Philo@lemmy.ca to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMy dentist offered me dentures for only a dollar. It sounded like a good deal at the time, but now I have buck teeth.message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down15
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareMy dentist offered me dentures for only a dollar. It sounded like a good deal at the time, but now I have buck teeth.Philo@lemmy.ca to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarePhilo@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·8 months agoAre you the dad joke cop?
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoStraight to comedy jail.
minus-squareringwraithfish@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·8 months agoYes, I’m here to ensure that dad jokes are delivered with the proper pun-ctuality and finesse!
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·8 months agoIt’s almost objectively the better way, as it matches the format of a spoken joke where you give the listener a second to think about it and try to “get it.”
minus-squarePhilo@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·8 months agoWhen you tell a joke, do you ask the hearer to go into another room to hear the punchline?
minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·8 months agoNo, but I give pause to allow them to answer before I deliver said punchline. Comedy is 10% what you say, and 90% delivery and timing.
minus-squarePhilo@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoThis is a forum not a comedy club. There was a grammatical pause. See the comma?
minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoA forum for the explicit purpose of telling jokes. You know… Like a comedy club? 🤔
Are you the dad joke cop?
Straight to comedy jail.
Yes, I’m here to ensure that dad jokes are delivered with the proper pun-ctuality and finesse!
It’s almost objectively the better way, as it matches the format of a spoken joke where you give the listener a second to think about it and try to “get it.”
When you tell a joke, do you ask the hearer to go into another room to hear the punchline?
Temporally, yes.
No, but I give pause to allow them to answer before I deliver said punchline. Comedy is 10% what you say, and 90% delivery and timing.
This is a forum not a comedy club. There was a grammatical pause. See the comma?
A forum for the explicit purpose of telling jokes. You know… Like a comedy club? 🤔