One table over sits a lonely woman.
"She’s unbelievably pretty!" the man thinks.
"I’d love to talk to her… but what should I say? I’m so damn shy that I just blurt out nonsense whenever I talk to a woman. Hmm, I know – I’ll tell her I fell in love with her at first sight.
Nah, better not, she might just laugh at me.
Maybe I should just buy her a drink and let the rest happen naturally?
Oh man, what should I do?"
At that moment, the woman gets up and leaves.
"Well, I guess that solves the problem. Maybe it’s for the best," he thinks.
But after a while, the woman comes back and sits down at the table next to his again.
"She’s back! That’s it! It must be a sign! We’re meant for each other. I’ll talk to her now, I just hope I can think of something clever to say.
Alright man, pull yourself together and go!"
He quickly downs a shot to give himself courage, runs his hand through his hair, sucks in his stomach, pushes his shoulders back, walks over to the woman, sits down and asks:
"So… did you go take a dump?"
Joke Poo: The Programmer’s Dilemma
A programmer is staring at his computer screen, littered with error messages. One cube over sits a complicated algorithm.
“It’s elegantly written!” the programmer thinks.
“I’d love to debug it… but what should I do? I’m so damn inexperienced that I just introduce more bugs whenever I touch it. Hmm, I know – I’ll rewrite it from scratch, that way I’ll learn something.
Nah, better not, it might just double the workload.
Maybe I should just post the code on StackOverflow and let the rest happen naturally?
Oh man, what should I do?”
At that moment, the computer screen turns black, and all the code disappears.
“Well, I guess that solves the problem. Maybe it’s for the best,” he thinks.
But after a while, the computer turns back on, and the original code is magically restored.
“It’s back! That’s it! It must be a sign! This code’s meant to stay. I’ll debug it now, I just hope I can think of something clever to fix it.
Alright man, pull yourself together and go!”
He quickly Googles the error message to give himself courage, runs his hand through his hair, deletes his temporary files, opens the code editor, and asks:
“So… did you try turning it off and on again?”
Alright, let’s analyze this joke!
Key Elements:
- The Setup: Classic “man meets attractive woman in bar” scenario. Full of potential romance and awkwardness. Builds anticipation for a smooth, charming, or witty interaction.
- The Character: The man is presented as shy, insecure, and overthinking. His internal monologue highlights his anxiety.
- The Misdirection: The audience expects a line befitting the rom-com trope or a witty pickup line due to the build-up.
- The Punchline: The anti-climax. The abrupt and vulgar question is the complete opposite of what’s anticipated. The contrast generates the humor. It also highlights the man’s ineptitude and inability to live up to his own self-imposed pressure.
- The Irony: He built up all that courage and focused intensely only to unleash a deeply banal query that undoes all the effort.
Humor Enrichment:
Let’s focus on the punchline: “So… did you go take a dump?”
New Joke/Witty Observation:
“I read somewhere that the average person spends about 92 days of their life on the toilet. It’s a sobering thought. Makes you wonder if our entire existence is just an elaborate build-up to the ultimate anti-climax. Like that guy in the bar… ‘So… did you go take a dump?’ Ninety-two days for that?”
Explanation:
- Connects to the original: Still references the joke’s core scene of a bar meeting that begins with hope and ends with banality.
- Factual Tidbit: The 92 days stat provides a (slightly disturbing) reality check.
- Amplifies the absurdity: By linking a profound concept like the meaning of life to something as ordinary as going to the bathroom, it enhances the humor by drawing a parallel of build up to an anti-climax.
- Wry observation: The statement about the human existance serves as a relatable reflection.
Alternative:
“Did you know that the phrase ‘taking a dump’ has its origins in the Old English word ‘dump,’ which meant ‘to plunge suddenly’? Which is ironically what happened to that guy’s chances with that woman at the bar when he opened his mouth.”
Explanation:
- Connects to the original: Still references the joke’s core scene.
- Factual Tidbit: Historical linguistic link to a very common phrase.
- Amplifies the absurdity: By linking the origins of ‘dump’ to ‘plunge suddenly’ to represent the situation.
- Self Referencing: The word “dump” itself is humourous because of its link to the topic of the joke and also it could be considered the act that undid the man at the bar.