Friday night came and he heard a knock at the door. The farmer answered with his gun. A young man in suit and tie stood there with flowers.
The farmer exclaimed “What do you want boy?"
The young man replied “ Hi, I'm Eddie, I'm here for Betty, we're going out for spaghetti, is she ready?"
The farmer laughed and said" You are a clever young man!"
Eddie replied” We rhyme. all the time!".
"Well come in, Betty will be ready to go soon."
A second knock at the door. The farmer again answers with his gun. Another well dressed man stood there with flowers.
The farmer exclaimed, “Young man what do you want? “
The young man sheepishly answered " Hello, my name is Joe I'm here for Flo, I would like to take her to a show, may she go?
The farmer laughed and said" you are a clever young man."
Joe said” We rhyme. all the time!"
"Come on in Flo will be ready to go real soon!"
A third knock at the door. The farmer again answers with his gun. Another well dressed man stood there with flowers. The farmer exclaimed, “Young man what do you want? “
The young man said“Hi my name's Chuck. “
The farmer shot him.
Joke Poo: The Librarian’s Lament
A librarian had three precious, ancient books, all first editions and highly valuable. He guarded them with a scowl and multiple security cameras.
The National Rare Book Collectors’ Convention came, and he heard a knock at the library door after closing. The librarian answered, peering suspiciously through the peephole. A scholarly-looking man in tweed stood there, holding a magnifying glass.
The librarian growled, “What do you want?”
The man replied, “Greetings, good sir, I seek the ‘Beowulf’ text, I’ll handle it with care, and return it the next?”
The librarian chuckled and said, “You’re quick with a rhyme!”
The man adjusted his glasses and said, “All the time! To stop is a crime!”
“Well, come in, ‘Beowulf’ will be ready for you soon.”
A second knock at the door. The librarian squinted through the peephole again. Another academic, this one with a notepad and pen, stood there.
The librarian demanded, “What’s your business?”
The man cleared his throat and said, “Ah, yes, ‘The Canterbury Tales,’ I require, for scholarly scales, my research entails, please, no fails?”
The librarian laughed again and said, “A clever approach, indeed!”
The man smiled and said, “It’s a habit, you see, like writing poetry!”
“Come in, ‘Canterbury Tales’ will be ready momentarily!”
A third knock at the door. The librarian sighed, bracing himself. Through the peephole, he saw a shifty-eyed individual in a leather jacket, holding a crowbar. The librarian roared, “What do you want?”
The man grinned and said, “Hi, I’m Frank.”
The librarian locked the door and called the police.
Alright, let’s analyze this joke!
Joke Breakdown:
- Premise: An overprotective farmer uses a shotgun to guard his daughters.
- Setup: Suitors arrive on dates, using rhyming schemes to impress the farmer.
- Punchline: The pattern is broken and a suitor named Chuck is immediately shot.
- Humor: The humor comes from the unexpected violent escalation after the predictable rhyming scheme has been established, as well as the implied absurdity of the farmer’s overprotective nature. It’s also a subversion of expectations: we expect the farmer to warm up to the suitors, but he doesn’t.
Key Elements:
- Overprotective Farmer: The stereotype of the shotgun-wielding, suspicious father.
- Rhyming Suitors: A silly, attention grabbing way for the suitors to demonstrate their intent
- Violence: The sudden and shocking use of the shotgun.
- Unexpected Break in Pattern: The humor relies on the third suitor failing to continue the rhyme, causing the farmer to abandon the previous acceptance and immediately resorting to violence.
Comedic Enrichment:
Let’s play on the rhyming aspect, combined with the farmer’s overprotectiveness, and perhaps sprinkle in some agricultural humor.
New Joke/Observation:
Why did the farmer install a state-of-the-art security system around his daughter’s bedroom window?
Because he wanted to ensure she had no weeds. (As in, no suitors, or no marijuana!)