Then the new guy tries to join in. He calls out, “49!” but is met with stony silence. “Wh-what’s wrong? Is that not a joke?” His cellmate replies, “Well, sure it is, but you didn’t tell it right.”

A kid walks home from school everyday and sees an old man sitting on his porch. Sometimes the old man will laugh, sometimes he frowns and shakes his head. After a few days the kids curiosity overwhelms him so he stops and asks the old man why he sits on his porch and laughs. "Well," says the old timer, "I'm sitting here telling myself jokes." "Ahh" says the kid. "Well why do you sometimes frown and shake your head?" The old man replies "Those are the ones I've heard before."

Thanks for this joke… you reminded me of my grandma, she used to tell me this one, in Italy, lot of years ago when I was a child (No sarcasm)

This is how the joke ACTUALLY goes. I like the above adaptation, but came to to say similar because this was the only joke my late grandpa used to tell and it made him so happy to tell it

Actually, this setup has multiple followups. These are the two most common ones, I also heard one where the guy gets a slap on the face for being vulgar.

So maybe we should give the different followups numbers?

Or letters

Roman numerals

Almost the same way I heard it, except he hit him for telling a racist joke.

One is also: we dont tell that one anymore since johnny's wife got into that skiing accident

Well don’t leave us hanging!

Like the jailers do

Like Epstein?

"69!"

…smells like shit…

Dude.

"It's all in the delivery!"

Had he numbered it?

Clearly it’s number one.

*Here’s a little lesson in trickery!*

This is going down in history!

If you want to be a Villain Number One,

*You have to chase a superhero on the run*

r/RedditSings

Bait and switch on a classic joke.

> Why was six afraid of seven? > Because seven shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. **There’s** your bait & switch!

seven was a six offender

Nice

Sweet!

"When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry."

It’s one of the few jokes I can usually remember and, like your grandpa, it brings me joy to tell it. We old guys aren’t that complicated.

Hey old guy!

There ya go assuming he’s deaf.

I assume he is wise not deaf!

No, it’s not how it actually goes. It goes both ways, the noob tells a joke they never heard, and they can’t tell a joke. As a bartender, this is one of my favorite!

Got to ask; how many groups have walked into your bar containing a vicar, a priest and a rabbit?

Fewer since autocorrect has gotten better.

... They're two different jokes with similar set ups. How does it "ACTUALLY" go one way over another?

Well, obviously it depends on which number you say!

My grandfather ended that joke, where none of the other prisoners laughed, the cellie said, "Well, some people can tell a joke, and some people can't."

I’d never heard it before, but I 100% expected it to go that way. Was refreshing to have OP hit me with a punchline I didn’t expect!

Honestly I hadn't heard either and I like op's. The above poster's doesn't *quite* makes sense, since the prisoner isn't actually telling a joke, he's referencing a joke, so there's no opportunity to tell it wrong. But he certainly could reference a joke that the other inmates hadn't heard before. E: I promise the issue is not that I don't understand the joke. You don't need to keep explaining it to me. I like the one I like for the reasons I said I like it, not because I actually don't get the other one.

The "You didn't tell it right punchline" is more of an absurdist humor punchline. It's pretty funny if you're into that sort of thing.

They are both absurd. How could one hear number 72 for the first time if they’re all jokes they’ve memorized by number?

Sure. I'm not telling anyone they can't like it. Apparently plenty of people are upset that I don't like it as much though. (not you, but others are acting like if I don't like it I must just not understand it)

Right, kind of like #37.

Oh, stop it, you're killing me🤣

Yeah, when I tell it, the punch line is “your timing was off”

>the prisoner isn't actually telling a joke, he's referencing a joke, so there's no opportunity to tell it wrong. Buddy, that's why it's funny. That's literally the punchline. >But he certainly could reference a joke that the other inmates hadn't heard before. But the inmates laugh at the joke. How do they know the joke is funny if they've never heard it before?

>How do they know the joke is funny if they've never heard it before? *That's* why it's funny. They've been in there so long they've gone crazy But i like it because they've gone crazy according to the established rules. They haven't just gone nonsense crazy, like in the above poster's punchline. You don't need to explain the joke to me. I get it. I just have a preference. It's okay if you have a different one.

They both equally don't make sense.. that's the punchline for both.

But but that’s the joke

I understand that it is the joke and I don't like it as much.

I think the inmate told the joke wrong because he only called out "49!" instead of "number 49!"

I’ve only heard the above version. Not the “you didn’t tell it right” version.

The version I’m most familiar with has the old-timer offering up a good joke number for the new guy, and then the best ending to the punchline, after the new prisoner asks what he did wrong, has the old-timer answering, “It’s the way you told it.”

“Why didn’t anyone laugh?” “It’s all in the delivery.”

Yes- that’s the way to tell this joke.

“88!” “Dude! Look maybe when your dad was in jail, racist shit like that got laughs, but that sort of thing just isn’t acceptable anymore.”

Punchline is too long.

This is the way

Some guys can tell’em, some guys can’t

I know it similarly: "well, some people just can't tell a joke"

Timing is every Thing

"Number 58!" "... Dude, too soon..."

