# Pete and Repeat joke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080 "2020-07-12T02:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080/21 "2020-07-13T08:13:23Z")
Can someone tell the Patience/Jackass joke? I musta missed that one, though I certainly remember the others. There was also the kind offer of “A.B.C. gum” which, when accepted, turned out to be “Already Been Chewed” gum. What a laff riot. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080/22 "2020-07-13T16:19:47Z")
I wonder if anybody is still stuck in the Pete/Repeat thing. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080/23 "2020-07-13T17:01:06Z")
I was stuck in it until I washed my hair. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080/24 "2020-07-13T17:48:11Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Can someone tell the Patience/Jackass joke? I musta missed that one, though I certainly remember the others. > > There was also the kind offer of “A.B.C. gum” which, when accepted, turned out to be “Already Been Chewed” gum. What a laff riot. The prospector is riding his mule across the desert. II: As they crest a dune, the mule says, **Could we take a break for some water?** The prospector says, **Patience, jack ass, patience, wait 'til we crest the next dune.** Down they go, then up the other side of the next dune. As they crest… :II Embellish at will, be as monotone as you please. After about the 29th repeat, your patsy will exclaim something like, **Oh, come _on_ already!** at which you point you bellow in their face, **Patience, Jackass, patience!** and await laughter from the gathered mob. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080/25 "2020-07-13T18:51:48Z")
Reminds me of that joke: How do you keep a turkey in suspense? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080/26 "2020-07-14T01:15:24Z")
How? (Man, you can tell I didn’t have siblings.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080/27 "2020-07-14T01:50:53Z")
[quote=“purplehorseshoe, post:26, topic:915080, full:true”] How?[/quote] I’ll tell you tomorrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-and-repeat-joke/915080.md?page=1)