# Jokes that take time to sink in **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519 "2005-12-01T04:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/181 "2016-03-02T15:36:18Z")
Someone here thinks they were clever, funny, and witty. They were half right. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/182 "2016-03-02T16:11:12Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Given the geometry it ain’t the hair that needs to be black. > > This one is ancient but there appears to be people who still haven’t heard it: > > A plane lands on the US-Canada border. Where do the survivors get buried? Not all hair is on your head, Nava! Also, I believe your plane should ‘crash’ to make the joke work. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/183 "2016-03-02T16:13:20Z")
I’ve got one: “A plane lands on a swamp.” That one might take a while to sink in. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/184 "2016-03-02T16:20:56Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Not all hair is on your head, Nava! Yeah but if the rug matches the drapes she’s the six and if the rug is missing the geometry is wrong. And yes the plane crashes. :smack: Must have… dunnow, not coffee, coffee isn’t good to me… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/185 "2016-03-02T16:41:59Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > Oh, lighten up. This is a joke thread.\*\* I told a real joke (post #132), followed by a non-joke and implied if you didn’t get the joke, you were stupid. \*\*Not getting the joke _is_ the joke. Period. **Kamino-Neko** got it in one in his post #134 spoiler. Did you not read that? OK, sure, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/186 "2016-03-02T16:52:06Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Still no idea? No, but I read the rest of the thread. Hardeharhar. No soap, Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [March 2, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/187 "2016-03-02T16:53:38Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > I think it was funnier than **cochran’s** sexist Panama Canal joke. Did I mention the Panama Canal’s sex in the joke? The Panama Canal is gender neutral. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/188 "2016-03-02T17:06:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Did I mention the Panama Canal’s sex in the joke? The Panama Canal is gender neutral. No, it’s a masculine noun. El Canal de Panamá conecta el Pacífico con el Atlántico. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/189 "2016-03-02T17:17:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I got a text yesterday from a friend that read, “very funny”. > > I couldn’t figure out what the fuck he meant. I haven’t even run into him in a while. Then it hit me. The last time I saw him was on February 10, which was Ash Wednesday. I said, “for a minute I thought you were Aaron Neville”. Apparently it took him weeks to figure out what I meant. It took me a minute, but then I recalled what Aaron Neville looks like. Good one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/190 "2016-03-02T17:29:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I got a text yesterday from a friend that read, “very funny”. > > I couldn’t figure out what the fuck he meant. I haven’t even run into him in a while. Then it hit me. The last time I saw him was on February 10, which was Ash Wednesday. I said, “for a minute I thought you were Aaron Neville”. Apparently it took him weeks to figure out what I meant. Don’t quit your day job. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/191 "2016-03-02T17:30:32Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Don’t quit your day job. > > Regards, > Shodan Of course not; why would I even contemplate retirement?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/192 "2016-03-02T17:55:34Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > Explanation: I used the term “mental midget” not to disparage midgets, dwarfs or people with microcephaly. I used it as a euphemism for people with sub par cognitive ability (e.g. unable to comprehend obvious jokes). On reflection, realizing some people on this board may fall into that category, and not wishing to offend, I switched to the less offensive, “we can’t all be Nobel Laureates”, meaning you may not be a mental _midget_ for not understanding a joke—you’re just not a mental _giant_…like me. 🙂 > [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > I told a real joke (post #132), followed by a non-joke and implied if you didn’t get the joke, you were stupid. Be that as it may, your posts in here have been insulting, whether you intend them to be or not. Let’s try not to insult posters and then keep going on and on about it which you were/are doing a little here. That being said, **to everyone** : Let’s quit the sniping at each other and take grievances to the Pit beyond this post. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/193 "2016-03-02T18:03:33Z")
_Most men get it; most women don’t:_ A man is boarding a plane, and as he is about to take his seat, he notices the man seated next to him has a black eye. The man boarding also happens to have a black eye. The man boarding says, “What a coincidence – We both have black eyes.” The seated man explains the he got his earlier at the ticket counter, from a slip of the tongue. He wanted a ticket to Pittsburgh, but was staring at the clerk’s chest, and said, “I need a picket to tits burgh.” A simple slip of the tongue (and some staring), but she punched him… BAM… black eye. The man boarding says, "Amazing! Mine was from a simple slip of the tongue, too! I was at breakfast with my wife this morning, and I meant to say, ‘_Honey, could you please pass the Wheaties_?’ “But instead, I said, _‘You fucking bitch; you ruined my life!’_ BAM… she socked me. Simple slip of the tongue.” . ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/194 "2016-03-02T21:31:02Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Be that as it may, your posts in here have been insulting, whether you intend them to be or not. Let’s try not to insult posters and then keep going on and on about it which you were/are doing a little here. > > That being said, **to everyone** : Let’s quit the sniping at each other and take grievances to the Pit beyond this post. Wait for it… ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/195 "2016-03-02T21:44:01Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’ve got one: > > “A plane lands on a swamp.” > > That one might take a while to sink in. 😃 My favorite so far. > [@Shodan](#): > > No, but I read the rest of the thread. Hardeharhar. > > No soap, Regards, > Shodan Just in case: [spoiler]What do I have if I have a deer with no eyes? I got no-eye deer! What do I have if I shoot the deer? Still no-eye deer![/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/196 "2016-03-02T22:14:11Z")
One I heard on XM’s comedy channel the other day. [INDENT]I stopped at a gas station to fill my tires, and I noticed it cost 75¢! I remember when air was free! I went to the guy at the counter and asked why it cost so much. He said “Inflation.”[/INDENT] ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/197 "2016-03-02T22:38:35Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Be that as it may, your posts in here have been insulting, whether you intend them to be or not. Let’s try not to insult posters and then keep going on and on about it which you were/are doing a little here. > > That being said, **to everyone** : Let’s quit the sniping at each other and take grievances to the Pit beyond this post. I’m sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/198 "2016-03-02T23:15:52Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Given the geometry it ain’t the hair that needs to be black. I was being polite. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/199 "2016-03-03T22:39:28Z")
Ugh, so I was reading some clickbait listicle at the Reader’s Digest website, and thought of this thread when I saw this joke on the page (for some reason, it has nothing to do with what I was reading): > [@](#): > > Just found the worst page in the entire dictionary. What I saw was disgraceful, disgusting, dishonest, and disingenuous. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519/200 "2016-03-03T23:18:06Z")
You know what nobody ever talks about? You know what else nobody ever talks about? How drunk Carl Sandburg had to be before he could paean his city. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-take-time-to-sink-in/333519.md?page=11)