# I Remember the Punchline, But I Forget the Joke **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390 "2008-03-06T23:52:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/41 "2008-03-07T22:15:01Z")
You can’t unload a truckful of bowling balls with a pitchfork. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/42 "2008-03-07T22:19:49Z")
Clawing at the inside of her coffin. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/43 "2008-03-07T22:22:24Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Clawing at the inside of her coffin. [/QUOTE] Or else: “Let me out! Let me out!” ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/44 "2008-03-07T22:41:23Z")
All of a sudden, the Chinese guy jumps out from out of nowhere, (and I don’t mean out of somewhere, I mean out of nowhere), and yells “Supplies”! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/45 "2008-03-07T22:45:32Z")
I dunno, I couldn’t find her head. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/46 "2008-03-07T23:24:48Z")
Chicken!?! (this is apparently the punchline to a naughty joke that my parents enjoyed when I was a child - a very long time ago - so if anyone knows the setup, I would be so happy). Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/47 "2008-03-07T23:35:57Z")
So the medical chief of staff says, “Remember the guy down the hall? Same disease, better HMO.” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/48 "2008-03-07T23:39:10Z")
A stick. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/49 "2008-03-08T00:25:58Z")
That’s a big word for a nine year old. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/50 "2008-03-08T00:41:04Z")
“Wow, I’m up the paddle without a crick.” “Never lock a gift hearse in vermouth.” “Two Hershey Bars.” ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/51 "2008-03-08T00:46:49Z")
“Oh dear, I wonder where I left my spectacles…” “That’s not a stethoscope!” “You want me to paint the room pink?” “I didn’t think I had to ask for a receipt.” “Wait’ll you see the walrus!” “On Tuesdays she drives the red one.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/52 "2008-03-08T01:03:04Z")
“No, no, that’s just ice cream!” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/53 "2008-03-08T01:20:04Z")
The Czech is in the male. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/54 "2008-03-08T01:47:26Z")
No thanks, I don’t think my ass could take another roll. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/55 "2008-03-08T02:37:08Z")
Holy mackeral, where did all these fucking indians come from? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/56 "2008-03-08T02:42:34Z")
No possible way anyone could remember the joke that goes with this one: Better Nate than lever! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/57 "2008-03-08T02:50:37Z")
The last time anything like this happened, a star appeared in the east and three wise men came over the hill. I’ll be darned if I’m going to miss it this time! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/58 "2008-03-08T03:20:45Z")
\“Dopey fucked a penguin! Dopey fucked a penguin!”[/to6d\> ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/59 "2008-03-08T04:08:12Z")
“Wait until I roll over.” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/60 "2008-03-08T04:44:33Z")
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