# Self referencing joke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092 "2007-11-28T21:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/41 "2007-12-05T04:26:05Z")
The whole cigar/brick joke combo is best told in an evening of joke telling among a number of friends, with as much time as possible between the brick part and the cigar part. It takes quite a bit of courage and style to let the first “joke” fall completely flat, as it must, and move on, resisting any attempts to explain or answer the inevitable questions. The second part shouldn’t come until enough time has passed that the rest of the party has pretty much forgotten the weird brick joke. The best effect is obtained by having the second part told by _a different person!_ A friend of mine and I pulled this off one night: I told the first part, and he did the second. At the crucial moment, he stopped and I delivered the punchline. We killed! BTW, My favorite joke that sort of answers the OP: A Freudian Slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/42 "2007-12-05T04:45:32Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] So, what the hell did the baby have in its mouth? [/QUOTE] Its tongue. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/43 "2007-12-05T20:49:10Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] So, what the hell did the baby have in its mouth? [/QUOTE] The red brick that the third pig threw up in air. The one that didn’t come down. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/44 "2007-12-05T20:53:45Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] The whole cigar/brick joke combo is best told in an evening of joke telling among a number of friends, with as much time as possible between the brick part and the cigar part. It takes quite a bit of courage and style to let the first “joke” fall completely flat, as it must, and move on, resisting any attempts to explain or answer the inevitable questions. [/QUOTE] Yes, I said that, pretty much. [QUOTE=commasense] The second part shouldn’t come until enough time has passed that the rest of the party has pretty much forgotten the weird brick joke. The best effect is obtained by having the second part told by _a different person!_ A friend of mine and I pulled this off one night: I told the first part, and he did the second. At the crucial moment, he stopped and I delivered the punchline. We killed! [/Quote] I waited over 24 hours for **tdn** to come and finish it off, but he never did. It is really good, done right. I humbly apologize for my miserable effort to translate it into text. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/45 "2007-12-05T21:15:12Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] I waited over 24 hours for **tdn** to come and finish it off, but he never did. It is really good, done right. I humbly apologize for my miserable effort to translate it into text. [/QUOTE] I’d never heard it before, but I think in real life it might work a bit better. I’ll have to try this out next time I’m at a party. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/46 "2007-12-05T23:10:08Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] The red brick that the third pig threw up in air. The one that didn’t come down. [/QUOTE] Oh. My. God. It has taken me until the above post to get it. But now that I do I think it’s hilarious! TSLK, given the restrictions of the medium I think you did a swell job. > [@](#): > > Zoggie: "_I’m seriously thinking of changing the old name to Freudian Slit. It wouldn’t be inappropriate, though…would it? Hmm. Maybe I should e-mail a mod…"_ I say go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/47 "2007-12-06T02:48:15Z")
What’s the funniest joke you can think of (under twenty words in length) that ends with a question? ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/48 "2007-12-06T03:30:06Z")
[QUOTE=Jurph] What’s the funniest joke you can think of (under twenty words in length) that ends with a question? [/QUOTE] Q.Why do the Irish answer a question with a question? A.Do we, now? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/49 "2007-12-06T04:11:44Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] I say go for it. [/QUOTE] Just e-mailed **Tuba**. My first new name in…seven years?! ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092/50 "2007-12-06T18:28:37Z")
Do you realize that word “gullible” isn’t in the dictionary? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-referencing-joke/428092.md?page=2)