A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send a mail to his wife. He accidentally typed the wrong email address, and without realising he sent the mail to a widow who had just returned from her husband's funeral. The widow decided to check her mail, expecting condolence messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message she fainted. The son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:
To my loving wife, I know you are surprised to hear from me, they have computers here and we are allowed to send mails to loved ones. I've just checked in. How are you and the kids? The place is really nice but I am lonely here. I have made necessary arrangement for your arrival tomorrow.
Expecting you darling. I can't wait to see you.
Joke Poo: The Space Plumber
An astronaut, recently assigned to a long-term mission on a remote space station, decided to use the station’s comms system to send a message to his plumber back on Earth. He missed his toilet-fixing buddy, and frankly, the zero-G plumbing was a nightmare. He accidentally transposed two digits in the plumber’s ID code, sending the message to a recently decommissioned military satellite that had just been repurposed as a “last resort” emergency comms channel.
The satellite AI, designed to only activate upon imminent global catastrophe, interpreted the message and immediately triggered a Level Omega alert. Technicians monitoring the system scrambled to understand the anomaly. On the main screen, they saw the following message:
“To my dearest Reginald, Hope you’re doing alright, mate. This new system is a real pain in the backside. Gravity here is non-existent and I’m constantly dealing with clogs and backups. How are the kids? This place is a floating nightmare but I’m hoping you can fly up and take a look, my ship arrives soon. Don’t forget the plunger!”
Okay, let’s dissect this joke and inject some humor-enhancing facts!
Joke Breakdown:
- Core Elements:
- Miscommunication: The central humor stems from a simple typo leading to a disastrous misinterpretation.
- Irony: The man’s loving message, meant for his wife, becomes a shocking message to a grieving widow.
- Dark Humor: The widow’s reaction (fainting) introduces an element of dark humor.
- Modernity vs. Tradition: The contrast of modern technology (email) and traditional mourning practices contributes to the setup.
- Setup and Punchline:
- Setup: The man checks into a hotel, sends an email, and types the wrong address. This builds anticipation.
- Punchline: The content of the email, read by the widow, creates the unexpected and humorous (albeit morbid) situation.
Humor Enrichment & Creation:
Now, let’s use some facts/trivia to create a new piece of humor inspired by this:
Fact-Fueled Observation/Joke:
Did you know that in 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent the first email? Probably not to anyone’s recently widowed mother, but it paved the way for countless “Reply All” disasters and emails sent to the wrong recipient and the exact same situation that happens in this joke. In fact, one study suggests that one in five emails are sent to the wrong recipient. So, really, the widow should have just assumed it was spam and moved on. It would have saved her a lot of heart ache.
Alternate Take (Short Joke):
A man dies and goes to Heaven. Peter shows him around, pointing out all the heavenly amenities including personal computers. The man says, “Great! Now I can finally email my wife without autocorrect changing ‘love’ to ‘live’ and causing a national tragedy!”