A paragraph long story about a husband and wife trying to arrange a night out. And then screen flashed to a new, equally long paragraph. The couple has a cat. The cat must be locked out while they're away. Next screen, a cab rolls up. Apparently, a paragraph is required to explain this difficult concept.
So what was this nonsense all about? After eight screens of build up, a punchline! Jokes! Unfunny, ridiculously long, dated, offensive jokes! The jokes found on popsicle sticks are more entertaining.
Sidenote-- When I told this story to the BF, his eyes lit up.
BF: What do you call it when a girl bee is being bad?
Me: I dunno, what?
BF: Miss-bee-hive-ing
Me: *eyeroll
BF: raucous laughter
Have you heard any good jokes lately? What's making you smile this week? For me, it's thinking about all the yummy Thanksgiving grub!
Full disclosure: I received a gratis copy of Now and Then from the lovely folks at Avon/Harper Collins after a friend of Sheehan's contacted me to see if I'd be interested in reading the novel.
More full disclosure: One Halloween during my early 20s, I dressed up as, ahem, a "miss-bee-hive-ing" bee. Some might have called it a slutty bee. Alas.
3 comments:
Your story flashed me back to my childhood! When I was small, I had to go to the eye doctor's office all the time, and there was a screen in the waiting room that did jokes like this too. Lots of build-up & not much payoff, and the jokes were all eye-related, but I was eight and found it entrancing.
My most favorite joke in the world:
So there's two muffins baking in an oven; and one muffin turns to other muffin and says, "Sure is hot in here"; and the other muffin says "Holy sh*t, a talking muffin!"
Oh, bad jokes, haha... My favorite has to be:
Q: What did one volcano say to the other volcano?
A: "I lava you!"
and of course:
Q: What's Beethoven's favorite fruit?
A: Ba-na-na-naaaa
Have a great Thanksgiving!!
Jenny- I LOVE that joke! It was my little bro's favorite to tell when he was itty bitty.
Amy- Hilarious and cheesy. Love them!
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