B: Let me tell you a joke. What happened when the confidence trickster swindled a chef, a wildcat, and a philosopher? They fell for it cook, lion, and thinker.
A: What's going on here? WHAT ARE YOU DOING, B?
B: I'm telling a joke.
A: No! You can't talk first! That's not how it works! I always talk first. A says something, then B replies. You can't change that!
B: It's a new world, A.
A: No! It's against the laws of anonymous dialogue transcription convention!
B: Really? Am I to be punished for this?
A: Yes! Take this statement of indictment and pay the fee printed at the bottom.
B: Okay.
A: And let that be a lesson to you.
B: You know, I think that the way in which you exacted money for me as a penalty for my infringement was acceptable.
A: Where are you heading with this?
B: I mean, what you did was fine.
A: I wonder.
B: What do you wonder?
A: I wonder, is suicide against the laws of anonymous dialogue transcription convention?
Monday, 31 October 2011
#169
A: They say that an army walks on its stomach.
B: I guess that's why it's called the mealitary.
B: I guess that's why it's called the mealitary.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
#164
Do psychics hold the reverse of "too soon" for jokes about a tragic event? I mean, in the time leading up to a disaster, do they eschew jokes about it, rebuking those who do crack jokes about it on the basis that the event is "too soon"?
Monday, 24 October 2011
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
#161
A: The doctor has ordered you to take a suppository.
B: Tell him to shove it up his - oh, that's ironic.
B: Tell him to shove it up his - oh, that's ironic.
Monday, 17 October 2011
Thursday, 13 October 2011
#158
Suicide hotlines would be much more effective if "seize the day" didn't sound so much like "cease the day".
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
#156
Before becoming a successful conqueror, Julius Caesar was a somewhat spineless diplomat. He used to visit countries, only to agree with them. His original catchphrase was: "I came, I saw, I concurred."
#154
It was a bad break-up; his last, in fact. He would spend the rest of his life finding Freudian metaphors in children's television.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
#153
A: Oh no! No! No, this can't be happening!
B: What's wrong?
A: My whole family! They're dead!
B: How?
A: The pilot of their aeroplane made a small mistake, and now they're all gone. GONE!
B: Aeroplane? More like error-plane.
B: What's wrong?
A: My whole family! They're dead!
B: How?
A: The pilot of their aeroplane made a small mistake, and now they're all gone. GONE!
B: Aeroplane? More like error-plane.
#152
I have developed a simple code, which merely involves appending the letter 't' to the start of every word. For example, rick roll would become trick troll.
Friday, 7 October 2011
Thursday, 6 October 2011
#149
A: So, shall we finalise our agreement?
B: Yes. Let's allow this marine mammal to do it for us.
A: What? How?
B: We need to seal the deal.
A: Forget it. The deal's off.
B: Oh no, you spotted it! I'm sorry, but I could only find a walrus in time. If I find a seal, will... A? Why are you leaving, A?
B: Yes. Let's allow this marine mammal to do it for us.
A: What? How?
B: We need to seal the deal.
A: Forget it. The deal's off.
B: Oh no, you spotted it! I'm sorry, but I could only find a walrus in time. If I find a seal, will... A? Why are you leaving, A?
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
#148
A: I'm not sure whether this spade is any good. What do you think?
B: This spade? I totally dig it.
B: This spade? I totally dig it.
#146
If you're a yuppie and you know it, clap your state-of-the-art solar powered synthetic clapping pads.
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