# Jokes that, nowadays, need explaining

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/75 "2020-09-26T17:38:23Z")

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> [@Couldn't get this 80s or 90s Reader's Digest joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-get-this-80s-or-90s-readers-digest-joke/918192/1):
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> Sometime in the 80s or 90s, someone told a true anecdote that was published in RD’s joke section and I have never figured it out:
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> _I was a pizza delivery guy. One time I delivered a pizza to a lady, and she gave me a $20 bill and told me to “keep the change.” Delighted at such a large tip, I took the bill and went back into my car, only to have her come and knock on the car window and clarify: “what I meant was, keep the **change**.”_
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> Is there some hidden meaning here?

She meant keep the _coins_.

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