They get to a hole where the husband hits the ball into the rough. There is a barn between his ball and the green. The wife says "Hey, I know. Why don't we open the front doors of the barn and the back doors of the barn, and you can just hit the ball through the barn?"
The husband agrees. So the wife opens the front door, and opens the back door, and the husband hits the ball. But the ball hits his wife in the head and kills her.
A few years later, he is playing on the same course with a friend, and his friend hits the ball in the same area. The friend says "Hey, I know. Why don't we open the front doors of the barn and the back doors of the barn, and I'll just hit the ball through the barn?"
The man said "I wouldn't do that if I were you. This exact same thing happened to me a few years ago. And when I did that, I got a double bogey."
Joke Poo: The Bake-Off Catastrophe
A celebrity chef and his clumsy assistant, Kevin, are preparing for a televised baking competition.
The challenge is to bake a delicate soufflé. Kevin accidentally knocks over a bag of flour, creating a cloud of white powder between their workstation and the industrial-sized oven. The chef, stressed and impatient, yells, “Kevin, I have an idea! Why don’t we open the oven door and the back delivery door, creating a clear shot? Then I can just chuck the soufflé batter in from here!”
Kevin, ever eager to please, opens the oven door and the massive delivery door leading outside. The chef winds up and hurls the bowl of batter. However, the mixture veers off course and splatters directly into Kevin’s face, blinding him. He stumbles backwards, falling into the open oven and instantly being incinerated.
Years later, the chef is competing again. A new, equally clumsy assistant makes the same flour-based mistake. The chef sighs. The new assistant says “Hey Chef, I have an idea! Why don’t we open the oven door and the delivery door, creating a clear shot? Then you can just chuck the soufflé batter in from here!”
The Chef replies, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you. The last time I tried that, I only got three stars!”
Alright, let’s dissect this delightfully dark golf joke!
Key Elements:
- Golf: Setting and activity. Golf is known for its frustration, quirky rules, and emphasis on precision.
- Barn: Absurd obstacle. The barn introduces an element of improbable problem-solving.
- Wife: The victim of the accidental, fatal golf shot. Her suggestion, intended to be helpful, backfires spectacularly.
- Husband: Transformed from grieving widower into a pragmatic golfer prioritizing his score above all else.
- Double Bogey: The punchline. The shock and humor derive from the husband’s nonchalant focus on golf score after such a tragic event. This callousness is the core of the joke’s humor.
The Humor’s Source:
The joke’s dark humor stems from the juxtaposition of tragedy with the triviality of a golf score. The husband’s detachment is what makes it funny (in a morbid way). It plays on the stereotype of the overly competitive (and perhaps slightly sociopathic) golfer.
Comedic Enrichment & New Humor:
Let’s focus on the barn aspect, since it’s a particularly odd element. Did you know that barns used to be painted red? It’s not just for aesthetics! Traditionally, farmers would seal their barns with linseed oil, often mixed with rust (ferrous oxide) which was cheap, readily available, and worked as a drying agent and preservative. This mixture gave the barn its iconic red hue.
New Observation/Joke Option 1 (The ‘Did You Know’):
“Did you know that old barns were often painted red using a mixture containing iron oxide? Makes you wonder if that golfer’s ball, after… ahem… impacting his wife, left a little extra red on the barn door. I’m sure it only affected his handicap by a stroke or two.”
New Joke Option 2 (Playing on the Husband’s Callousness):
A therapist asks a golfer, “Sir, you’ve been coming to sessions for years to cope with the loss of your wife. I understand it was a golf accident involving a barn. Have you finally found closure?”
The golfer replies, “Almost. I’ve finally perfected my swing through barns. Now, I just need to work on my putting, it’s what cost me a birdie on 18 yesterday.”
New Joke Option 3 (A Darkly Humorous Golf Instruction Tip):
“Today’s golf tip: When faced with an obstructed shot and a willing partner, remember to always consider the potential impact on your score. A double bogey is a tragedy. A manslaughter charge…well, that’s more like a triple. So aim carefully! And maybe wear a helmet.”
The new jokes/observations try to amplify the unexpectedness of the initial premise or enhance the callousness of the husband that made the original joke funny in the first place.