I was lost walking through a cemetery when I came upon a grave that looked familiar. I put my flowers on it and went to walk away.

A nearby man called out β€œHey! That’s my grandmothers grave! The person you’re looking for must be further down!” Startled and embarrassed I answered back β€œSorry! I’ve made a grave mistake!”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/GravyxNips
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Pete and Repeat were walking down the street, Pete went away. Who was left?

No, Who was on first base.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/VoteMeDFL
πŸ“…︎ Jun 28 2021
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What do you call a row of rabbits walking away?

A receding hare line.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/GirlMom929
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A person sees someone walking in the street without a mask. Frustrated, he goes up to him, stops at two meters away and angrily mutters through his mask,

"People like you make me sick!".

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When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it...

The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable music coming from the grave.

Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate.

When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a moment and said, "Ah, yes, that's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, being played backwards."

He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony and it's backwards, too. Most puzzling."

So the magistrate kept listening, "There's the Seventh... the Sixth... the Fifth..."

Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the magistrate.

He stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery, "My fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry about. It's just Beethoven decomposing."

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πŸ‘€︎ u/honolulu_oahu_mod
πŸ“…︎ Oct 12 2019
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Walking away from clocks is my favorite way to pass the time
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πŸ‘€︎ u/TheLovableMan
πŸ“…︎ Nov 14 2018
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I was walking away from McDonald's with my drink sipping from my straw and I heard the lady tell the guy behind me that there were no straws left

This was the last straw

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Alpha_Dynamite
πŸ“…︎ Nov 25 2019
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The sheer number of drunk people walking away from bars every night must be staggering
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πŸ‘€︎ u/thoawaydatrash
πŸ“…︎ Dec 05 2017
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While at a restaurant, the waitress was totally flirting with me with my wife present. After she walked away, my wife said β€œShe obviously has COVID!” β€œWhy would you think that?” I asked.

β€œBecause she has no taste.”

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A pirate wanted to celebrate his captain’s birthday, so he bought a large quantity of balloons while ashore. Back on the ship, he walked over to hand the balloons to the captain, but he tripped and most of them floated away. The captain said, β€œArrr! That was a costly mistake...”

β€œWe lost a lot of doubloons.”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Unfussed
πŸ“…︎ Nov 28 2020
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My husband and I were eating chips when our toddler requested one. So he gave her a chip and she walked away.

A few minutes later she came back and my husband wasn’t paying attention so I said β€œgive her another, dad.” And he responded with β€œwhat’s wrong with the dad she’s got?”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/egb233
πŸ“…︎ Aug 31 2020
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Anytime I tell a terrible joke to my kids, I walk away from them and yell it from across the room.

If they groan, I say, β€œI think I took this joke too far.”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/porichoygupto
πŸ“…︎ Jun 29 2019
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I asked my friend why did he walk away from his last job.

He said that his wage was so low he couldn't afford a car.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/woyteck
πŸ“…︎ Jun 03 2017
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My daughter came up to me and gave me a high five, then smiled and walked away

Without giving me a bye five. :(

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πŸ‘€︎ u/lucioboops3
πŸ“…︎ Jul 06 2020
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apples

A doctor walks into a bar and orders a beer. "Hey doc, I've always wondered ... is it true that an apple a day keeps the doctor away?" the bartender asks. "Or is it just one of Granny's myths?"

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Firegoat1
πŸ“…︎ Feb 10 2022
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So after becoming a father, my dad and I were talking about how we couldn’t believe any man would walk away from his kids. My dad says dead beat isn’t a good enough name so he asks me what they should be called. I said:

A joke, dad.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/tjmaxal
πŸ“…︎ Jun 29 2020
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A duck walks into a store and asks for a loaf of bread.

The storeowner clarifies there is no bread available at the moment. So, the duck walks away and returns a few minutes later, asking for the item again.

The storeowner, surprised at the duck returning, says - I already told you, there is no bread here. So, the duck walks away, but returns again minutes later, asking the same question.

Irate, the storeowner replies - I already told you, there is no bread here and the next time I see you, I would nail your beak shut.

