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ratbastid · 03-29-2006, 12:42 PM

A guy's sitting in a bar drinking, and the bartender can't help but notice... the guy's got a great big, round, orange head.

He says, "Hey, buddy... What's with your head?"

Guy says, "Well, it's a funny story.

"I was walking down a beach a few years ago when I found a magic lantern. I rubbed it, and a genie came out. He said he'd grant me three wishes.

"For my first wish, I asked for $100 million. And that's how I got all my money.

"For my second wish, I asked for a beautiful woman who would love me completely. And that's how I found my wonderful wife.

"For my third wish--and here, I think, is where I made my critical mistake--I asked for a great big, round, orange head."

ubertuber · 03-29-2006, 12:48 PM

So I was sitting here looking for the pun... And then I realized how funny this joke is. Nice one ratbastid.

Carno · 03-29-2006, 01:54 PM

I don't find this funny at all.

I may have missed the joke though.

Redlemon · 03-29-2006, 01:58 PM

If you don't get it, you are thinking way too hard about it. There's nothing hidden in this joke.

I like!

maleficent · 03-29-2006, 02:00 PM

why would he ask for a big round orange head? What am i missing?

Martian · 03-29-2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by maleficent

why would he ask for a big round orange head? What am i missing?

That's the joke. He wouldn't ask for that. It's absurdist humour.

Lucifer · 03-29-2006, 02:10 PM

That'd be why I didn't get it then

Charlatan · 03-29-2006, 02:14 PM

Oh don't be absurd...

Brewmaniac · 03-29-2006, 05:18 PM

Sorry, not my kind of humor.

Willravel · 03-29-2006, 05:22 PM

I absolutely love this one, but I think it could be a repost. Ah, here it is.

rlbond86 · 03-29-2006, 06:51 PM

Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard at this one!

ratbastid · 03-29-2006, 08:43 PM

I think you can tell a lot about people by their reaction to this joke.

I told my best friends this joke, and they totally fucking died laughing. I told it to a bunch of high school kids and they stared at me as if I'd grown an arm out of my forehead.

SirLance · 03-30-2006, 05:54 AM

This made me laugh. But, I must fess up, I find the aristocrats not funny at all.

martinguerre · 03-30-2006, 02:00 PM

wow...it took me forever, but it is damn funny.

Charlatan · 03-31-2006, 12:49 AM

I read this to my wife and we laughed until we cried...

OK... I did. She just laughed.

healer · 03-31-2006, 02:42 AM

I grinned at the first mention of the "great big, round, orange head". It took one or two more reads to finally get it.

But once I got it, I laughed my ass off

itch vaccine · 03-31-2006, 07:51 AM

I feel stupid, I'm saying "great big round orange head" to the computer screen for over 10 times, and I still don't get the joke.

I must be daft or something

Willravel · 03-31-2006, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Martian

It's absurdist humour.

Quoted for truth, and because people don't seem to be getting it. God, I love this joke.

ScottKuma · 03-31-2006, 08:12 AM

ROFL

That's FUNNY...but I have a warped sense of humor, anyhow.

ubertuber · 03-31-2006, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itch vaccine

I feel stupid, I'm saying "great big round orange head" to the computer screen for over 10 times, and I still don't get the joke.

I must be daft or something

Itch, don't worry. You got it. It just wasn't funny to you. Don't stress over it.

maleficent · 03-31-2006, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratbastid

I think you can tell a lot about people by their reaction to this joke.

explain please...

Redlemon · 03-31-2006, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itch vaccine

I feel stupid, I'm saying "great big round orange head" to the computer screen for over 10 times, and I still don't get the joke.

I must be daft or something

Compare and contrast to the joke 10 Inch Pianist. That might help.

Jinn · 03-31-2006, 09:06 AM

I really don't like jokes that are "funny" because they make no sense.

Maybe it's me, but I like jokes that are funny becase.. they do make sense.

Jinn · 03-31-2006, 09:08 AM

Now see Redlemon's actually makes sense.. he's got bad hearing so he mistook 10 inch pianist for 10 inch penis..

But what's the excuse for a great big, round, orange head? He's not hard of hearing, so he likely didn't misunderstand..

Redlemon · 03-31-2006, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JinnKai

Now see Redlemon's actually makes sense.. he's got bad hearing so he mistook 10 inch pianist for 10 inch penis..

But what's the excuse for a great big, round, orange head? He's not hard of hearing, so he likely didn't misunderstand..

The joke is (and there's nothing like explaining a joke to kill it completely) is that you hear the beginning of Rat's joke, and you are thinking it is a joke like the 10 Inch Pianist. So, as the joke is being told, you are trying to figure out what mistake he could have made in his request that he ended up with a great big round orange heard. But nope, he asked for it directly.

That's the joke, dissected and pinned to the wall. Dead.

Zeraph · 03-31-2006, 11:22 AM

I think the reason some people don't find absurdist jokes funny is because you are partially laughing at yourself (if you do laugh).

Jokes are really about the unexpected, and since the majority of jokes are about unexpected happenings, expected happenings become the unexpected.