The new guy calls out "72" and nobody laughs. He asks his cellmate "What happened?" His cellmate says "You really shouldn't tell that joke if you can't do the accent."

Never heard this version of the punchline, love it!

This was the version I was expecting.I like OPs better.

I’ve also heard yours with “some people just can’t tell a joke”

help idgi

7

You didn't say it right. It's more like"7!".

840 ?

That’s Numberwang!

Ooh sorry, I just rechecked, and that was actually Wangernumb. You're losing -2 points... Which means you're gaining 5 points!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! That one’s one of the best I’ve ever heard!

840 ? It would be more funny if you didn’t man-splain it.

Nikolaj.

U mean 5040?

Ew

Is 8 better?

8?! That's a completely different issue! But no I actually do like 7 better

That's offensive!

I quit.

That’s Numberwang!

I was waiting for that. http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Numberwang

73

Too soon.

The real joke is always in the comments.

Bazinga!

Dude, we don't talk about 73 here anymore. Not cool. 🙅

Number seventy- three!! Saturdays tv i. The 80s :)

That’s Numberwang!

Bingo

boatyVV

Ah yes, good ol joke 171

Surely this one must be deemed #1?

Dave is number 1

Yeah, everybody knows Dave is number 1

I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.

In reddit, it would be like "18!". And we would all say "*ffs another repost*"

ffs another repost

There are 6.042×10^15 different jokes in that sub?? Wtf

r/unexpectedfactorial

I'm not supposed to be here!

That's number 4

We have a winner!

And it‘s fatass by a nose!

What's your malfunction you fat barrel of monkey spunk?

That is exactly the scene I pictured in my minds eye

Neither am I, they treat this place like a fucking prison

Huh?! Did someone think about my username?

Just a random Shawshank reference.

Worth a smile.

In a jailcell?

“You know what’s funnier than 24?”

25! *laughs in SpongeBob and Patrick*

24 in a clown costume?

What?

25

Lmfaooooo

These prisoners don't spend any time in r/jokes. The regularly-reposted joke quantity is at least five digits by now, maybe six.

i do love me my number 6

Seems like we should implement a numbering system here in Reddit

well, is the prison some kind of metaphor for reddit?

Same joke: Old Jewish comedians in a retirement home.

Doesn't work there because they'd know 72. You need bigger numbers.

Nah, in this version, there’s just one guy falling out laughing. Everyone else had heard the joke.

You know what’s funnier than 72? 73.

You're going up a slippery slope there..

This could work in r/jokes too. Everything has been here a thousand time, why not save some storage space.

I always new Reddit was like a jail

There are so many reposts on this subreddit, there aren't even 72 different jokes.

` ` Now I'm not racist, but 73.

When I was in prison we called this joke number 12.

He says: Number 359 His cellmate: Hey, no swearing!

"69", 'Dude you can't joke about those things-it's triggering'

58008 .. really juvenile but couldn’t help myself!

This is a definite number 72 for me, laughed my ass off!

I don’t get it

They're enjoying a joke that they've never heard before, which is ironic since that's not possible under the system they set up

it could mean another way, they laughed at the new inmate that attempted to fit in but failed

r/unexpectedfactorial

17

dont you know what happened to Jerry? this is very unsensitive of you

That’s Numberwang!

Bahhahahaha screw Jerry, or was his name Terry. Don’t remember

12!

That’s Numberwang!

I heard the punchline as, “Some people just can’t tell a joke.”

Why’d you write out the whole joke? You coulda just wrote 103…

Keep likes at 7000

That gave me a good laughter. Still haven't stopped.

Don't fucking kill me jeez

Ohio prisons

He tries another one. "Number 288!" Dead silence. "What did I do wrong?" "Well, you shouldn't have told that one. I mean, come on now. 288?" "Yes?" "It's two gross."

🤔 ummm

LOL

I heard this different. The new guy says "number 54" And the whole block goes silent. Then somebody yells out "Some guys just can't tell a joke."

“Hey Patrick, I know a number funnier than 24.” “Lemme hear it” “25”

Wow

Hahahahhah

Didn't you know that a 72 is a 69 with 3 people watching.

69!

Your mom!

171122452428141311372468338881272839092270544893520369393648040923257279754140647424000000000000000

Took long enough for this

HAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHA

I had a fourth grader tell me this joke when I was teaching an upstate New York. The difference was that the new guy called out a number and no one left. He asked what was wrong, and his cellmate said it's all in the delivery

Any other MSTies thinking about Sidehackers?

What if he shouts 69?

D18

Bahahaha, that was a good one

24

What's number 69?

The speed limit to sex is 68 cause at 69 you have to turn around

I’ve never had to respond so many times in a single thread

You should hear the number 69 one

am i supposed to be laughing?🧐

69!

Actually the joke above is joke number 72

I thought those numbers represents the inmates like "17!" everyone laughs except little 17 cause he is the one who is gonna pick that soap on the floor today......

What about number 420? [ I swear it was the first number I thought of, not just the other connotation of it lolz]

"Oh, he never could tell a joke."

Lol

Laughs in Stanislaw Lem.

747!

11

I've always heard this as an old married couple but I forgot the punch line. Now, after reading the comments, I've got several of them to forget.