# Off the cuff joke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919 "2018-07-14T20:41:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919/1 "2018-07-14T20:41:10Z")
How do you eat Matrix chili? With a fork of course. Why? There is no spoon. Hard to believe my 16 years old didn’t catch it for several minutes, he did eventually, five to be exact. The groaning went on a while too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919/2 "2018-07-14T23:50:48Z")
Still did better than me. What’s the joke? Is this like the “The cake is a lie” thing? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919/3 "2018-07-15T01:27:58Z")
‘There is no spoon’ is a line from The Matrix. ---
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919/4 "2018-07-15T02:48:11Z")
Had to look it up, but 1999 was the year the first one came out. He wasn’t born yet, but he has watched them all several times. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919/5 "2018-07-15T02:52:21Z")
> [@Qwakkeddup](#): > > How do you eat Matrix chili? > > With a fork of course. > > Why? > > There is no spoon. > Hard to believe my 16 years old didn’t catch it for several minutes, he did eventually, five to be exact. The groaning went on a while too. 🙂 It took me a few seconds, but I didn’t immediately associate “Matrix” in the first line with the movie. My thought process was “there is no spoon? Huh? Oh, yeah, _that_ Matrix. Ha ha.” When you have to work your way backwards through a joke, it usually isn’t as funny. ---
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919/6 "2018-07-15T23:17:15Z")
Dad jokes are rarely funny to anyone but Dad. Kinda follows Puns. I was really after the groans. I’m just sad it took so darn long for him to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919/7 "2018-07-15T23:55:53Z")
I have a talking horse named Mayo. Mayo neighs. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-cuff-joke/817919/8 "2018-07-16T00:09:14Z")
You tell 'em, Operator. You’ve got their number.