I’m not starting this as a joke thread and I’m not looking to learn a slew of dead baby jokes. I’m also not trying to offend anyone, so be aware that this thread contains a dead baby joke.
I’m interested to see if others do or do not find this joke amusing. If anyone cares to know why I’m interested I can try to answer that question, but otherwise I’d like to hear YHOs.
Not destined to be a classic, but, do you find it amusing?
If Yes, just say as much and expound if you like.
If Not, why not?
Do you like jokes of this type, but just not this one?
Is is poorly written or related clumsily?
Is it in poor taste?
Is it too unrealistic or non-sensical?
Would it matter where or from whom you heard the joke?
Bonus question: If you heard this joke and commented that you didn’t like it, what would your response be if the teller said, “It’s just a joke.”?
I think that might be part of the appeal of the genre of dead baby jokes. To quote Kaylee, “The whole point… is that it ain’t appropriate”.
That said, having the dead baby crawling into the bar somewhat strains the premise, I think. Might it be possible to re-word so the baby’s just lying there, er, being dead, with someone else delivering the punchline?
So the stripper says to the customer, “That’s some stiffy you’ve got there!” and the customer says, “Yeah, but I’ve only got thirty minutes to get him to the funeral home before my wife freaks out.”
I’d go with funny albeit not without its offensive moments.
The set-up works. It establishs that the dead baby is in some kind of discomfort which prompts the bartender’s question which sets up the punchline. The idea of a dead baby walking into the bar might not work cold but it plays off the established genres of dead baby jokes and walking into a bar jokes.
I agree. Plus, it took a minute for me to hear the “little” with “stiff”. Maybe because stiff is often used as a pun in dead anything jokes. Stiff’s expected, little isn’t. If in telling the joke, you emphasized “little”, I’d probably chuckle.
First off, to me this is not a DEAD BABY JOKE. Genuine DEAD BABY JOKES have the format one-line question/one-line zinger answer. This is simply a joke that happens to have a dead baby in it.
Secondly, while I appreciate the punchline, there are ways to set it up better. Not only does the dead baby distract from it (by bringing to mind DEAD BABY JOKES, which it ain’t), but the walking talking corpse distracts by bringing to mind the living dead. These are extraneous concepts not necessary for the joke, and in my opinion they detract from it just by cluttering it up. I agree that the third person “he’s a little stiff” (or similar line) would be preferable.
All that said, I’d say it’s a mildly funny semi-groaner. With the right set-up (no dead babies) I’d find it funnier.
As far as joking about dead babies, it doesn’t offend me, but I’m careful about when, where, and to whom I tell such jokes.
The joke’s not funny because it’s too long a set up for an unoriginal pun. It’ll probably get more groans than laughs. Puns in general don’t really get much laughter but they can work if they’re extra clever. The telling of the joke might make a difference if the speaker can do really funny dead-baby-crawling sounds. Still, it’s a groaner.
The offensiveness is unrelated to the funniness. Jokes can be funny and still be offensive. People who tell offensive jokes should accept that they’re going to offend people. People who trot out the “it’s just a joke!” line are trying to argue that the offended parties shouldn’t be offended. Don’t argue - just read your audience and tell a different joke. Hopefully, a funnier joke. Most people do have a higher tolerance for offensive jokes provided they’re worth the pay-off.
The OP, not so much. It’s the dead baby walking into the bar, but it’s also that the joke is essentially a pun. It isn’t really funny no matter how hard you set it up. Watch, try it like this:
A man walks into a bar with a dead baby slung over his shoulder. The bartender looks at him and says “” the man relpys “Oh him? No problem at all, he’s just a little stiff.”
Meh, it still doesn’t work. The problem is really that the joke isn’t funny enough/shocking enough to get you past the premise that you are talking about a dead baby.
Dead Babies aren’t actually funny in and of themselves. Sexy, sure, but not funny.