Punchline
It’s time for Friday Fictioneers again – that came round fast! – brought to us as always by Rochelle. The photo, to which we write a 100 word story, has this week been contributed by Douglas M. Macilroy.
Quite a fun photo this one, so I’ll leave the horror and my current penchant for demonic possession alone for this week! Here’s a bit of silliness instead.
To read all the other stories, click on the little blue froggy below.
Copyright Douglas M. Macilroy
“So, a diver, a carpenter and a lawyer walk into a living room…”
“You mean bar.”
“Say what?”
“A diver, a carpenter and a lawyer walk into a bar.”
“Who’s telling this joke?”
“Well, excuse me.”
“May I continue?”
“If you must.”
“So, a diver, a carpenter and a lawyer walk into a living room, and the kid says, ‘What are you guys doing here?’”
“What kid?”
“The kid in the living room. Right, so the guys look at each other and then the diver says – oh boy, this is hilarious, you’re gonna love this – the diver says…“
Aw darn, that’s my 100 words all used up. Hey, I didn’t make the rules.
What did the diver say? Was it really hilarious? Do we care? Tune in again, same time next week, for a completely different story with no diver, living room and still no punchline!
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draliman on life 
A genuinely senseless joke. My favorite kind because are there really any sensible jokes?
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I guess a sensible joke would be an oxymoron.
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This sounds suspiciously like when I try to tell a joke…only funnier. 🙂
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I know very few actual jokes as I can never remember how they go 🙂
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you are a horrible tease Alistair!
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Heh heh 🙂
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Lol…well you were right, that was definitely silly. (made me LOL)
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I thought it was time for some craziness after all my recent demonic possessions 🙂
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I actually laughed out loud, very clever 😉
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I’m glad you liked it – sometimes an aborted joke is better than the whole thing 🙂
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This honestly sounds like a joke my husband would tell – or try to tell. Good job.
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My mum also has a habit of never quite getting through the entire joke 🙂
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What a tease…oh, you were saved by the word limit! This time. Ha ha. I can’t even come up with a punchline….This gave a chuckle. Thanks!
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I can’t think of a punchline either 🙂
I’m glad you got a chuckle out of it.
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Saved by the word limit! Now your next 100 word challenge would have to be the end of the story..? 🙂
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Uh oh. I’d best get my thinking cap on!
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I was thankful that this wasn’t a story about a husband punching his wife, which is what I suspected when I saw the title. (I just finished a novel that had abuse in it, which may account for that.) So the non-joke was a real relief.
janet
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Domestic abuse makes me too mad to ever write a story about it I think, so you’re fairly safe with my stories! Now, demon possessions and random killings, that I can do 🙂
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I must know the punchline! Do I need to put another quarter in the slot?
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I must know the punchline too! After you with the quarters 🙂
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I’ve already put four quarters in! (Bangs on machine) Come on!!!!
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Phzzzt!
No refunds 😦
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That was funny Al. 🙂 It was funny even without the punchline. Well written. You say you don’t know many jokes, but you have a great sense of humor. 🙂
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Thank you!
I can do humour “off the cuff”, I just can’t ever remember actual jokes 🙂
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why you little…. LOL 🙂
that was very clever actually 🙂
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Hee hee, thanks 🙂
I knew that word limit was going to come in handy one of these days.
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Nice one. Now I really want to know what he said!
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Me too!
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I am bitterly disappointed. The FF stories are supposed to have a beginning, middle and END. 😦
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Me too, I wanted to know what the punchline was 😦
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some kind of silly, but it worked for me. 🙂
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I thought it was time for a little bit of silly this week 🙂
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Loved it – except that I resemble that remark! My problem is, I get 3/4 of the way into a joke and forget the punchline! *roll eyes* Very believable dialogue.
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I’m the same way with jokes.
Thanks!
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Sort of similar to life, I’ve a few things hanging just around waiting for me to decide what to do.
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I have more than a few myself!
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Sometimes the build up is better than the punch line anyway. 🙂
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True, the punchline is often quite disappointing. So I decided not to bother with one 🙂
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Dear Ali,
It seems your mother and mine had something in common. 😉 Mom couldn’t tell a joke to save her life. She’d start out and then forget the punchline. That in itself made us laugh.
I still don’t forgive you for leaving me dangling…just so you know. Cute.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
My Mum usually gets half way through and then asks Dad, and Dad says “don’t ask me, you’re telling it”.
Sorry to keep you all dangling, but it’s probably better than any punchline I would come up with 🙂
Ali
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It’s all right. You brought back a happy memory. My mom’s been gone for over 30 years now and I still miss her.
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I’m sorry to hear that but I’m glad you have happy memories of her.
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OMG!!! That’s so corny lol. Nice 🙂
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🙂
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silly you and silly me thinking the punchline would be written at the end… ha-aha!! clever!
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I’ve never been able to finish a joke 🙂
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Damn that word count! 😀
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I usually make it fit but alas, this time it was not to be 🙂
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ROFL!This was just too bad of you DR- I hate to be left hanging-my arms are not strong enough -even if I could get a strong rope to hang from ,that is 😀
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Yeah, I’m real bad, teasing everyone like that 🙂
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LOL!
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Haha, not fair! Come now, you must tell us- what did the diver say?! We’re ready to give you a few more words for that 😀
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If only I actually had a punchline 🙂
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