He sees a whiteboard with the following: cheese sandwiches $3, egg salad sandwiches $4, chicken sandwiches $5, hand jobs $50.
He walks over to this sexy woman near the cash and says "are you the one that gives the hand jobs?"
"Why yes I am" she replies in a sultry voice.
He says "ok, well go wash your hands and get me a cheese sandwich."
Joke Poo: The Programmer’s Menu
A programmer walks into a tech conference cafeteria. He sees a digital display board with the following menu items:
- “Hello World” Tutorial: \$5
- Debugging Session (Basic): \$10
- Code Review (Expert): \$25
- AI-Powered Code Generation: \$100
He walks over to a woman wearing a “Chief AI Architect” badge, standing by the checkout. “Excuse me,” he says, “are you the one in charge of the AI code generation?”
She smiles confidently. “That’s right. We’ve got the latest models, optimized for performance and minimal bugs.”
The programmer nods. “Great. Then generate me a ‘Hello World’ tutorial. I think your AI needs some debugging.”
Okay, let’s break down this joke like a stale baguette:
Joke Dissection:
- Setup: A man enters a cafeteria and sees unusual pricing on the menu board, specifically the high price for “hand jobs.”
- Expectation Violation: The joke hinges on the double entendre of “hand jobs.” The man acknowledges the service but requests a cheese sandwich instead, using the “wash your hands” remark as a deflating punchline.
- Humor Source: The humor comes from the contrast between the sexual innuendo and the mundane reality of a cafeteria worker making sandwiches. It plays on our assumptions and subverts expectations.
- Key Elements: Cafeteria setting, absurd menu item, implied sexual service, deflated expectation, and a play on hygiene.
Comedic Enrichment:
Now, let’s use these elements to create something new. I’ll go with a “Did you know?” style observation:
Did you know:
The price discrepancy between a cheese sandwich ($3) and a hand job ($50) in that cafeteria isn’t as absurd as it seems. Adjusted for inflation, $50 in 1953 (when cafeterias were peaking) is equivalent to roughly $550 today. Considering the average cost of a good hand cream, employee benefits, and potential workplace liability insurance for that particular service… suddenly, the cheese sandwich seems like a screaming deal. And you can be relatively sure the cheese wasn’t touched by anyone who wasn’t properly trained in food safety. Which might not always be a guarantee in the other situation. Just sayin’.