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Stuart G

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6. About the joke not being "funny.."

Reply to Shoe Horn (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 09:25 AM

Dec 2011

To you it isn't funny, to me it is.

Humor is a private thing.
The exaggeration of the scene, if you have seen Star Trek IV,
is the clue to this humor..It worked for me,
but not for you.
...sorry..
. After all, it is just a joke..

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A joke about a senior citizen confronting a young man on a bus #8 [View all] Stuart G Dec 2011 OP

Not really funny. Quartermass Dec 2011 #1

Hahaaaa! pacalo Dec 2011 #2

Meh. Heard this in about 10 different forms. ElboRuum Dec 2011 #3

Nothing new in jokeland... Stuart G Dec 2011 #4

If someone was glaring at me for 20 minutes I'd say something also. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #5

About the joke not being "funny.." Stuart G Dec 2011 #6

Laughed out loud blueamy66 Dec 2011 #7

Glaring at someone and saying they look like a son of parrot----> not mean. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #9

A joke at the expense of a beat up and already reviled minority. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #8

Right. That's it. Glassunion Dec 2011 #12

lol Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #13

About the most un-funny thing I've heard in a while. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #10

Gave me a chuckle. Not laugh out loud, but a chuckle none the less. Glassunion Dec 2011 #11