# Punchlines that are funny without the joke? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 2, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589 "2007-02-02T19:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/1 "2007-02-02T19:25:20Z")
I was talking to a friend and happened to mention a Simpson’s episode where:Its a wedding, someone points a video camera at Krusty and says, “hey Krusty, be funny!” So he says “Ok, a guy walks into a bar with a 1ft tall man and a tiny piano, - oh wait, cant tell that one in front of the kids!” I found this funny because I know the joke, and because it made me realize some punch lines are funny without the joke. Two examples I can think of are - “do you think I would have wished for a 12 inch pianist?” - the guy with no arms and no legs says “how do you think I rang the doorbell?” Do any others come to mind? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/2 "2007-02-02T19:39:42Z")
So the doctor says “there’s my thermometer! Now where the heck did my pen go?” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/3 "2007-02-02T19:41:09Z")
“What you mean _we_, white man?” ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/4 "2007-02-02T19:43:02Z")
“Now where’s that ugly woman who needs her tonails clipped?” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/5 "2007-02-02T19:44:42Z")
“and the husband says ‘_You’re_ embarassed? I’m the one sitting here with three dinner rolls shoved up his ass!’” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/6 "2007-02-02T19:50:16Z")
“No, Silver! Posse!” ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/7 "2007-02-02T19:53:20Z")
Thought of one more… “OK, but when you pull that thing out, it better have numbers on it!” ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/8 "2007-02-02T20:02:37Z")
“Hey, wait a minute. That’s not a duck” ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/9 "2007-02-02T20:04:04Z")
“The Aristocrats!” ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/10 "2007-02-02T20:07:24Z")
Penis van Lesbian! It’s so much funnier without the setup… ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/11 "2007-02-02T20:07:58Z")
“Wrecked 'em? Darn near _killed_ 'em!” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/12 "2007-02-02T20:12:01Z")
“$10, same as downtown.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/13 "2007-02-02T20:12:22Z")
Because goose doesn’t rhyme ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/14 "2007-02-02T20:35:23Z")
Dem Fokkers was Messerschmidts! ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/15 "2007-02-02T20:40:17Z")
Ok, some of these punchlines I’ve never heard before. Some people are going to have to put the jokes in spoiler boxes for those of use who are not familiar. I REALLY want to hear some of these jokes… if they even ARE jokes. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/16 "2007-02-02T20:45:41Z")
Everybody. $2,500.05 for selling your body? Who gave you the nickel? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/17 "2007-02-02T20:48:15Z")
Kinda vague in the OP–are you looking for the punchlines to jokes you know which are funny because you know the joke, or are funny even if you don’t know the joke? 'cause I can come up with punchlines to commonly-known jokes all day long, and if somebody hasn’t heard them, they’re not going to be too funny. “Nah, we need the eggs.” “We haven’t heard that one before.” “What? and leave show business?” “Okay, but I’m only going to take out enough to win.” :rolleyes: The true challenge lies in coming up with a punchline that’s funny all by itself, and not because it’s a one-line joke, like “Why do they serve French Bread in Italian restaurants?” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/18 "2007-02-02T20:52:43Z")
Wrecked 'em? Damn near killed 'im! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/19 "2007-02-02T21:35:53Z")
[QUOTE=MissMossie] Penis van Lesbian! It’s so much funnier without the setup… [/QUOTE] For those who are dying to know anyway: This was the name of an aspiring actor. When the man was told it sounded too formal, he changed it to the breezier _Dick Van Dyke_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/20 "2007-02-02T21:38:27Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Wrecked 'em? Damn near killed 'im! [/QUOTE] That was even funnier seven posts ago 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589.md?page=2)