KungFuGuy · 03-31-2006, 06:49 PM

original

Quote:

So a guy walks into a bar, the bartender is taken completely off guard because the man has a half a peach for a head.

Bartender "Why do you have a half a peach for a head?"

Guy "well, it's an interesting story... a long time ago, I was traveling thru the middle east and wouldn't you know it, I came across a genie's lamp!"

Bartender "Really?!"

Guy "Swear to god! So, obvously, the Genie granted me three wishes. For my first wish, I wished for more money than I could ever use, and BAM! there was a pile of money that I couldn't see the top of!"

Bartender "Wow!"

Guy "that's what I said! For my second wish, I wished for a beautiful woman that would love me and cherish me and be with me forever, and BAM! there was this beautiful woman hanging all over me!"

Bartender "Holy crap!"

Guy "Exactly! For my third wish...

and here's where I think I went wrong...

I wished for a half a peach for a head."

read it on this board about a year ago, i remember because i copy and paste the good ones =p

ratbastid · 04-01-2006, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redlemon

The joke is (and there's nothing like explaining a joke to kill it completely) is that you hear the beginning of Rat's joke, and you are thinking it is a joke like the 10 Inch Pianist. So, as the joke is being told, you are trying to figure out what mistake he could have made in his request that he ended up with a great big round orange heard. But nope, he asked for it directly.

That's the joke, dissected and pinned to the wall. Dead.

Nice. Mount it next to the Monarch and the Luna Moth.

Supple Cow · 04-01-2006, 01:13 PM

Aww, man... I thought this was the funniest joke ever until Zeraph told me I was supposed to be laughing at myself!

questone · 04-01-2006, 03:12 PM

I read this to my wife and we laughed until we cried...

nrclark · 04-04-2006, 09:17 PM

hahahahahahahahahhaahah!

itch vaccine · 04-10-2006, 10:00 AM

oh okay

is this like the 8 year old boy who wanted tennis balls for his every bday until he almost died, and no one knew what he did with the tennis balls?

Redlemon · 04-10-2006, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itch vaccine

oh okay

is this like the 8 year old boy who wanted tennis balls for his every bday until he almost died, and no one knew what he did with the tennis balls?

No, that would be a shaggy-dog story, which is characterized by a very long buildup with an unsatisfactory ending. I'm not sure what category this joke is in.

Carno · 04-10-2006, 10:16 AM

Sorry, I'm still not getting what's so funny about this joke

And what does it say about me that I don't find it funny? Is this joke only funny for people who have sophisticated senses of humor or something?

Bobaphat · 04-10-2006, 10:23 AM

Hilarious!

Charlatan · 04-10-2006, 10:29 AM

As Redlemon points out, the joke is funny because it plays on our expectations. It assumes you have heard a similar joke that revolved around something misheard or a malapropism (i.e. pianist does not equal penis -- but they do sound an awful lot alike). We are expecting a big, clever finish but one is not delivered. In the end, the humour is derived from the play between our expectations and the simple answer. He received a big, orange head because he asked for it.

It is just plain silly. Nobody would ask for this.

maleficent · 04-10-2006, 10:31 AM

/me goes over to the unsophisticated humor corner...

Carno · 04-10-2006, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlatan

As Redlemon points out, the joke is funny because it plays on our expectations. It assumes you have heard a similar joke that revolved around something misheard or a malapropism (i.e. pianist does not equal penis -- but they do sound an awful lot alike). We are expecting a big, clever finish but one is not delivered. In the end, the humour is derived from the play between our expectations and the simple answer. He received a big, orange head because he asked for it.

It is just plain silly. Nobody would ask for this.

No, I understand the joke, I just don't understand why it is funny. Why is it hilarious that you expected one thing and got another?

Expecting humor + not getting humor /= humor [at least, to me]

Actually, nevermind, asking why yall think this is funny is like asking why I think Dumb and Dumber is the greatest movie ever created. It just is. We all have different senses of humor, I guess mine just doesn't find this one funny.

Charlatan · 04-10-2006, 11:30 AM

No... I find Dumb and Dumber hilarious as well.

It's not funny to you because you've never known the heartbreak of psoriasis...

Sultana · 04-10-2006, 01:29 PM

I think it's funny that some people don't think it's funny.

The original joke is funny, too.

Not quite Da-daism...

03-29-2006, 12:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	My Critical Mistake A guy's sitting in a bar drinking, and the bartender can't help but notice... the guy's got a great big, round, orange head. He says, "Hey, buddy... What's with your head?" Guy says, "Well, it's a funny story. "I was walking down a beach a few years ago when I found a magic lantern. I rubbed it, and a genie came out. He said he'd grant me three wishes. "For my first wish, I asked for $100 million. And that's how I got all my money. "For my second wish, I asked for a beautiful woman who would love me completely. And that's how I found my wonderful wife. "For my third wish--and here, I think, is where I made my critical mistake--I asked for a great big, round, orange head."

