After a tiring day, they fall asleep, exhausted in the tent.
Next day, the first guy wakes up invigorated and says he had the strangest dream.
"I dreamt that i was getting a hand job and it was amazing."
The second guy says, "no way! I had the same dream!"
The third guy says, "that is weird. I dreamt that i was skiing."
Joke Poo: Three Squirrels in a Tree
Three squirrels build a nest together in a particularly grand oak tree. After a long day of gathering nuts and twigs, they settle down for the night, exhausted.
The next morning, the first squirrel wakes up, bushy-tailed and chirpy. “You guys won’t believe my dream! I dreamt I found the biggest, juiciest acorn I’ve ever seen! It was practically glowing, and I buried it in the softest soil imaginable!”
The second squirrel perks up. “No way! I had a dream just like that! I found a giant acorn too, and I buried it right next to a babbling brook, so it would always have water!”
The third squirrel stretches and yawns, looking slightly annoyed. “That’s so weird. I dreamt I was wearing a tiny construction hat and building a damn.”
Alright, let’s analyze this joke and see if we can mine some comedic gold.
Joke Dissection:
- Setup: Three guys camping, setting the scene for a shared experience. Exhaustion provides a plausible reason for falling asleep quickly.
- Premise: Two of the guys share a sexually charged dream, creating a humorous surprise and expectation of continuation.
- Punchline: The third guy’s dream is mundane and unrelated, breaking the pattern and providing the unexpected twist. The humor arises from the incongruity and the implied ‘awkwardness’ or possible explanation for the other dreams.
Key Elements:
- Shared Dream (or Claim of): The core of the joke’s surprise.
- Hand Job (Sexual Content): Creates the initial shock and expectation.
- Skiing (Mundane Content): The unexpected, contrasting element.
- Camping: The context for the shared lodging.
Comedic Enrichment – “Did You Know?” Observation:
Did you know that shared dreaming, also known as “interactive dreaming,” is a real phenomenon (though debatable and scientifically not proven in this exact sense, so this is playing on a grey area!). While not quite the same as dreaming the exact same scenario, studies have shown that people who spend a lot of time together, especially in close quarters like… say… a tent, are more likely to experience similar dream themes and emotions. The difference is that I don’t think the study addressed whether one person’s dream involved giving everybody else something in their dream, or whether the third person’s dream conveniently involved poles. Coincidence? I think not!