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Can you please explain the last joke you made that you're sure no one got? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40397983

We all make jokes that don't land, but sometimes we make jokes that should've been funny if anyone understood it.

Maybe it was too subtle, or too nuanced like a joke based off work-jargon.

Whatever it was, what joke did you say that should've had people in stitches but... didn't land?

Now is your time!

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[โ€“] 3 points 10 months ago

I don't have any examples of my own, but here is my favorite over explained joke from Scott Pilgrim vs The World.

Todd: Tell it to the cleaning lady on Monday.

Scott: What?

Todd: Because you'll be dust by Monday... because you'll be pulverized in two seconds. The cleaning lady? She cleans up... dust. She dusts.

Scott: So, what's on Monday?

Todd: 'Cause... it's Friday now, she's got the weekends off, so... Monday, right?"

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