So, the duck asks - Got any nails?

When the storeowner says no, the duck asks - Got any bread?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Lava_Wolf_68
πŸ“…︎ Feb 06 2022
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Son is catching up to me in age

This is more dad humor than a dad joke.

Cake day is coming up and so my son decided to give me a hard time about being old.

I responded that I may be old be he was catching up. He looked at me funny so I explained.

β€œWhen I was 24 you turned 1 year old. At that moment I was 24:1 or 24 times your age.

I am now 40 and you are 17 so 40:17 or 2.35 times your age. 24 is much larger than 2.35 so clearly you are catching up”

He responded, you can’t use ratios to compare two dates.

I said sure I can and made a graph:

https://imgur.com/gallery/5atlNhZ

I even included percentages to drive home the point.

He smacked his head and walked away.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Bustnbig
πŸ“…︎ Dec 08 2021
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Interestingly I saw a tree today wearing a dress. After racking my brain I finally just walked away.

It was a Miss Tree to me.

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πŸ“…︎ Feb 19 2020
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My grandfather grew up in a small town.

His best friend, Roy, was known around town for having an adventurous streak that a small town just couldn't satisfy. Roy yearned to travel the world, to rub shoulders with the well-to-do, and to squeeze every drop of excitement he could out of life. While most young folk in town, my grandpa included, were resigned to their lot, Roy was driven by his dream. He worked incredibly hard, taking every hired-hand and handy-man job he could find. He would walk five miles each way to clean a gutter if there was a nickel to be made. His hometown was always spotless, because Roy would pick up every glass bottle he saw to get the deposit back, and every can he found would get turned in for recycling.

The years stretched on. Grandpa settled down with his high school sweetheart in a one-room cottage and had my dad, and not much else. Roy kept hurrying from one job to the next, never spending a dime on a date. Everyone would just roll their eyes and quietly gossip about how poor Roy's obsession was robbing him of a real life.

One day, Roy showed up at Grandpa's house, all decked out in a brand new khaki safari kit, complete with helmet, binoculars, and elephant gun, and announced that he had finally saved up enough for passage to Africa to go big game hunting. He was especially proud of the fine leather boots he was sporting. "Indestructable" he called them, totally impenetrable to water, wind, and snow. No trench-foot for him while he tracked rhinos on the savannah!

Grandpa congratulated Roy on his achievement and wished him bon voyage. Over the next three months, the town felt Roy's absence. Litter lay where it fell, gutters overflowed in heavy rain, small-time farmers rose that bit earlier and bedded that bit later to cover the work Roy used to help with. Of course, the gossipers just turned their chat from how Roy needed a dose of reality to how thoughtless it was of him to just up and leave. Most folks were convinced Roy was gone for good. After all, how could he come back from such a high-falutin' adventure to his tiny, no-account hometown?

But return Roy did, and everyone crowded around at the bar to hear his account of his safari. To their surprise, Roy told them that, for all the time he had been away, he only bagged one trophy that was currently on a slow boat back. It turned out, once Roy got a close-up look at the elephants, rhinos, giraffes, gazelles, and all the fine animals of the African savannah, he lost all heart for hunting. He just couldn't imagi

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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πŸ‘€︎ u/AllylTeapot
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Me: So would you say this is a cup...cake? Wife: Sighs and walks away

https://preview.redd.it/8ppw52plovi21.jpg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dca9d9190f206d5164191b6da515bbb67772c7ba

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πŸ“…︎ Feb 26 2019
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A young man traveled the world in search of buried treasure. After five years with no luck, he received a prophecy from an enchantress which told of a vast hoard of golden loot squirreled away in Bermuda by a famous privateer crew.

Sure enough, after sailing for another year, he came to the place the enchantress had spoken of and found a trove of coins and medallions, enough to make him wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.

He brought all of it on board his ship and through storms and turmoil returned home with his prize. The assayor at the dock, however, took one look at all of it and told him it was worthless. Dejected, the young man walked away from his ship, and vowed never again to travel in search of his fortune.

