Now I get the last laugh. I gave him original recipe and he ordered extra crispy. Checkmate John, you fucking loser.
Okay, here’s my “Joke Poo” version, riffing on your KFC revenge joke:
Joke Poo: The Tax Return
The guy who fired me from my job, then became a tech billionaire, just donated a huge sum to my local soup kitchen.
Now I get the last laugh. I’m the accountant preparing his tax returns next year. Checkmate Mark, you naive idiot; I’m auditing everything and you’re paying all your taxes next year, I’ll make sure of it.
Alright, let’s break down this crispy fried joke and see what delicious absurdity we can extract:
Original Joke Analysis:
- Setup: The “bullied becomes successful vs. bully now relying on the bullied” is a classic power dynamic reversal. It sets up an expectation of schadenfreude.
- Punchline: The twist is the pettiness. Instead of a grand revenge or even just silent satisfaction, the narrator’s “last laugh” is a trivial mis-ordering of fried chicken. This subverts expectations and amplifies the comedic effect.
- Key Elements:
- Bullying/Revenge: The foundation of the setup.
- Financial Success vs. Chicken Delivery: The contrast highlights the absurdity of the situation.
- Triviality: The core of the humor. The narrator is focusing on something insignificant.
- Fried Chicken: The specific object of the pettiness.
- The Name John: A personal attack, reinforcing the pettiness.
Comedic Enrichment:
Let’s focus on the fried chicken element. Here’s a “Did You Know?” style observation that builds upon the original joke’s humor:
Did you know that KFC’s Original Recipe, the one our protagonist so pointedly served to his former tormentor, is said to be kept in a vault in Louisville, Kentucky, and only two people (whose identities are a tightly guarded secret) know the full recipe? So, basically, John got the real privilege. You just followed the instructions, buddy. Enjoy the sodium.
Alternative Joke:
“My high school bully, now a tech mogul, just ordered a pizza from the place I work. I considered spitting in it, but then I remembered: I also eat here. So, I just gave him the pineapple pizza. Take that, John. You’ll never know what real suffering is.”
Explanation of the Alternative Joke:
This punchline mimics the original joke. The narrator wants revenge, but because of his love for the restaurant, he doesn’t do something that’s directly harmful, instead, he goes with a Pineapple pizza. This plays upon the “trivial revenge” element but uses a new, culturally-loaded object (pineapple on pizza) to express the pettiness.
In summary, the humor comes from the disconnect between the expectation of meaningful revenge and the reality of a minor act of spite, amplified by focusing on a common, everyday object (fried chicken, pizza) as the vehicle of that spite.