A New Joke Thread

And we feel frustrated! Where's the joke?

I thought I was really dumb and stupid and was afraid to ask, but as for Wheatwine's joke, what was the punchline? I agree with ordalie, I feel frustrated. Where was the joke? Please explain.

I think that the joke, in this instance, is on the person reading or listening to it - with a massive build up as to the significance of that ping pong paddle is, only to learn that we'll never know.

Ordalie, I understand your feelings. I felt the same way when I first heard the joke. I learned to appreciate it, and pass it on. It's probably more fun to tell than it is to hear or read. I just hope that someday you can enjoy telling it to others. Barb, you're definitely not dumb or stupid. I've read enough comments you made on stories on this site, to recognize you're an intelligent, insightful person. I'm truly sorry my joke made you feel otherwise.

Wheatwine, when it comes to jokes I sometimes am very slow to catch on! I am the person who often pretends to laugh and understand jokes, then has to ask afterwards. I did not mean to make you feel bad in any way. I honestly thought I was reading it wrong and not catching on like everyone else.

On their wedding night, after making love for the first time, a young bride asked her new husband for twenty dollars. He was so excited he didn't think much of it and gave her the money.
This went on for thirty-five years, every time the couple made love the wife would ask for twenty dollars. The husband didn't mind because he thought it was just a cute way for his wife to get money for clothes and such.
One day the wife came home in the middle of the day to find her husband in the living room drunk.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"The company is downsizing and I lost my job. Where am I going to find work at fifty five years old making the same amount of money? We're financially ruined!" he moaned.
Very calmly the wife took a bankbook out of the desk and handed it to her husband. To his surprise there was balance of over three million dollars!
His wife explained that she had saved and invested all that money he'd been giving her and that they were one of the biggest depositors at the bank.
The husband amazed said "If I'd known this is what you were doing, I'd have given you all my business!"
That's when she shot him. Sometimes men just don't know when to shut up.

Wheatvine I thought your joke was great and when I read it to my wife, she laughed a lot. There are a lot of jokes similar to yours out there, with the same type of ending.

CS

A man was drinking in a bar.

The bartender said, "What's the matter Bill? You looked depressed."

"You know my girlfriend who I've been living with for the past year?" He replied, "Well today I came home early and found her having sex with my best friend right on the living room floor!"

"What did you say to her?" said the bartender.

"I told her that that was the last straw," the man said, "You're out of here. Pack and leave."

What did you say to your best friend?"

"I looked him right in the eyes and said, 'Baaaad dog.'"

LOL I didn't see that coming.

A blond is looking around by a light pole for something when a man walks up and asks her if he could be of any help finding her lost item. The blond tells him she lost her keys. The guy and the blond are looking around for ten minutes.

Gradually more and more people show up. They look around for another half hour before everyone but the first guy gives up.

The guy finally says, "Are you sure you lost them here?"

"No," the blond replies, "I lost them over there somewhere," and points to the other non-working lamp post.

"Well, why are we looking here?" The man asks.

The blond gives him a sarcastic look. "Duh! There's no light over there."