"Sad, is it not?" said a friend of the assayor as he watched the young man shuffle away. "Aye," replied the assayor, "yet another victim of the pyrites of the Caribbean."

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If....

If you can start the day without caffeine,

If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

If you can relax without alcohol,

If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

Then You Are ProbablyΒ the family dog.

Handle every stressful situation like a dog:

If you can't eat it or play with it,Β pee on it and walk away!!

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A terrorist walks into a bar and says I'm so excited to show everyone this cool bomb they're gonna be blown away!!
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My wife saw me treating a stye with some tea bags and hot water. I asked if she wanted some Information Technology. β€œWhat?”

β€œYou know, eye tea?”

She rolled her eyes and walked away.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Lil-Sunny-D
πŸ“…︎ Jan 04 2022
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My husband met our new neighbor

OK so I'm the mom but I've got all jokes!

My husband says "I met our neighbor and he's a train engineer from a long line of rail workers." To which I replied.. sounds like he got railroaded into it or maybe he just came to a crossing. I'm sure he didn't want to blow his own horn though. Is this joke running out of steam?

At this point my husband walked away saying " this is why I don't talk to you" πŸ˜‚

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πŸ‘€︎ u/THE_mobmommaX9
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Me seeing someone watching a fashion show: Those look absolutely terrible.

"Well they aren't meant to be worn as every day clothes. It's high fashion."

"Oh. So you have to be high to wear it."

*facepalm and cringe*

*Walk away in triumph.*

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Calthropstu
πŸ“…︎ Jan 03 2022
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Dad joked someone so hard they actually walked away from me today..

Executive Assistant comes over. Says, "oh, no! You don't have a Halloween costume! We should make you something here,"

I panicked a bit and looked around the office, thinking what could make an impromptu costume: pens...tape...notepads...books...books!

I turned to her and said, "well, I could tape a book to my face and be Facebook." She stopped a beat, patted my arm, and walked away.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Darude__Dude
πŸ“…︎ Oct 31 2014
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A couple of one liners, dad jokes, and anti-jokes I got from my stepdad.

1.) A Mexican magician tells the audience he will disappear on the count of three. He says, β€˜Uno, dos…” and poof! He disappeared without a tres.

2.) I use mucho with my Spanish friends.... it means a lot to them.

3.) Q. Why does Michael J Fox make the finest milkshakes? A. He uses the finest ingredients

4.) Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.

5.) People who take care of chickens are literally chicken tenders.

6.) Communist jokes aren’t funny unless everyone gets them.

7.) I have a few jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work.

8.) Q. What’s brown and sticky? A. A stick

9.) Q. What’s slippery and a foot long A. A slipper

I’ve got more but I don’t want this post to be too long so I’ll leave it at that. If I get enough upvotes I’ll call up my stepdad for more. Let me know which are you’re favourites.

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(Captain America spoilers)

How much money does it take to kill iron mans parents

One buck

walks away in dad

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πŸ‘€︎ u/thatsquidscar
πŸ“…︎ Jan 02 2022
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Then he just shook his head and walked away...

My boyfriend was looking for his loop (also known as a jeweler's glass) I wasn't sure what it looked like. When he found it:

SO - "This is a loop."

starofelendil: "A what?"

SO: "A loop"

starofelendil: "A what?"

SO: "damnit"

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πŸ‘€︎ u/starofelendil
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On a lone expedition through Bangladesh, I made the rookie mistake of exhausting my food supply.

After four days of nothing to eat I was delirious from starvation. In my desperation I went hunting for the first thing that looked remotely appetizing. Soon I stumbled upon an indigenous macaque, and with a focused throw of my spear I skewered it in one hit.

Only half the battle was over, though. I had no idea what to do with this corpse. I've cooked easy things like beef, poultry, and pork but never a monkey. Fortunately, a wandering traveler came by, so I asked him how I should prepare it. He said, "That's easy. Just boil the monkey. Nice and fast." Then he left.

While it did sound easy, boiled meat usually doesn't taste good. However, another wandering traveler soon meandered by, so I asked him what to do. He said, "If you're patient and want good flavor, slowly spit roast the monkey over a fire." He then walked away.

