spohkh | Personal Log #16 - Accidental Voice w/ Eleytheria

"I do not understand, is it not supposed to make logical sense?"

"Hmm, I am not certain. I was told that often jokes are humorous because an individual can relate to them or they remind the person of something familiar. For it not to make sense... does that not go against that theory?"

"I am uncertain. As I can see, they are filled with grammatical errors with a 'punch line' that is a misrepresentation of the language in which it is told... Do you find anything particularly 'funny' about any of these?"

"A punch line...?" [A pause.] "Well... I do not feel the desire to laugh or smile, so I suppose not. Perhaps it really is the delivery of the words that is important."

"Hmm... another test then. Knock Knock."

"Who is there?"

"Orange."

"...orange who?"

"Are you not pleased that I did not tell you another 'knock knock' joke?" [A Pause.] "That is not right..."

"...no. What relation does that have to an orange?" [Confused Eley is confused, but after a moment's silence, he'll speak up again.] "Perhaps I can try a different kind of joke..."

"Please do."

[Time passes, but soon Eley speaks again.] "I used to be a doctor, but then I lost patients."

[A pause.] "You were a doctor? And I have always known you to have an incredible amount of patience."

"...ah, no. I was not actually a doctor. That is a part of the joke. Besides that, the word 'patience' is also referring to those the doctor cares for." [Honestly though, he's realizing now how awful a joke it is.] "...death is not funny."

"Ah, I see. I believe the joke you just told is classified as a 'pun'."

"A pun... I can only see such jokes as confusing in the long-term. How can you be sure exactly what meaning a person is aiming for?"

"Perhaps it is our grasp of the lang-- hmmm... [A pause.] It would seem that my journal has been left open..."

[Oh dear.] "Does that mean everyone has been listening to our conversation?"

"That is quite possible...."

[ooc: Replies will be done by both Eleytheria and myself~ Don't be shy to poke fun at our two fail jokers.
Spock is in Green, and Eleytheria is in Blue~]

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Jokes are kind of a foreign tongue to you boys aren't they?

Here let me lay one on ya.

Murphy is sitting on a plane beside a Muslim. The flight attendant asks if he would like a whisky, and he eagerly replies "yes I would". She then asks the Muslim beside him if he would like a whiskey, to which the Muslim, offended by the offer because of his religion, angrily replies "Why not just offer me two flaming whores instead?" At this Murphy startled says "I didn't know that was an option!! Can I change me order?!"

[He does the appropriate voices and actions as well]

[Spock blinks at the red clad stranger...eyes narrowing in uncertainty.]

That was supposed to be a joke? I find it rather... distasteful. Who are you?

[Most of that joke went way over Eley's head unfortunately and he looks rather more bemused than offended by anything that was said.]

I am afraid I fail to see how that was amusing... though I admit I have little understanding of what was mentioned in the joke.

[A sigh]

Yeah, alright. Let me try another one for you. It might be a lost cause. You may have both been born without the requisite joke bone.

[A clearing of the throat]

A man walks into a bar, and notices that there is this man who is only about a foot tall, playing this tiny piano. He goes up to the bartender, and asks "how did that little man come to be?" The bartender replies "There is a genie in the juke box which grants wishes. Just go up to it and see for yourself." The man, a little skeptical goes up to the juke box, and sure enough a genie appears. "You can have one wish" the genie states. The man thinking for a second says " I wish I had a million bucks!". The genie nods his head, disappears and then the room starts filling with ducks who all fly out of the bar.

The man turns to the bartender and goes "I didn't ask for that!" To which the bartender replies "Yeah, and I didn't ask for a 12 inch pianist"

[If they don't get this one, it has been confirmed]

[Spock tilts his head in confusion... his brows furrowing as he attempts to comprehend the joke.]

Why does the height of the pianist determine his wish?

[Yeah, definitely didn't get it.]

[Eley listens intently, sifting through the story in his head as he also tries to understand it. It's then he notices something a little clever - a mistake - though he seems to completely fail to spot the punchline at the end despite this. Hey, he's trying!]

Ah, the joke... it must be that the genie misheard the request for 'bucks' and instead gave ducks to the recipient, yes? I suppose that would be a little amusing.

Edited (HTML fail woo!) 2014-02-03 14:18 (UTC)

[There is an audible smack as Deadpool can't help but facepalm, because seriously ]

Right. Lacking in the joke department. So yes, the mistake is the key to the joke. However it is more so that the bartender wished for a twelve inch penis, and instead got a twelve inch pianist.

[Spock's brows drew together in slight exasperation.]

Having a phallus that large would be far more inconvenient than practical.
[Yup, overthinking again.]

[Eley just looks rather bemused by the idea, not that he'd given much thought to... male human anatomy before.]

Yes... I have to wonder why anyone would want such a thing. Is this a common wish?

Yep. It is official you both are lacking the requisite joke portion of things. Yes, a lot of dudes want bigger dicks. It is just a general truth. Ok, here is an older one. Nothing religious or sexual, just basic ridiculousness.

A man goes up to a circus to join it, he asks the boss if he can join. To which the boss asks what can you do? The man then proceeds to flap his arms up and down, up and down, moving around the big top, soaring through the air doing back flips, swirling around the whole tent before he lands, panting at the exertion. "Well?" he says to the boss. The boss gives a sniff and says "Is that all you do? Bird impressions?

[He'll pause and wait for a response, not expecting anything at this point, I mean, that one was pretty old]

[Spock gives it some thought, though he does look slightly amused.]

This joke is utilizing sarcasm, yes?

This is sarcasm?

[It seems like Eley is even further behind Spock when it came to this subject, but he was learning and that was what was important to him.

Unfortunately he still can't quite understand the reasoning behind this joke. He really didn't know all that much about humans after all...]

Am I to assume that the boss did not want them an to imitate a bird?

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