# 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:** 4
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/61 "2008-03-08T04:52:26Z")
Christ, It’s midnight already! SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/62 "2008-03-08T05:13:42Z")
Wait a second. Do you wear jeans? It just goes to show you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger. Cabin boy, fetch my brown pants. Sometimes the bull wins. The last time I did this, I didn’t have holes in my feet. DEATH BY SNOO SNOO!!! ---
**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, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/63 "2008-03-08T05:17:48Z")
You sure are a mean drunk, Mr. Kent. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/64 "2008-03-08T05:25:51Z")
I’m not sure I understand the direction this thread is taking. In case the OP would like some serious responses, I’ll take one on: [QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] You can’t unload a truckful of bowling balls with a pitchfork. [/QUOTE] What’s the difference between a truck full of bowling balls and a truck full of dead babies? I’ll contribute one. Years ago, I regularly listened to some “funny” DJ who would do mock horoscopes. One of his entries went something like this: “Only a Pisces would laugh out loud at this punchline: ‘Can I do it until I need glasses?’” I’m a Pisces. I laughed out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/65 "2008-03-08T16:28:12Z")
[QUOTE=DWMarch] No possible way anyone could remember the joke that goes with this one: Better Nate than lever! [/QUOTE] Nate the snake? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/66 "2008-03-08T19:00:36Z")
[QUOTE=astro] Well at these prices you won’t get many more. [/QUOTE] Taking the thread seriously: A camel walks into a bar and orders a beer. Bartender sets the beer down in front of him and says"We don’t get many camels in here. That’ll be $20." > [@Ludovic](#): > > But fuck ONE sheep! I’ve painted a lot of houses, but do they call me Bob the painter? No. I’ve given money to the poor, but do they call me Bob the philanthropist? No… ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/67 "2008-03-08T20:26:46Z")
Heavenly Golf Punchlines No, that IS Jesus, he just thinks he’s Tiger Woods. Dad! Quit showing off! The bad news is WE have a tee time Thursday morning. ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/68 "2008-03-08T20:37:01Z")
[QUOTE=Octalcode] Nate the snake? [/QUOTE] Yes, now how about the rest of the joke? 😉 ---
**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 8, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/69 "2008-03-08T20:40:03Z")
Mom! I’m working here! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/70 "2008-03-08T20:50:31Z")
Yeah, Gabriel, but who’s he gonna tell? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/71 "2008-03-08T20:52:04Z")
You think you have it bad? Every time I stand up, they put a sack over my head, shove me in a damp hole and make me do pushups till I throw up! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/72 "2008-03-08T22:25:55Z")
Paint my house. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/73 "2008-03-08T23:46:16Z")
“Damn it, horse, I said bring POSSE!” ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/74 "2008-03-09T00:28:56Z")
Why do they call camels “ships of the desert”? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/75 "2008-03-09T01:16:36Z")
“Peter, I can see your house from up here!” “No, you’re going to eat me, just like it says in the book.” “‘Nein! Nein!’ So two left.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/76 "2008-03-09T01:45:36Z")
Hey, lady! Your sign fell down! ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/77 "2008-03-09T02:11:57Z")
“I forgot my pencil.” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/78 "2008-03-09T02:21:54Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] DEATH BY SNOO SNOO!!! [/QUOTE] I consider this the punchline: “_Fry_: Good-bye, friends. I never thought I would die like this. But I’d always really hoped!” ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/79 "2008-03-09T02:37:04Z")
I posted this in the New Amsterdam thread in CS [Hijack] In episode 2 when he goes to the morgue, the morgue attendant (doctor?) tires to tell him three jokes. He starts each joke and our hero fills in the punch line before the joke is finished. Presumably because at 400 years old he has heard them all before. OK, fine. I knew the first and third jokes, but I do not know the 2nd joke. I think the set up was: A priest a doctor, and a vet walk into a bar. The punch line was: Sue the duck. 😕 Can anybody supply the missing parts of the joke?[/hijack] This is driving me crazy, I want to know the rest of the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390/80 "2008-03-09T02:53:52Z")
My mother-in-law knows there is a joke where the punchline is “mole asses” but does not know the joke. It is probably a pun on “molasses” but we don’t know how the pun would be set up. -FrL- [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-the-punchline-but-i-forget-the-joke/440390.md?page=5)