British middle class manners pretending something distasteful doesn’t exist / hasn’t happened.
I mentioned upthread I made a joke that I thought was very old and obvious when I smashed my finger and ended up in the ER. I asked the doctor “will I be able to play guitar when it heals?” He said “Absolutely”. I said “great, I wasn’t able to before!” (It’s a joke that goes back to Vaudeville days). I thought I’d get a groan, but I got a genuine laugh. It probably helped that the ER doc was pretty young. Every old joke is new again, eventually!
The defense of dads everywhere who make their five-year-olds giggle with the hackiest, hoariest shit. Myself included. ![]()
They say that kids are easy audiences for not only dumb, obvious jokes, but also for playing music to. Since they don’t know any better, they’ll think you’re a great musician even if you’re a rank amateur, as I am.
But I used to sing and play guitar to my older son when he was no more than 5 or 6. Songs like 'Yellow Submarine". He said “You’re not very good, dad”. ![]()
When I’m walking Huck, my Great Dane, I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard - Where did you get the pony? or Is he part horse?, Can you ride him?, etc. ![]()
When looking at the ocean or sea, I’ve asked someone, “is it saltwater?”. After they answer and I explain I was just fucken with them, I’ve been told people as it seriously.
Arther a few LARGE draft beers, if I want just a bit more, I’ll ask for a child’s size.
Did he come with a saddle?
We never have had a Great Dane. We have had a Great Pyrenees.
Years ago I bought a used motorboat from a father and grown son who, as a side hustle, bought used boats, fixed them up and resold them. As I was a rank novice when it came to boating, the father generously helped walk me through some boating basics: how to tie a bowline hitch, tips for backing up the boat to launch, etc. Then he went through the boat control basics: forward throttle, reverse, how to raise and lower the outboard motor, lights, etc.
I jokingly asked “where’s the brake?” and his jaw literally dropped open. He clearly was thinking “wow, this landlubber is even stupider than I thought”. I quickly said “Just kidding!”
Yep! I’ve heard that one too.
A stupid, obvious joke I feel compelled to repeat whenever the context arises: if and when anyone asks me (as they inevitably do) “What’s up?”, I point at the ceiling or sky, and solemnly reply “That”. Of course, I’m also the sort of wiseass who, when someone says “Give me a hand with this”, claps his own hands a few times.
What?
We hung out today with our Sint Maarten friend Juggie, proprietor of Juggie’s Place, the smallest bar in the world.
Luckily someone who stopped for a drink asked, as many do, why they call him Juggie.
Ha answered, as always, with a serious expression, “My name is Jagdish Kumar Amarnaney, what the fuck should they call me”.
“Do you have reservations?”
“Yes, but we decided to come anyways.”
I can’t ever resist.
There’s also "Has anyone ever told you that you look like…?
I stopped doing that many years ago though. There was a maintence guy in a university setting I met when he came in to work on an oven. I swear, he looked so much like a young Paul McCartney I couldhn’t help myself. I started "Has anyone ever told you? and before I could name he said, in a rather sharp tone, “Yes.”
Oh, and I’m from Kansas. While I was in the military, and would be asked where I was from, I got so sick and tired of Oz jokes.
Finally, a tired joke I’ve never heard. Thank you!
I shall add it to my repertoire. ![]()
We have a butterfly garden (a bunch of stuff planted to attract and benefit butterflies). It really works well.
When the backyard is filled with butterflies and a visitor comments, “oh my, look at all the butterflies”, I’m unable to resist sighing and replying, “yes, I need to spray”.
I make the same comment for, “look at all the squirrels” or anything similar.
How Addams of you. ![]()
Possibly non-obvious joke:
Young child to her grandmother: ‘Look at all the pretty white butterflies! My teacher said that butterflies are all precious and must be protected!’
Grandmother, sighing: ‘Your teacher buys her cabbage at the store.’
(I do keep a lot of habitat, including milkweed, that’s useful to other butterfly species.)
I can only go by me.
“Cold enough for you?”
“Did you sleep well?”
“No, I made a few mistakes.”
Slept like a baby. Woke up every 2 hours and wet myself.