I Asked My Dad His Opinion on Abortion

Joke Poo: I Asked My Dog His Opinion on Leaving the Vet

"Why don’t you ask the cat?" he barked.

"But we don’t have a c…" I started to say, then realized the goldfish bowl was empty.

Alright, let’s dissect this joke and then spice it up with some comedic enrichment.

Joke Breakdown:

• Setup: The premise is a loaded question ("What’s your opinion on abortion?"), typically inviting a complex or controversial response. The questioner is seemingly seeking their father’s direct opinion.
• Punchline: The father deflects the question with "Why don’t you ask your sister?" which initially sounds like a reasonable alternative perspective.
• Twist: The implied (and revealed) lack of a sister creates the punchline. The father avoids answering the question and makes a subtle "pro-life" joke by suggesting the potential sister is already alive, existing. This is achieved by suggesting that the decision has already been made and resulted in his existence and therefore the life of the sister that doesn’t exist.

Key Elements:

• Abortion: The sensitive topic.
• Father-Child Relationship: Implies a personal and potentially emotionally charged conversation.
• Deflection: The avoidance of a direct answer.
• Sister (or Lack Thereof): The crucial element for the twist.

Comedic Enrichment/New Joke Creation:

Here’s a riff, built upon the same structure but using a different sensitive topic and playing with the deflection strategy:

New Joke:

I asked my Grandpa his opinion on climate change.

He said, "Why don’t you ask your grandchildren?"

I said, "But Grandpa, I don’t have any grandchildren!"

He replied, "Exactly."

Analysis of the New Joke:

• It replaces abortion with climate change, another hot-button issue.
• It flips the ages. Instead of a father, it’s a grandfather.
• The lack of grandchildren makes a comment on the future impact of climate change. It suggests that due to environmental issues, the questioner may not have children, and therefore grandchildren.
• It also implies the grandfather will be dead before the worst effects of climate change, so he doesn’t care as much as the younger generation (or would care, if there were any grandchildren).

Another Comedic Enrichment Approach: "Did You Know?" with a Twist:

Original Joke’s Key Element: "The Sister That Doesn’t Exist."

"Did You Know?" Twist:

"Did you know that the concept of a ‘potential life’ in debates surrounding abortion is a philosophical rabbit hole that even Schrödinger’s Cat finds confusing? The cat’s like, ‘Wait, am I alive and not alive and also somehow related to the Supreme Court’?"

Explanation:

This ties into the core of the original joke by referencing the idea of potential life. The Schrödinger’s Cat thought experiment is used to humorously illustrate the complicated nature of something existing in multiple states simultaneously, connecting to the potential, not-yet-actualized life represented by the "sister" in the original joke.

The goal is to build upon the foundations of the original joke, either by creating new humor or by adding layers of amusing context.