# Make your own punch line

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-punch-line/18734>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 6, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-punch-line/18734 "2000-05-06T03:08:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![NickDanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@NickDanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickDanger)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-punch-line/18734/1 "2000-05-06T03:08:08Z")

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On Dateline NBC tonight they had a teaser for one of their upcoming features on the latest ‘miracle drug’. And I quote:

“Testosterone, now available in an easy-to-apply gel.”

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**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-punch-line/18734/2 "2000-05-06T04:12:16Z")

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[hijack]

Make it a game.

You say: Testosterone: Now in an easy to apply gel!"

I say: Put it on a broomstick and pretend you’re in Plymouth!

THEN, I say: A guy walks into a bar and sees a blond sitting there with a maxi-pad in each armpit…

[/hijack]

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**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-punch-line/18734/3 "2000-05-06T04:19:55Z")

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So the doctor says, “I’m sure it does, Mr. Michael, but you’re supposed to use it EXTERNALLY.”

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**Author:** ![NickDanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@NickDanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickDanger)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-punch-line/18734/4 "2000-05-06T06:12:46Z")

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RTA that’s a good one! Any tips for cleaning single-malt scotch off of a computer monitor?

How about: “and it’s attractively packaged in designer colors”