# What's the joke to this punch line? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 15, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277 "2004-05-15T15:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/61 "2004-05-16T19:41:18Z")
“I don’t know”, said the Invisible Man, “But my butt sure hurts.” And the Martian said "So why were you in such a hurry at the end? None. Klingon warriors are not afraid of the dark. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/62 "2004-05-16T20:09:29Z")
“Whatever you say, Captain, but the rest of us just ride the camel to town.” “And the four guys who’d have to hold Hop Sing down.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/63 "2004-05-16T23:26:12Z")
Is that the same as “The Chinaman, he don’t go for that shit neither” ? ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/64 "2004-05-17T00:03:52Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Is that the same as “The Chinaman, he don’t go for that shit neither” ? Yeah, I just think that the version that drops that line is punchier. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/65 "2004-05-17T01:55:54Z")
I guess it’s just the way you tell them. It just goes to show, you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger. Well then, you’re not going to like Thursdays either. I’m 74 years old. I’m telling everybody. So what position did she play? Dammit, that’s the third gay rooster I’ve bought this month! Guess what, mac, I’ve been screwing Cindy Crawford. None, he tripped. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/66 "2004-05-17T03:27:50Z")
“You can weed a horse to slaughter, but you can’t make him fink” “What do you know, a talking dog!” “Why am I amazed that this thread hasn’t been moved long ago?” ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/67 "2004-05-17T03:48:46Z")
…a super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis! That’s not a lion, it’s a giraffe. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/68 "2004-05-17T04:07:49Z")
‘No, son; let’s _walk_ down and screw them all.’ ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/69 "2004-05-17T05:12:01Z")
Just a minute, I’ll get my hat and go with you. I just wanted to know if you have a viola. (You can replace viola with banjo if you like.) Then I whisper in his ear: “Do you want me to do that again?” And the guy says “I’m in here because I’m crazy, not because I’m stupid!” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/70 "2004-05-17T05:28:28Z")
You can negotiate with a terrorist. He just holds it still and the world revolves around him. Do you really think I asked for a 12-inch pianist? So much for your canoe, sucker! ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/71 "2004-05-17T05:40:11Z")
So he picked her up and threw into the ocean and said “there, now your \*\*\*\*ed!” They both come in quartz. A widow! Sic 'em, Jesus! ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/72 "2004-05-17T06:43:52Z")
“It’s a nick-nack Paddywack. Give the frog a lone, his old man’s a Rolling Stone.” ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/73 "2004-05-17T06:59:42Z")
Just then a buzzer sounds and one of Satan’s minions enters the room. “Coffe break’s over! Back on your heads!” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/74 "2004-05-17T07:29:56Z")
“I can’t wait to tell all my friends I slept with Rhino Neil” “Say, masked man, y’all left yer injun running.” ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277/75 "2004-05-17T15:09:51Z")
“Some people just can’t tell a joke.” “‘Cause it’s f\*uckin’ near water!” “Oh, then you’re gonna _hate_ Fridays.” “OK, death… by bunga bunga!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277.md?page=3)