Sometimes I wake up grumpy…
But other times I let her sleep in!
What smells better than it tastes?
A nose.
I have 6 legs, 4 arms and a 3 heads. What am i?
A liar.
Bruce Lee had a vegan brother.
Broco Lee.
I have been teaching my dog to fetch tools from my workshop…
He’s not perfect, but he knows the drill!
When I turned 18, I went down to the courthouse to petition to change my name.
The clerk asked me why. “Just look at my application,” I said. “If you were named Oskar Von Wootengootenbootenshoot, wouldn’t you want something different?”
The clerk said, “I suppose you’ve got a point.”
I said, “Yeah, I don’t like Oskar, either.”
Such an unusual name, “Latrine.” How did your family come by it?
We changed it in the 9th century.
You mean you changed it TO ‘Latrine?’
Yeah. Used to be ‘Shithouse.’
Why makes this Joke funny?
“Sometimes I wake up grumpy… But other times I let her sleep in!”
Subverting Expectations: The setup leads the listener to expect a self-reflection about mood, but the punchline reveals it`s about letting someone else (implied to be a grumpy partner) sleep.
“What smells better than it tastes? A nose.”
Wordplay: This joke plays on the literal interpretation of the phrase “smells better than it tastes”, turning an expected riddle into a literal fact about noses.
“I have 6 legs, 4 arms and a 3 heads. What am I? A liar.”
Subverting Expectations: The setup mimics a classic riddle format, leading the audience to expect a clever or fantastical answer. The punchline humorously reveals the speaker is simply lying, which is unexpected.
“Bruce Lee had a vegan brother. Broco Lee.”
Wordplay: This joke plays on the similarity in sound between “Broco” and “broccoli”, linking the famous figure Bruce Lee to a pun involving a vegetable, suggesting a humorous familial connection.
“I have been teaching my dog to fetch tools from my workshop… He`s not perfect, but he knows the drill!”
Wordplay and Double Meaning: The phrase “knows the drill” is a double entendre, meaning both understanding the routine and literally knowing about the tool, a drill.
“When I turned 18, I went down to the courthouse to petition to change my name…”
Absurdity and Subverting Expectations: The joke builds up an elaborate and absurdly long name, leading the listener to assume that`s the reason for the name change. The punchline humorously reveals that the speaker dislikes just the first name, Oskar, not the lengthy surname.
“Such an unusual name, `Latrine.` How did your family come by it? …Used to be `Shithouse.`”
Absurdity and Subverting Expectations: The joke plays on the expectation that a name change would be for a better or more dignified name. The punchline humorously reveals a change from an even more undesirable name, subverting expectations and highlighting the absurdity of the situation.