That sounded much better, but I was too hungry to wait that long. As fate would have it, a third wandering traveler sauntered by, so I asked for his advice. He said, "If you're pressed for time but still want something delicious, then skin the monkey, render its fat, and deep fry the meat in its own fat." He went on his way.

I had three unique options to pick from, and while I hadn't immediately chosen one I definitely learned something new:

There's no wrong way to eat a rhesus.

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πŸ“…︎ Nov 24 2021
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An elderly gentleman rang me the other day

I politely told him he had the wrong number and that I hoped he found the right number.

A few hours later the doorbell rang so, I went and answered, and it was an elderly fellow. I asked how I might help him, and he replied that he was sure his son lived at this address. I assured him that it was only my wife and I, asled if he was the respectable chap whom had called me earlier. He said yes,, and insisted this was his son's home. Well, what are you gonna do? So, I told him to come on in and see for himself.

We walked around the house, main floor, basement, second floor, and he wanted wanted go into the attic. I didn't think he would make it up the steep stairs of the pull down hatch. So, I went up amd told him there was nothing.

Disappointed, the elderly fellow walked to the door, and said, "well, looks like yer gonna have to throw me out, because I don't want to leave".

Well that's not gonna fly, my wife would not be happy to return home from work and see a strange old man refusing refusing leave.

I said yes, I am throwing you out sir. So, I opened the door, amd ushered him out. He shuffled down the walk, to the curb and around the corner.

30 minutes later, the doorbell rang again, so, I answered it. And believe it or not, it was the elderly man again. He said he wanted to apologize, did so, then left.

As he was walking away I put the pieces together of what had happened. This elderly fellow, having rung my doorbell, having me throwhim out, and his final return, I realized, a boomer rang me, I threw him out, and he came back.

Thought of this one a while ago and had forgotten it.Yer welcome. :)

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πŸ‘€︎ u/SidekickPaco
πŸ“…︎ Dec 03 2021
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I made a service clerk walk away.

There is a CVS about a 5 minute walk from my house that I like to get my convenience shopping done at with these auto-checkout kiosks that always lock up. I scanned my drinks and like clockwork the machine started beeping that somebody would be available to assist me shortly; the machine had locked up. A young girl scans her ID to bring it back to functionality and asks if I needed any further assistance.

I pointed to my reflection in the window and said "No thanks, I'm going to finish checking myself out and be on my way" and flexed a bit

It took her a second, but once the guy in the photo department started cracking up she got it. I laughed all the way home.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Nemesis0320
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She just rolled her eyes and walked away.

Wife: Your daughter somehow removed one of her socks while she was wrapped up in her sleep sack last night.

Me: Really? I wonder how she pulled that off.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/badgolfer503
πŸ“…︎ Nov 18 2014
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The commercialization of Christmas

A guy walks into a bar and orders a beer. I really hate how commercialized Christmas has become. This year they had Christmas decorations up in the stores before Halloween!" the guy complains. "Oh that's nothing. I went to the grocery store the other day and they had birthday cakes out," the bartender replies. "And that's like seven months away."

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πŸ“…︎ Dec 12 2021
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The wife walked away after this.

We were gift shopping and passed by the board games. I looked over at my wife and said "hey honey, i heard Harrison Ford loved this game". After she looked over, I showed her a white box with the name iKnow.

She growned, I laughed. She left the general vicinity and i lost track of her for a while.

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πŸ“…︎ Dec 06 2015
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Ran into this one and wanted to walk away in disappointment

I was on my phone and saw a link from /r/whoadude about how big the moon is and I showed it to my dad and said "Wow that is how big the moon is!". He said "No. I think the moon is bigger than your phone."

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My son always hides the last piece of a puzzle so he can be the one to put it in. This time, after I put in the second-to-last piece...

I walked away, saying "peace out"

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πŸ‘€︎ u/HulkingHerring
πŸ“…︎ Dec 12 2021
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She just groaned and walked away

Wife and I were at the supermarket yesterday and the broccoli had run out, just little broccoli crumbs left

Wife says: "man, what happened to the broccoli"

me: "looks like there was an abroccolypse"

All i got was groans. I had to repeat it 3 times.

