Is my joke in this linked thread funny? (not a RickRoll, I promise!)

[Orrex]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3287047

I think so, but then, what do I know? :shrug:


Thanks for looking!

[quip]

1. Good luck for the "Non Sequitur of the Day Award"!

Hope you win! :hi:

[Orrex]

2. See, it's a meta-joke

And I never meta-joke I didn't like (to reuse that brilliant bon mot).

[quip]

9. Nice post, Henny Rogers!

[Orrex]

15. One can always admire the strength of Will

[quip]

17. It can keep him feeling like a Young man.

[crimsonblue]

3. I don't get it...

:shrug: help me out here.

[Orrex]

4. Yeah, I was afraid of that

See, the OP was lamenting the apparent disconnect between one of her posts and its correct parent-thread, so I thought that it would be a laugh-riot to post a reply that obviously had nothing to do with her OP.

Maybe it's not funny in that "I'm going to laugh at it" way after all; it's funny in that "ah, yes--very droll" way.


I'll take it!

[Dr. Strange]

5. See, now it's fucking brilliant.

But you had to explain it first. Which means you either need to dumb future posts down, we need to smarten up, or we need a smarter clientèle in the Lounge. Or some combination of these.

[Orrex]

6. Did I mention that the OP paid $33 million for a nude woman?

Maybe that was the missing piece of context.

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10. Makes sense, though-- he paid by the pound...

:hide:

[TZ]

13. "He'? I think the correct pronoun is "I"

Somehow I was under the impression you were busy pulling your finances together for your new piece of art:P

[quip]

14. Oh boy, I'm afraid all the pulling in the WORLD wouldn't even get me close!

Besides, I create my OWN art! :evilgrin: :hi:

[crimsonblue]

7. That reminds me...

did you see the final of American Idol? God, I hope the kid from KC won!

[TZ]

12. Its funny in a WTF does that mean kind of way

Not funny haha.....unless of course thats what the nice men in the white coats are telling you..:crazy:

[boilerbabe]

11. I'm lost , too!! n/t

[DarkTirade]

8. ....

:spray:

:rofl:

That was funny enough that I realized I was still going to be laughing by the time I get thirsty and get something to drink. That's how funny it was. I used that smilie preemptively. I don't even have a glass in this room right now.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. I know how you feel - most of my jokes fall flat

Maybe because the jokes are too clever, too outre, too sophisticated.

Or maybe they're just dumb jokes. Nah, that can't be it.

To my deep sadness, I sort of crack a smile every time I see a news story about some Brazilian dying. I blame teh lounge.

:hi: