# The Punchline! PLEASE!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037 "2007-04-29T07:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/1 "2007-04-29T07:25:12Z")
Once and for frickin’ all, what is the joke in _The Breakfast Club_??? > [@](#): > > Naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm, and a two-foot salami under the other. The bartender says, I guess you won’t be needing a drink. Naked lady says… What does she say? Please, END this void in my life! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/2 "2007-04-29T07:50:12Z")
“Pour me one anyway, I’m an aristocrat!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/3 "2007-04-29T07:52:58Z")
“Your choice, pal. Pour me a Glenlivet or smell this salami up close!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/4 "2007-04-29T07:55:01Z")
“Oh come on. I can’t give up more than two addictions in one sitting!” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/5 "2007-04-29T07:58:06Z")
“Forgot my pencil.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/6 "2007-04-29T08:11:40Z")
Speaking of which, this reminds of a caller to the Allan Combs radio show who used to call in during the Radio Grafitti segment eons ago. Allan’s rules were, “One sentence. One sentence only.” Caller always asked the question “What do you call Rodney King in Spanish?” Allan would always cut him off. I just want to know the damn joke after 15 years, goddamnit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/7 "2007-04-29T08:15:44Z")
And, if we want to get [factual](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/trivia): _The joke that Bender tells but never finishes (while crawling through the ceiling) actually has no punchline. According to Judd Nelson, he ad-libbed the line. Originally, he was supposed to tell a joke that would end when he came back into the library and said, “Forgot my pencil”, but no one could come up with a joke for that punchline._ ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/8 "2007-04-29T08:23:34Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Speaking of which, this reminds of a caller to the Allan Combs radio show who used to call in during the Radio Grafitti segment eons ago. Allan’s rules were, “One sentence. One sentence only.” Caller always asked the question “What do you call Rodney King in Spanish?” Allan would always cut him off. I just want to know the damn joke after 15 years, goddamnit. [/QUOTE] IIRC, it’s some variant of the “N” word. Always thought Combs had good instincts. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/9 "2007-04-29T08:23:54Z")
No soap. Radio! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/10 "2007-04-29T08:25:12Z")
“How about a boot to the head?” ---
**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:** [April 29, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/11 "2007-04-29T08:28:21Z")
No soap, radio! edit: Damm you **Indistinguishable**! Foiled again! ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/12 "2007-04-29T08:32:17Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] “Oh come on. I can’t give up more than two addictions in one sitting!” [/QUOTE] The first two were great. This one destroys me! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/13 "2007-04-29T11:03:29Z")
I’ve never understood that scene. Why is he talking? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/14 "2007-04-29T14:42:12Z")
Why is a raven like a writing desk? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/15 "2007-04-29T17:43:56Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] I’ve never understood that scene. Why is he talking? -FrL- [/QUOTE] I think the idea is that he’s trying to concentrate and keep his nerve by reciting something familiar. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/16 "2007-04-29T20:49:47Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Why is a raven like a writing desk? [/QUOTE] They both produce notes, though they are very flat, and it is “nevar” put with the wrong end in front. (Actually, this joke has no answer either, but Lewis Carroll wrote the preceding when pushed for one.) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/17 "2007-04-29T21:29:25Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Why is a raven like a writing desk? [/QUOTE] [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_266.html) on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/18 "2007-04-30T03:43:50Z")
> [@](#): > > “What do you call Rodney King in Spanish?” This one is a real joke with a real punchline - “a pinata”. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punchline-please/402037/19 "2007-04-30T10:55:36Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] This one is a real joke with a real punchline - “a pinata”. [/QUOTE] I forgot that - my Dad had to ask me what a pinata is.