03-29-2006, 12:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
ubertuber spudly Location: Ellay	So I was sitting here looking for the pun... And then I realized how funny this joke is. Nice one ratbastid. __________________ Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam

03-29-2006, 01:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Carno Junkie	I don't find this funny at all. I may have missed the joke though. __________________ http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

03-29-2006, 01:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	If you don't get it, you are thinking way too hard about it. There's nothing hidden in this joke. I like! __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

03-29-2006, 02:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	why would he ask for a big round orange head? What am i missing? __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

03-29-2006, 02:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	That'd be why I didn't get it then __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

03-29-2006, 02:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Oh don't be absurd... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

03-29-2006, 05:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
Brewmaniac Searching for the perfect brew!	Sorry, not my kind of humor. __________________ "That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son"

03-29-2006, 05:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	I absolutely love this one, but I think it could be a repost. Ah, here it is.

03-29-2006, 06:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
rlbond86 Insane	Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard at this one!

03-29-2006, 08:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	I think you can tell a lot about people by their reaction to this joke. I told my best friends this joke, and they totally fucking died laughing. I told it to a bunch of high school kids and they stared at me as if I'd grown an arm out of my forehead.

03-30-2006, 05:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
SirLance Junkie Location: In the middle of the desert.	This made me laugh. But, I must fess up, I find the aristocrats not funny at all. __________________ DEMOCRACY is where your vote counts, FEUDALISM is where your count votes.

03-30-2006, 02:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
martinguerre whosoever Location: New England	wow...it took me forever, but it is damn funny. __________________ For God so loved creation, that God sent God's only Son that whosoever believed should not perish, but have everlasting life. -John 3:16

03-31-2006, 12:49 AM	#15 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	I read this to my wife and we laughed until we cried... OK... I did. She just laughed. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

03-31-2006, 07:51 AM	#17 (permalink)
itch vaccine Psycho Location: on my spinning computer chair	I feel stupid, I'm saying "great big round orange head" to the computer screen for over 10 times, and I still don't get the joke. I must be daft or something __________________ "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity." - Albert Einstein

03-31-2006, 08:12 AM	#19 (permalink)
ScottKuma Insane Location: Maineville, OH	ROFL That's FUNNY...but I have a warped sense of humor, anyhow. __________________ A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take from you everything you have. -Gerald R. Ford GoogleMap Me

03-31-2006, 09:06 AM	#23 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	I really don't like jokes that are "funny" because they make no sense. Maybe it's me, but I like jokes that are funny becase.. they do make sense. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

03-31-2006, 09:08 AM	#24 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Now see Redlemon's actually makes sense.. he's got bad hearing so he mistook 10 inch pianist for 10 inch penis.. But what's the excuse for a great big, round, orange head? He's not hard of hearing, so he likely didn't misunderstand.. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

03-31-2006, 11:22 AM	#26 (permalink)
Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	I think the reason some people don't find absurdist jokes funny is because you are partially laughing at yourself (if you do laugh). Jokes are really about the unexpected, and since the majority of jokes are about unexpected happenings, expected happenings become the unexpected.

04-01-2006, 01:13 PM	#29 (permalink)
Supple Cow Americow, the Beautiful Location: Washington, D.C.	Aww, man... I thought this was the funniest joke ever until Zeraph told me I was supposed to be laughing at myself! __________________ "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)

04-01-2006, 03:12 PM	#30 (permalink)
questone Crazy	I read this to my wife and we laughed until we cried...

04-04-2006, 09:17 PM	#31 (permalink)
nrclark Tilted Location: Canada	hahahahahahahahahhaahah!

04-10-2006, 10:00 AM	#32 (permalink)
itch vaccine Psycho Location: on my spinning computer chair	oh okay is this like the 8 year old boy who wanted tennis balls for his every bday until he almost died, and no one knew what he did with the tennis balls? __________________ "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity." - Albert Einstein

04-10-2006, 10:16 AM	#34 (permalink)
Carno Junkie	Sorry, I'm still not getting what's so funny about this joke And what does it say about me that I don't find it funny? Is this joke only funny for people who have sophisticated senses of humor or something? __________________ http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

04-10-2006, 10:23 AM	#35 (permalink)
Bobaphat whoopity doo Location: Seattle	Hilarious! __________________ --size matters not-- yoda

04-10-2006, 10:29 AM	#36 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	As Redlemon points out, the joke is funny because it plays on our expectations. It assumes you have heard a similar joke that revolved around something misheard or a malapropism (i.e. pianist does not equal penis -- but they do sound an awful lot alike). We are expecting a big, clever finish but one is not delivered. In the end, the humour is derived from the play between our expectations and the simple answer. He received a big, orange head because he asked for it. It is just plain silly. Nobody would ask for this. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

04-10-2006, 10:31 AM	#37 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	/me goes over to the unsophisticated humor corner... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

04-10-2006, 11:30 AM	#39 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	No... I find Dumb and Dumber hilarious as well. It's not funny to you because you've never known the heartbreak of psoriasis... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

04-10-2006, 01:29 PM	#40 (permalink)
Sultana Falling Angel Location: L.A. L.A. land	I think it's funny that some people don't think it's funny. The original joke is funny, too. Not quite Da-daism... __________________ "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." - Matt Groening My goal? To fulfill my potential.