Comments on: Jokes that don�t translate well when written

By: SayUncle » Funeral funnies

SayUncle » Funeral funnies — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:50:43 +0000

[...] Another in a series of jokes that don’t work well when written [...]

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:47:06 +0000

My then-girlfriend (now wife) once insisted that I check myself into the emergency room because I was running a fever of 105. I felt truly miserably, but wasn’t certain an emergency room visit was warranted. Still, I caved and decided to go.

Now you must understand, I often deal with stress by using humor; even if in my sick and miserable state I was completely deadpan.

The doctor took the temperature and asked if I’d done any traveling recently. Me [poor attempt at humor]: “Well, I just got back from Zaire…” (I’ve never actually set foot outside of North America.)

Mind you, this was in the heart of the Ebola scare, and Outbreak had just hit theaters. Without even the slightest hint of mirth, the doctor said “That’s not funny,” and proceeded to ignore it.

After we left (I was fine, just a generic fever), and getting a lecture from the then-future Mrs., my only defense was, “Well, I thought it was funny…”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:48:18 +0000

Hehe! Too funny! I would like to have seen the doctor’s face when you said it!

By: mostly cajun

mostly cajun — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:01:08 +0000

You could have made the grave strategic error my uncle made with the birth of his fifth child. He asked the doctor if there was any chance of “taking up some slack” with the episiotomy.

I overheard him relate the horrible story and its repercussions to my dad.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:14:11 +0000

LMAO I should have thought of that one when the Mrs. had our son. Good one, SU.