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πŸ“…︎ Feb 04 2016
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Bert and Ernie were daytime radio hosts for Twenty years.

Bert and Ernie worked together as daytime radio hosts for over twenty years. They'd traded jokes, played pop music and generally made peoples lives a touch brighter as they trundled to their workplace.

Now though, there was a silence on the air. Ernie silently reread the fax from civil defense. As licensed broadcasters, they were legally obligated to alert the public, to tell them that several nuclear missile launches had occured, and that in a few minutes all the world's troubles would be over. But what was the point in that? To torture people with the knowledge of something they couldn't change?

Ernie looked up at Bert. Their eyes met and a decision was reached. Bert put on their most requested song, a sugary top 40 tune, while Ernie produced a bottle of bourbon from under the desk. As their producer banged on the locked studio coor, the colleagues toasted the end of a long career.

Bert. always the consummate professional, turned away as the first explosion split the horizon. He straightened his tie, tucked in his shirt and brushed his hair back. He would meat his fiery death with dignity.

He turned to Ernie and said in a quiet, resigned voice, "How do I look, Ernie?"

Ernie walked slowly over to his friend. He hugged his companion, released him and studied Bert's face. He saw the closeness they shared, all the long years tying them together, and the strength of their relationship. He took a deep breath, with tears streaming down his cheeks. He spoke in a quiet, broken tone:

"With your eyes, Bert."

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πŸ‘€︎ u/TheSoupSlapper
πŸ“…︎ Nov 14 2021
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Storytime:

So I went on a cruise, but I don't drink. They showed movies on deck at night and you had to go to the bar to purchase popcorn. I went to the bar, and I noticed they have a bottle of Ting there. (Grapefruit soda from Jamaica for those not in the know) I've never had Ting, so I asked the bartender if I could buy a bottle. He told me no, and that it was just for mixers. I walked away a little miffed. So when I got home, I told my daughter. And she said, "Wait, so you went up to the bar, and they wouldn't sell you any what?" I walked right into it and said, "They wouldn't sell me any Ting." "At all?" She asked "No, none at all." Then she said, "If they wouldn't sell you any Ting at all, how did you walk away with the popcorn?"

Touche.

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What do you call a group of rabbits that are walking away?

A receding hare line

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πŸ‘€︎ u/FlintTheDad
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When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it...

The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable music coming from the grave.

Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate.

When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, being played backwards."

He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony, and it's backwards, too. Most puzzling."

So the magistrate kept listening, "There's the Seventh... the Sixth... the Fifth..."

Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the magistrate.

He stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery, "My fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry about. It's just Beethoven decomposing."

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πŸ‘€︎ u/honolulu_oahu_mod
πŸ“…︎ May 16 2019
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Bert and Ernie had worked together as morning drivetime radio hosts for 20 years.

They'd traded jokes, played pop music, and generally made people's lives a touch brighter as they trundled to work.

Now, though, there was silence on the air. Ernie silently reread the fax message from the Department of Defense. As licensed broadcasters they were legally obligated to alert the public, to tell them the nukes were flying and that in a few minutes all the world's troubles would be over. What, though, was the point of that? To torture people with the knowledge of something they couldn't change?

Their eyes met and a decision was reached. Bert put on their most requested song, a sugary top 40 tune while Ernie produced a bottle of bourbon from under the desk. As their producer banged on the locked studio door the colleagues toasted the end of a long career.

Bert, always the consummate professional, turned away from the window as the first explosion split the distant horizon. He straightened his tie, tucked in his shirt, and brushed his hair back. He would meet his fiery death with dignity.

He turned to Ernie and said in a quiet, resigned voice, "How do I look, Ernie?"

Ernie walked slowly over to his friend. He looked into Bert's face and saw the closeness they shared, the strength of their relationship, forged over the years. He took a deep breath and spoke quietly:

"With your eyes, Bert."

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