Fun Fact: I actually read recently that mice are capable of utilizing a different type of retinal cell (which all animals have), aside from rods and cones, to allow them full vision, colour and stuff. So "three blind mice walk into a bar successfully because they have adapted another form of sight"
Fun Fact: I actually read recently that mice are capable of utilizing a different type of retinal cell (which all animals have), aside from rods and cones, to allow them full vision, colour and stuff. So "three blind mice walk into a bar successfully because they have adapted another form of sight"
Fun Fact: I actually read recently that mice are capable of utilizing a different type of retinal cell (which all animals have), aside from rods and cones, to allow them full vision, colour and stuff. So "three blind mice walk into a bar successfully because they have adapted another form of sight"
I wasn't expecting to learn anything new when I posted in this thread.
Hopefully I'll get the chance to put this knowledge to good use sometime in the near future, before I forget about it.
Fun Fact: I actually read recently that mice are capable of utilizing a different type of retinal cell (which all animals have), aside from rods and cones, to allow them full vision, colour and stuff. So "three blind mice walk into a bar successfully because they have adapted another form of sight"
Actually, I say that monkeys are the better choice in this situation.
Monkeys have, for a long time, been a staple of clichéd and poorly written jokes due to the humorous way they move around and act in the wild, and (presumably) the resulting amusement of the first explorers to discover them. This is why they made it into jokes in the first place. 'What better to put into my funny one-liner than a funny animal?'. They have been used and used and used until any humour that could be drawn from them is now exhausted.
Hence, when you hear a joke about a monkey, you don't expect it to be funny. You expect it to be little more than a cheap pun intended to squeeze a groan or two from the audience. More of a demonstration of the author's quick wit than a real attempt at humour.
The joke I posted above takes this expectation and throws it on its head. It sets up the audience for something that isn't funny, then gives it something totally unexpected to elicit a laugh from them. It also elicits a reaction by juxtaposing the seemingly joyful and youthful (and therefore innocent) behaviour of monkeys with a morbid reference to death.
Koalas bear none of these preconceptions, so there are none to be smashed to pieces in the name of humour. The basis on which the joke could be considered 'better' with koalas instead of monkeys is solely that koalas are referenced less often in popular culture and, as a result, may possibly seem funny to the audience by way of seeming randomly chosen. This is less effective, as this randomness has no relation to the punchline and cannot be contrasted with it. At the same time, the three-syllable pronunciation of 'koala' breaks the flow of the joke and makes its deliverance feel clumsy and poorly executed.
You're so fat that when you sit around the house, people say, "Look, man, you might want to consider cutting back on the junk food. Seriously. I'm worried about you."
You're so fat that when you sit around the house, people say, "Look, man, you might want to consider cutting back on the junk food. Seriously. I'm worried about you."
The town was so small, the Ferris wheel was painted green!
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She was so fat, her sister worked for the phone company!
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I come from a town so small, the hooker wore a helmet!
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I went out with this girl that was so fat, I didn't know whether to take her to a movie or to a Met game!
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My wife talks so much, when she coughs it costs me $22!
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Our town was so small, the police precinct had a screen door!
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She's so fat that when she leaves a nude beach, she has to show a receipt!
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My school was so rough, the yearbook was shaped like a canoe!
Well, if you call Steven Murphy Electrical Supplies on (040) 9384 7281, they can send round a licensed electrician to screw it in for you between the hours of 9am-6pm each working day. Plus, they're guaranteed to arrive within one hour or it's 50% off.
Why did the deaf man take his parrot to work?
He was kinda weird.
The brunt of his forces were applied to the Eastern front, but throughout different periods of the war a sizable chunk were used to protect the Atlantic Wall and a handful of divisions were used in Africa, mainly to secure shipping routes.
Your mother is so dumb, she flunked out of grade school, and honestly I think that's why you think the moon is made of green cheese. Read a book. If you can read.
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