He pays extra on the condition the landlady prepare his work lunch every day.
So on the first day, she packs him a sandwich on normal white bread, using the last night's leftovers of meatloaf, adding in some fruit and a bottle of soda.
When he comes home, he politely tells her that it wasn't quite enough food for him.
The next day, she makes two sandwiches (turkey this time), and adds a container of salad, some crackers and peanut butter, and a slice of cake.
That night, he told her most apologetically that while the food was delicious, he found himself still hungry, and could she possibly put in a little more tomorrow?
The next day, she uses long slices of sourdough bread to construct a pair of huge sandwiches, and includes crackers, peanut butter, chips and dip, veggies and ranch dressing, and a whole 2-litre bottle of soda.
That night, he smiles very kindly, and tells her it was almost enough food.
The next day – throwing caution to the wind, and idly wondering if she's feeding his entire workplace – she cuts a loaf of bread in half and stuffs it with pounds of meat and cheese, an entire head of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, other vegetables, sauces: everything!
That night, he gives her a dry look and says, "So, I see we're back down to one sandwich?"
Joke Poo: The Space Plumber
A space plumber is hired to fix a leak in a Martian biodome. He bills extra on the condition that the Martian botanist provides him with oxygen tanks filled with extra-pure Martian air every day.
So on the first day, she provides him with a standard-issue tank filled with recycled air, containing the bare minimum of oxygen and trace amounts of methane.
When he emerges from the dome, coughing, he politely tells her that it wasn’t quite enough oxygen for him.
The next day, she provides him with two tanks of enriched oxygen, along with a personal purifier and a small bag of dehydrated Martian algae as a snack.
That night, he tells her, most apologetically, that while the air was much better, he found himself still a little winded, and could she possibly provide a bit more tomorrow?
The next day, she straps him into a massive, experimental backpack containing a super-charged oxygen generator and a self-contained ecosystem of oxygen-producing bacteria. She also gives him a tube filled with concentrated spirulina.
That night, he smiles wearily and tells her it was almost enough oxygen.
The next day – throwing caution to the wind, and idly wondering if she’s trying to hyper-oxygenate the entire planet – she seals him inside a mobile hydroponic garden, complete with miniature trees, glowing fungi, and a personal atmosphere control system. It’s basically a miniature, self-sustaining oxygen farm.
That night, he gives her a dry look and says, "So, I see we’re back down to one tank?"
Okay, let’s analyze this joke:
Joke Dissection:
- Setup: Man rents a room and makes a special arrangement for the landlady to prepare his lunch.
- Rising Action: Each day, the landlady increases the amount of food in the lunch based on the man’s feedback. She tries to meet an unspoken need.
- Twist/Punchline: The man reveals he isn’t actually hungry. The quantity of food was never the issue; the number of sandwiches was. He wanted two.
Key Elements:
- Landlady’s Misunderstanding: She interprets "not enough food" as a quantity issue.
- The Escalation: Each day, the lunch becomes ridiculously large, highlighting the miscommunication.
- The Dry Wit/Understatement: The punchline is delivered with dry understatement. The man’s expectation was simply two sandwiches, not an absurd amount of food.
Humorous Enrichment:
Let’s play off the "misunderstanding" element and the "sandwich size escalation" with a fun fact about sandwiches and create a new joke based on it.
Fun Fact:
- The largest sandwich ever made weighed 5,440 pounds and was 735 feet long. It required 40 people to make it, 2 days of prep work, and 7 hours of construction on a beach in Mexico.
New Joke/Observation:
Why did the man keep saying the lunch wasn’t "enough food" despite the escalating size? Because his therapist told him he needed to work on his bread issues. He thought he was making progress, but the landlady just kept increasing the gluten-based guilt. It was getting to the point where she should just rent the Mexican beach and be done with it.
Another Joke/Observation:
Did you hear about the man who tried to recreate that giant sandwich from Mexico? He brought it to a potluck, but then he realised… it was all loaf and no play.
Explanation of the new jokes:
- Joke 1: The first new joke plays on the ambiguity of "bread issues" (both food and personal problems) and escalates the punchline by referencing the gigantic sandwich in Mexico.
- Joke 2: This joke is a simple pun playing on a common phrase.