# WTF is "funny" about telling someone an upsetting lie, then going "just joking, ha ha"???

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 2, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-funny-about-telling-someone-an-upsetting-lie-then-going-just-joking-ha-ha/519755 "2009-12-02T20:51:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-funny-about-telling-someone-an-upsetting-lie-then-going-just-joking-ha-ha/519755/261 "2009-12-09T01:37:53Z")

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> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#):
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> Suuure. The ‘party is tomorrow, man…just kidding!’ gag is just 20 years old.

“What are you doing on the dock? The Tea Party is tomorrow!”

Yuk yuk. 😃

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-funny-about-telling-someone-an-upsetting-lie-then-going-just-joking-ha-ha/519755/262 "2009-12-09T02:00:51Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> “What are you doing on the dock? The Tea Party is tomorrow!”
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> Yuk yuk. 😃

“Jesus, I don’t know how to tell you this…the crucifixion is tomorrow. Aww, I’m just fuckin’ with you, get up on that cross, you ol’ so and so!”

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