# Punchline Regularly Tossed Out Without the Jokes They Come From **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864 "2013-04-04T21:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/41 "2013-04-05T19:15:12Z")
… A pig like this, you don’t eat all at once! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/42 "2013-04-05T19:26:59Z")
Every once in a while I’ll find myself humming: “Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?” ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/43 "2013-04-05T19:35:17Z")
Wrecked him? It damn near **killed** him! ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/44 "2013-04-05T19:37:53Z")
> [@Ms.Pumpkin](#): > > Not the actual punchline, but you know how sometimes someone will tell you something, and they’re talking fast/excitedly, so there’s no pause for you to ask them what they’re going on about? So you end up hearing some long, confusing story that makes absolutely no sense to you? My usual reply to something like that is, "[a couple seconds of silence] …_Who’s_ on first? That’s when I say “Sorry, Han. I didn’t make the jump to light speed.” ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/45 "2013-04-05T20:03:43Z")
“That’s what _she_ said.” I must say, however, that of the examples in the OP, only #2 is familiar to me (and I get most of the other contributions). ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/46 "2013-04-05T20:25:20Z")
“If I could walk THAT way I wouldn’t NEED the aftershave!” “So I’ve got that going for me… which is nice” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/47 "2013-04-05T22:02:36Z")
Yeah, I’m batting 500 on these. And at my work, I’m the guy that throws out quotes that no one gets. Man, I really need to market those **StraightDopeGoggles** \*, with which you can instantly see all the Pop/Dork/Sub-Culture References, neatly listed in purple alongside the esoteric posts. \*_("The SD Goggles. They Don’t Do Nothing"™)_ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/48 "2013-04-05T23:20:49Z")
I get it… _pronoun_ trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/49 "2013-04-06T00:02:32Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > “What you mean ‘we’, Kemosabe?” I always heard this said, “What mean WE, white man?” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/50 "2013-04-06T00:40:17Z")
When my cat is meowing at me for no reason: “Shut up shuttin’ up …” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/51 "2013-04-06T14:24:01Z")
You bastard! You let Mom die! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/52 "2013-04-06T15:42:50Z")
“Your grandmother is up on the roof.” ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/53 "2013-04-06T15:50:57Z")
Get my brown pants! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/54 "2013-04-06T15:54:12Z")
No, Tonto. P_o_sse! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/55 "2013-04-06T15:55:18Z")
“That’s Capricorn, is it?” > [@tdn](#): > > “What you mean ‘we’, Kemosabe?” > [@Chanteuse](#): > > I always heard this said, “What mean WE, white man?” I always heard them as “What’s this _we_ shit, White Man/Kemosabe?” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/56 "2013-04-06T16:10:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > No, Tonto. P_o_sse! I heard this as No, Silver. P_o_sse! Might be different jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/57 "2013-04-06T16:19:06Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I heard this as No, Silver. P_o_sse! > > Might be different jokes. No, you’re right. It was Silver, I misremembered. And I’m sure it’s the same joke. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/58 "2013-04-06T21:19:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > References? I’m not familiar with them, and neither show up on Google in the form you quote them. [Or When things are a real mess…"This looks… Or When things are a real mess…“This looks like a shit-house in distress”. Forum: Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) 04-04-2013, 06:06 PM Replies: 56 Punchline Regularly Tossed Out Without the Jokes They Come From Views: 1,273 Posted By bot3 When it appears that good fortune might strike,… When it appears that good fortune might strike, but something just isn’t right you might say " What the hell, two rolls no coffee!"] These are old, very old. My Dad would use them very often. He was a truck driver for the commission houses that sold food to all the stores and restaurants back before stores had direct deliveries. He had a whole bunch of them that he and his co-workers used. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/59 "2013-04-07T00:19:15Z")
No, it’s really very simple… You stay here, and make sure he doesn’t leave. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864/60 "2013-04-07T05:35:24Z")
[You know… morons.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GEdb46IrFDk) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchline-regularly-tossed-out-without-the-jokes-they-come-from/654864.md?page=4)