-04-01T15:09:43Z")
“I don’t think we’re throwing the dog high enough.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/73 "2013-04-01T15:26:40Z")
“Block that kick! Block that kick!” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/74 "2013-04-01T16:25:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So, what’s the joke number of the joke about the joke numbers? [Aleph-one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleph_number#Aleph-one) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/75 "2013-04-01T17:42:07Z")
Give me a minute and I’ll save you 10,000 dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/76 "2013-04-01T18:25:23Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “Well, you don’t really think I wished for a 10 inch pianist, do you?” Other than “Lie, dammit, lie!” that’s the only one I recognize. Mine above is from what’s probably a really old joke, told by my grandfather. [spoiler]A man was out hunting and happened on a beautiful naked young woman. She asked him “What are you doing, Handsome?” He said “Hunting”. Her reply “Well, I’m game!” [/spoiler] Hopefully not the best joke in the thread. My grandfather was full of those. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/77 "2013-04-01T18:30:40Z")
I was tempted to put this in the “Best April Fool’s Jokes” thread, but decided here is better: “April Fool, they’re both dead.” ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/78 "2013-04-01T18:50:22Z")
Oh wait, I do know the one that ends “Doctor says you’re gonna die”. Doesn’t everyone? It’s the caller’s response after his friend has been bitten in the penis by a poisonous snake ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/79 "2013-04-01T19:07:27Z")
“And watch out you don’t step in the Hoya.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-the-joke-that-goes-with-the-punch-line/175898/80 "2013-04-01T19:19:37Z")
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