# Jokes that, nowadays, need explaining **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comedian-jokes\ **Created:** [September 25, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466 "2020-09-25T02:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1043 "2021-02-14T23:19:37Z")
Hell is about one hour from Devil’s Lake. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1044 "2021-02-14T23:26:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I’ve always thought “Hooterville” was a backdoor (so to speak) advertisement for the Shady Rest Brothel. Lots of curves, you bet And even more when you get To the Junction. Petticoat…Junction! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XRhi8Tk9nNE/hqdefault.jpg "Petticoat Junction 1963 - 1970 Opening and Closing Theme HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRhi8Tk9nNE) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1045 "2021-02-14T23:28:58Z")
…with Kate the Madam and “Uncle” Joe the Pimp! Sisters, riiiiiiight! 🥺 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1046 "2021-02-15T01:10:38Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Lots of curves, you bet > And even more when you get > To the Junction. > Petticoat…Junction! And that’s Uncle Joe He’s a-movin’ kinda slow At the Junction Which junction? The junction under the petticoats! (Stolen from Harlan Ellison.) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1047 "2021-02-15T01:20:46Z")
I mean, could the name of the brothel be any more obvious? Maybe Lingerie Lane? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1048 "2021-02-15T03:00:35Z")
Girls come, girls go, but the names stay the same. “Oh, you want a blonde? Hold on, I’ll get you today’s Billie Jo.” ---
**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:** [February 21, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1049 "2021-02-21T07:55:10Z")
I was recently telling a much younger guy about my back and knee problems. I said that sometimes I find myself walking like Tim Conway. First I had to explain who Tim Conway was, then I had to explain how he walked. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1050 "2021-02-21T10:28:23Z")
What’s a Tim Conway? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1051 "2021-02-21T12:30:15Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > What’s a Tim Conway? Oh, about 180 pounds, give or take. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1052 "2021-02-21T20:08:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > First I had to explain who Tim Conway was, then I had to explain how he walked. Did you show him Dorf videos? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1053 "2021-02-22T03:44:18Z")
I think “Shady” Rest covers it pretty well. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1054 "2021-02-22T07:22:20Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Do people still send vacation postcards? You know, the ‘Wish you were here’ kind. My dad does, though he laments his list is so short now. I’ve sent a couple, too. Last time we went to Disneyland we sat down so he could rest, bought desserts and milk and wrote them. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1055 "2021-02-22T07:26:02Z")
I asked my wife about this because she used to send them a lot and would have noticed if they weren’t available. She said it was harder to find postcards, not many choices, and hardly worth finding a post card stamp to send them. You don’t need to use a post card stamp, you can just put a regular stamp on it, but I should never have started in on that conversation. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1056 "2021-02-22T11:10:06Z")
Yeah, we noticed at Disneyland that the postcard selection was miniscule. I buy post card stamps at the post office ahead of time. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1057 "2021-02-22T12:24:36Z")
In the pre-digital camera age, we would buy postcards at points of interest, and eventually merge them with our regular photos in albums. (we wouldn’t mail them) This way, we could save film for more “unique” photos. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1058 "2021-02-22T12:56:47Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > In the pre-digital camera age, we would buy postcards at points of interest, and eventually merge them with our regular photos in albums. (we wouldn’t mail them) This way, we could save film for more “unique” photos I still buy postcards for myself, like the front of the Colosseum with no people - there was no way I was going to get that shot. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1059 "2021-02-22T13:05:15Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > In the pre-digital camera age, we would buy postcards at points of interest, > [@kitap](#): > > I still buy postcards for myself, like the front of the Colosseum with no people - there was no way I was going to get that shot. Similarly, a couple years ago I bought a postcard of Big Ben for my mom because it was covered in scaffolding, rendering a classically-good-looking shot impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1060 "2021-02-22T13:07:43Z")
It’s still covered. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1061 "2021-02-22T13:29:43Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I’ve always thought “Hooterville” was a backdoor (so to speak) advertisement for the Shady Rest Brothel. You’re thinking of [Shady Thickets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1030). (Audio potentially NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/1062 "2021-02-22T13:34:19Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > In the pre-digital camera age, we would buy postcards at points of interest, and eventually merge them with our regular photos in albums. (we wouldn’t mail them) This way, we could save film for more “unique” photos. Yeah, postcards used to be not just for sending but for souvenirs, so you could keep good pictures of the sites you saw. Nowadays those good pictures are usually available online, if you don’t take your own photos with your phone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466.md?page=54)