# I made up a joke... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594 "2009-08-16T02:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/1 "2009-08-16T02:10:31Z")
I made up a joke, and tried it on a few friends, aquaintences and such. It seems to work well enough. I want to try an experiement with this joke; I want to watch how it spreads and mutates, so please feel free to spread it electronically, orally or however. Feel free to play with the style and presentation. Comments, re-edits, improvements and such are appreciated. let’s try to keep it SFW, as it widens the vector path for the joke. The Joke \*\*\*Its laundry day, and in the dirty clothes bin, all the socks are talking… Baby Sock: “I hate being a sock! I belong to a 2 yr old, today she ran around in the back yard with out her shoes on. I got grass stains, she stepped in dog crap, and to top it all off she peed all over me! I HATE Being a sock!” Mama’s Sock: “Today, I got crammed into a pinchy set of high heels, and got stretched, and pinched, and twisted all day long!” I am a fine cotton sock, I was never designed for this! I HATE Being a sock!" Dad’s Sock: " I get punched into steel toe boots at 6:45 every morning, I get suffocated by tight laces, banged around in hot, stinking sweaty darkness all day…I HATE being a sock!" A minor silence goes by, and one last sock balled up in the corner speaks… “I belong to a fifteen year old boy…and I don’t want to talk about it!”\*\*\* Thanks! try the fish, I’ll be here all week! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/2 "2009-08-16T02:12:57Z")
I don’t think ladies wear socks with high heels. Did you mean for this to go in GQ? ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/3 "2009-08-16T02:18:40Z")
No, sorry, my mistake… MOD, Please move to Mundane Pointless… Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/4 "2009-08-16T05:28:10Z")
I think it’s pretty good. Meme-worthy, I don’t know, but certainly worth a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/5 "2009-08-16T05:34:47Z")
> [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](#): > > No, sorry, my mistake… > MOD, Please move to Mundane Pointless… > > Thanks You got it. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Captain\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/6 "2009-08-16T06:29:00Z")
My suggestion for improvement would be to have different, non-associated items of clothing discussing their relative hardships leading up to the punchline. In its current form I knew the outcome before reaching the end of the first line, and humour works better if unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/7 "2009-08-16T06:32:48Z")
Agree with Captain Awesome. I also feel like the punchline could use more…punchiness. My idea: \*A minor silence goes by, and a **white** sock balled up in the corner speaks… “I used to be brown, and it wasn’t because of bleach!”\* ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/8 "2009-08-16T07:53:04Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Agree with Captain Awesome. I also feel like the punchline could use more…punchiness. My idea: > > \*A minor silence goes by, and a **white** sock balled up in the corner speaks… > > “I used to be brown, and it wasn’t because of bleach!”\* I like the original punchline better. I think it’s fine as is. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/9 "2009-08-16T12:24:52Z")
> [@Captain\_Awesome](#): > > My suggestion for improvement would be to have different, non-associated items of clothing discussing their relative hardships leading up to the punchline. In its current form I knew the outcome before reaching the end of the first line, and humour works better if unexpected. My thinking, too. ‘I’m a shirt belonging to an overworked investor and I get pit stains bla bla’ ‘I’m underwear and my owner eats a lot of dairy even though he shouldn’t bla bla.’ ‘I’m a sock.’ ‘So? Does your owner have stinky feet?’ ‘I wouldn’t know. He’s 14 and just discovered online porn.’ Er… or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/10 "2009-08-16T15:16:23Z")
“I belong to a fifteen year old boy. Need I say anything more?” Or, to borrow from **Cat Fight,** “I belong to a fifteen year old boy and he’s just discovered online porn.” But yeah, I likes the joke, **Full Metal Lotus.** And your sig too! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/11 "2009-08-16T16:41:48Z")
How about if they were all articles of clothing from the same boy, complaining about all the things 15-year-old boys typically do? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/12 "2009-08-16T19:54:36Z")
> [@Tikki](#): > > Or, to borrow from **Cat Fight,** “I belong to a fifteen year old boy and he’s just discovered online porn.” I dunno. Pointing out the porn is explaining the joke too much, I think. Just the 15-year-old and socks should leave enough connections to hit the punchline, and the joke is more satisfying without it being completely spelled out for you. I like **panache45** ’s idea, too, but I think the original premise is fine as-is. The disparate items of clothing works, too. I personally didn’t see the punchline coming like **Captain Amazing** did, but that suggestion sounds like a workable one. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/13 "2009-08-16T20:08:57Z")
Yeah, no socks with high heels unless the woman’s sock belongs to a ZZ Top fan. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/14 "2009-08-17T01:13:49Z")
Sorry, but I didn’t get it (I’m a female who didn’t know socks were involved in a 15-year-old boy’s “personal” habits…) until I read everyone’s responses. I think the way it’s written, you’re losing half your audience, i.e., females. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/15 "2009-08-17T01:55:30Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I don’t think ladies wear socks with high heels. > > Did you mean for this to go in GQ? I have worn, and have seen many women wear, trouser socks with heels - they’re heavier than knee high hose but lighter than “weekend” socks ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/16 "2009-08-17T02:57:51Z")
Last summer, a friend’s oldest son was turning 14, and his hormones were raging. I warned her about handling his socks before laundering. She had a dumbfounded look on her face, but she didn’t ask for further explanation. She called me a couple weeks later and she wished I had explained what I meant. I laughed about it for the rest of the night. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/17 "2009-08-17T14:05:24Z")
> [@luv2draw](#): > > Sorry, but I didn’t get it (I’m a female who didn’t know socks were involved in a 15-year-old boy’s “personal” habits…) until I read everyone’s responses. > > I think the way it’s written, you’re losing half your audience, i.e., females. I was once a 15-year old boy, and socks were never involved in my habits. Only on one occasion have I ever heard of someone using a sock as a makeshift condom, and no one thought this was normal. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/18 "2009-08-17T14:09:22Z")
If your joke involved hand lotion, it practically writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/19 "2009-08-17T14:27:31Z")
Which started the whole world crying? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594/20 "2009-08-17T14:32:11Z")
Not bad but as soon as the first talking sock was presented and he was complaining I knew immediately where the joke was heading. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-up-a-joke/506594.md?page=2)