They get the only rooms with balconies on the first, second, and third floors. In the morning, the man who stayed on the third floor sees his friend in the lobby and says…
“You won’t believe the night I had!”
“What happened?”
“Well I got to my room and the toilet was out of order. So I took a shit in a bedsheet and tossed it off the balcony.”
“Well you won’t believe the night I had!”
“What happened?”
“I’m sitting in my room and a bedsheet full of shit hits my balcony! So I figured that’s what they do in this hotel, so I took a shit in it and tossed it off my balcony.”
The third man then enters the lobby.
“Guys, you won’t believe the night I had!”
“What happened?”
“I beat the shit out of a ghost!’
Joke Poo: Three Astronauts
Three astronauts arrive at the International Space Station and are assigned sleeping pods on different levels. They’re the only ones with external viewport windows. The next day, the astronaut from the top level finds his friend in the mess hall.
“You won’t believe the night I had!” he exclaims.
“What happened?”
“Well, my zero-gravity toilet malfunctioned. So, I did my business in a bio-waste bag, sealed it tight, and jettisoned it out the viewport!”
“Well, you won’t believe the night I had!” the second astronaut replies.
“What happened?”
“I was floating peacefully in my pod when suddenly a bio-waste bag full of… well, you know… slammed against my viewport! I figured that’s how we celebrate up here, so I filled a bag myself and jettisoned it out my viewport!”
Just then, the third astronaut floats into the mess hall, looking bewildered.
“Guys, you won’t believe the night I had!”
“What happened?”
“I just got promoted to Chief Hygiene Officer!”
Alright, let’s break down this joke:
Core Elements:
- Setup: Three men, hotel, balconies, escalating oddity.
- Premise: Each man attempts to one-up the previous story with increasing absurdity.
- Punchline: The final man’s story is the most shocking and unexpected, creating a humorous climax. There is a hint of the supernatural.
- Themes: Poop, Revenge, Misunderstanding, Escalation, the absurd, unexpected consequences, perhaps even class satire (the type of hotel where guests can easily throw things from their balconies).
Analysis:
The joke’s humor derives from the escalating absurdity and the punchline’s shocking twist. The ghost element is a total curveball after the relatable (if disgusting) initial problem of a broken toilet. The final man’s response is physical and completely unexpected. The audience anticipates a similar gross-out story, but gets a battle with a spectral being.
Comedic Enrichment – New Joke/Observation:
Playing on the escalation and the “ghost” twist:
Why did the ghost haunt the hotel with the balcony?
Because he was tired of always getting shit on by the living! He thought he finally found a high-class establishment, not a spectral cesspool. Turns out, even in the afterlife, good things don’t trickle down.