# The 'joke - no punchline' thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289 "2020-05-06T18:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289/1 "2020-05-06T18:38:46Z")
Antithesis to the [punchline thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=893706). In this thread tell the set up but leave 'em hanging. How many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb? I heard an Iraqi guitar tutor is offering to teach guitarists songs in obscure tunings… Mithridates VI walks into a bar… Why did the hipster burn his mouth when he ate pizza? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289/2 "2020-05-06T18:50:15Z")
Most of the jokes I know would be banned if I posted the setup. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289/3 "2020-05-07T06:41:55Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Most of the jokes I know would be banned if I posted the setup. ☹ Sometimes the setup isn’t needed, only the title. Like, SANDPAPER SAL. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289/4 "2020-05-07T21:19:48Z")
What borders on stupidity? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289/5 "2020-05-08T02:59:05Z")
A naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm and a 6 ft salami in the other. The bartender says. " I don’t suppose you’ll be needing a drink." The blonde says,… ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289/6 "2020-05-08T12:54:39Z")
Dad joke: How does a penguin build its house? ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289/7 "2020-05-08T13:20:23Z")
Did you hear about the person who identifies as a giant sequoia? ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joke-no-punchline-thread/853289/8 "2020-05-08T15:12:44Z")
A dwarf walks into a brothel with a donkey and a honeycomb and says I need a woman for my wife has left me.