He says to the bartender: I have a nice joke about blondes, want to hear it?
The blonde sittung next to him says: just so you know, I am blonde and also the heavyweight champion of this country. Next to me, also a blonde, is the champion of wrestling. Next to her, another blonde, is the world's best MMA fighter. Do you really want to tell that joke now?
The man looks over and says: nah nevermind, I don't want to explain it three times.
Joke Poo: The Tech Support Ticket
A programmer is browsing Stack Overflow, looking for help with a particularly nasty bug. He posts a question, prefacing it with: “I have a really simple question about pointers, anyone willing to take a look?”
Immediately, three profiles respond. The first has a profile picture of Linus Torvalds and the bio reads: “Creator of Linux Kernel.” The second profile picture is of Bjarne Stroustrup with a bio reading: “Inventor of C++.” The third profile picture is of Guido van Rossum with the bio: “Benevolent Dictator For Life (Retired) of Python.”
The programmer stares at the replies, types for a moment, then deletes his post. He leans back in his chair and mutters, “Nah, never mind. I don’t want to have to re-write it in three different languages.”
Alright, let’s break down this joke and see if we can squeeze some more humor out of it.
Joke Dissection:
- Setup: A man intends to tell a blonde joke in a bar.
- Turning Point/Threat: A very intimidating blonde (along with two other equally intimidating blondes) warns him against it, suggesting the joke might be offensive or misunderstood.
- Punchline: The man withdraws the joke, not out of fear of violence, but because he’s anticipating the need to explain the joke three times.
Key Elements:
- Blonde Stereotypes: The joke relies on the (offensive) stereotype of blondes being unintelligent or requiring explanations.
- Intimidation/Threat: The physical prowess of the women provides a threat of potential violence.
- Subversion of Expectation: The punchline avoids the expected fear response and focuses on intellectual frustration.
Humorous Enrichment:
Let’s play on the idea of explaining things:
Witty Observation/Joke Addition:
“Why did the blonde heavyweight champion start teaching physics? Because after a few bar fights, she realized she was already exceptionally skilled at demonstrating impulse and momentum, and explaining it once to a classroom seemed easier than three times to a single heckler.”
Why this works:
- Connects to the threat: It acknowledges the blonde’s strength from the original joke.
- Subverts the stereotype again: She’s now teaching physics.
- Relates to the original punchline: It references the repeated explanation and makes a comparison.
- Adds a realistic situation: It’s a somewhat silly but logically sound progression to where the blonde could have gone with her strength.