"Wait for it..."
Hotsauce84
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Am I the only one who thinks this is silly?? The forced (faux) anticipation makes the punchline less funny to me. I was reminded of it in joke thread, but to be fair it bugs me when it's done on tv shows, stand up routines, etc too.
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The reason for doing it here, is you don't want someone to accidentally read the punchline before you are done with the set up.
I don't see how it could possibly improve the timing of a joke in real time.
A Texan, a Razorback and an Okie were talking.
The Razorback was bragging and said "In Arkansas we have pine trees that grow clear to heaven!".
"Really!?!" the other 2 replied.
"Missed by that much."
The Texan of course would not be outdone, "That's nothing, we have oil gushers that shoot oil all the way to heaven".
"Really!?!"
"Missed by that much."
The Okie was thinking to himself what a bunch of bullshitting braggarts.
"At Tulsa general hospital a woman gave birth out her asshole."
"Really!?!"
Missed by that much.
Also helps to use Don Adams voice. That, or an Oklahoma accent.
Not nearly as funny as your usual posts.
Did my little joke hurt the big Texan's feelings?
Either that or your joke sucked.....decide for yourself.
After the baby is born, they're looking at him through the nursery's glass at the hospital.
"Look how good he is", said Steve.
"And quiet too", adds Adam.
The nurse exits the nursery and Steve says to the her, "He's a good quiet baby, isn't he?"
The nurse responds, "he's quiet now but wait til we take the pacifier out of his ass".
wait for it........