# 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:** 2
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/21 "2007-02-02T21:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] 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? [/QUOTE] I was looking for punchlines for real jokes that are funny on their own, mainly because you can figure out the basic idea. You don’t need to know the joke to figure out what a guy with a 12 inch pianist really wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/22 "2007-02-02T21:40:10Z")
I don’t have to outrun the _bear_. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/23 "2007-02-02T22:07:11Z")
You don’t eat a pig like that all at once! ---
**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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/24 "2007-02-02T22:08:31Z")
“Oh, I gave up on that idea. Pigs are quieter.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/25 "2007-02-02T22:10:27Z")
So the one legged jockey says, “Dont worry about me baby, I ride sidesaddle!” ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/26 "2007-02-02T22:13:10Z")
“That dog would bite you” ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/27 "2007-02-02T22:46:47Z")
“Bennet? Hell I broke it!” First dirty joke punchline I ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/28 "2007-02-02T22:50:45Z")
“You’re the one who brought her, you liquor” I’m not sure there even IS a setup. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/29 "2007-02-03T00:18:05Z")
[QUOTE=TV time] “Bennet? Hell I broke it!” First dirty joke punchline I ever heard. [/QUOTE] First one I heard was, “How far’s the Old Log Inn?” ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/30 "2007-02-03T00:35:58Z")
[No soap, radio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_soap%2C_radio) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/31 "2007-02-03T01:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] “You’re the one who brought her, you liquor” [/QUOTE] “Liquor in Phoenix, poker in Vegas” ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/32 "2007-02-03T01:15:21Z")
“No, I just had some icecream” and “Then the Bartender says, _Hey, that’s not a spoon!_” Thank you, I’m here all week. Hey, I laughed when you guys came in here wearing the funny clothes. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/33 "2007-02-03T01:40:44Z")
A wealthy tourist on vacation in Spain is dining in an expensive restaurant. He notices some sort of celebration going on; a man is seated at the table of honor, the owner of the restaurant is personally waiting on him, and the head chef brings out the man’s meal: an extravagent dish featuring two large round balls of meat. Intrigued, the tourist asks his waiter what it’s all about. The waiter replies that every year, after the grand bullfight, the person who bid the highest gets to dine on the bull’s cajones. So the wealthy tourist decides to put in his bid for next year. The following year, he returns to Spain and is notified that his is the highest bid and is invited back to the restaurant. Now it’s his turn to sit at the table of honor, being waited on by the owner, and have the head chef bring out his meal. But when the platter is put in front of him, instead of two large round bull testicles, there are only two tiny balls of meat about the size of grapes. Outraged, the tourist demands to know the meaning of this. The restaurant owner bows his head apologetically and replies “Sometimes senior, the bull wins”. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/34 "2007-02-03T02:10:57Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] “Liquor in Phoenix, poker in Vegas” [/QUOTE] I’ve always heard it: Liquor in the front, poker in the rear. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/35 "2007-02-03T05:43:28Z")
Blowjob?! You’ll get a blowjob when that Armstrong kid walks on the moon! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/36 "2007-02-03T06:31:07Z")
[QUOTE=Billdo] [No soap, radio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_soap%2C_radio) [/QUOTE] I used this as a psych experiment once in college. Works amazingly well. About 80% of people laughed, 20% looked puzzled. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/37 "2007-02-03T06:36:35Z")
"and the bear says, ‘you aren’t really here for the hunting are you?’ " And my all time favorite joke ever…that my MOTHER told me… the punchline is… “…but the chicken was MY idea!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/38 "2007-02-03T19:16:20Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] Blowjob?! You’ll get a blowjob when that Armstrong kid walks on the moon! [/QUOTE] As the story is usually told, the punchline is [“Good luck, Mr. Gorski!”](http://www.aero-news.net/SpecialContent.cfm?ContentBlockID=ee98c115-c596-4ccf-a4f5-6ad20d6252c3&cat=6) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/39 "2007-02-03T21:58:17Z")
“and thats when they made me their chief.” ---
**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 3, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589/40 "2007-02-03T22:00:09Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] That was even funnier seven posts ago 😃 [/QUOTE] _Slowly slinking off in shame, hanging head the entire way_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-that-are-funny-without-the-joke/390589.md?page=3)