Guy goes into a bar, gets a beer, sits at a table.
Place is quiet, just a drunken old guy on a stool at the end of the bar.
A few seconds later a group of utterly gorgeous young girls come in, make a bee-line for the old guy and swamp him with affection.
They drag him off his stool and carry him outside.
Before the guy can even ask the barman who he is,
He puts his hands up and says,
"I don't know the man, he just comes in here, has a few beers and sometimes licks his eyebrows."
Joke Poo: The Tech Support Call
A woman calls tech support, frustrated with her new AI assistant.
The support rep sighs. The AI in question, “Athena,” is notoriously glitchy.
“Every time I ask Athena to play classical music,” the woman complains, “it starts playing heavy metal! I’ve tried everything.”
Suddenly, a gaggle of incredibly hip, tattooed Gen-Z coders bursts into the call center, making a beeline for a middle-aged, balding programmer in a tucked-in polo shirt. They hoist him onto their shoulders, chanting his name, and carry him out the door.
The support rep, flustered, pauses. The woman on the other end is silent. Finally, she asks, “Who was that?”
The support rep throws his hands up. “I have no idea! He just comes in, codes a little, drinks lukewarm coffee, and occasionally… debugs with interpretive dance.”
Alright, let’s break down this joke and then spice it up with some comedic enhancements.
Joke Dissection:
- Setup: A regular guy observes an incongruous situation. A group of beautiful young women lavish attention on an old, seemingly unremarkable drunk.
- Misdirection: We expect some grand explanation for this phenomenon (e.g., he’s a rich benefactor, a famous artist, etc.).
- Punchline: The bartender disavows any knowledge, offering a bizarre, mundane, and deeply unglamorous explanation: “He just comes in here, has a few beers and sometimes licks his eyebrows.”
- Humor: The humor derives from the unexpected deflation of the initial mystery, the contrast between the women’s affection and the man’s unappealing habit, and the bartender’s matter-of-fact delivery of the ridiculous detail. The anti-climax is the key.
Key Elements:
- The Old Drunk: Embodiment of the unremarkable and unattractive.
- The Beautiful Women: Representation of desirability and status.
- The Bartender: Narrator of the absurd revelation.
- Eyebrow Licking: The bizarre, unexplained action that serves as the punchline.
Comedic Enrichment & New Humor:
Let’s focus on the eyebrow licking. Here are a few ways to riff on that:
A. Did You Know (Amusingly Irrelevant Fact):
“Did you know that the average person blinks approximately 15-20 times per minute? That’s roughly 1,200 times an hour, or 28,800 times a day. You’d think with all that moisture, you wouldn’t need to lick your eyebrows. But hey, maybe this guy’s blinking wrong.”
B. New Joke Variation:
“A scientist is studying unusual human behaviors. He observes a man in a bar who attracts beautiful women. Intrigued, he asks the bartender, ‘What’s his secret?’ The bartender replies, ‘Well, I’m not sure. But I’ve noticed he always orders a triple espresso, then meticulously applies a thin layer of marmalade to his eyebrows before charming the ladies.’ The scientist, confused, asks, ‘Marmalade? Why marmalade?’ The bartender shrugs and says, ‘Beats me. But I heard the man is a senior consultant for the national bees keeper association.'”
C. Witty Observation/One-Liner:
“Eyebrow licking: The ultimate ‘Netflix and chill’ without the Netflix… or the chill. Just a damp eyebrow and a lot of unanswered questions.”
D. Another Joke:
A guy walks into a bar and tells the bartender, “I have a very unique talent.” The bartender raises an eyebrow and says, “Oh yeah? What is it?”
The guy says, “I can lick my elbow and my eyebrows simultaneously.”
The bartender, unimpressed, responds, “So what? I’ve seen other people do that.”
The guy says, “Wanna see me do it? “
“Sure,” the bartender says, a crowd gathers, the guy licks his elbow, then licks his eyebrows.
The bartender says “I am still not impressed, what is so special about that, I’ve seen others lick their elbow and their eyebrows”
The guy says “That’s the thing, it’s not my elbow or my eyebrows!”
Explanation of the New Jokes:
- ‘Bees keeper’ Adds the element of anti-climax from the original and links into a random absurdness to explain the man’s weird behaviour
- The other one is a very standard, and terrible, joke in many ways but turns the situation from a 3rd person observation to a first person demonstration, which, hopefully, escalates the comedy.
- The humour of both suggestions is intended to provide anti-climax, an absurd resolution and a situation that ends up being worse than the initial problem.
These examples try to extend the humor of the original joke by playing with the absurdity of the eyebrow licking, either by providing a ridiculous explanation, placing it in an equally absurd context, or using it as the basis for a new punchline that subverts expectations.