Garren Jacobsen
Auror
So, here is a question in my brain thoughts, how factually accurate does a joke have to be in order for it to be funny?
What prompted this was a terrible pun and an internet meme. The pun was mine. I was in Washington DC and one of the stations is foggy bottom. So I texted my family, what do you call a bluegrass band from Washington DC? The Foggy Bottom Boys (referencing the Soggy Bottom Boys of O Brother Where Art Thou). Now, my brother said the joke fell flat for him because I used the wrong musical genre. The Soggy Bottom Boys are an Old Timey band, not bluegrass.
The meme is an image of a guy having a conversation with his lawyer. In the conversation, the guy wants to sign his name as Batman. The lawyer strenuously objects. And the guy says prove that I'm not Batman. However, I find this unfunny because the joke makes no sense. You can sign your name as Batman to any contract. Hell you can draw a penis if you wanted to, but it is the signing that is important, not the name that is being signed.
So, how accurate must a joke be to "work"?
What prompted this was a terrible pun and an internet meme. The pun was mine. I was in Washington DC and one of the stations is foggy bottom. So I texted my family, what do you call a bluegrass band from Washington DC? The Foggy Bottom Boys (referencing the Soggy Bottom Boys of O Brother Where Art Thou). Now, my brother said the joke fell flat for him because I used the wrong musical genre. The Soggy Bottom Boys are an Old Timey band, not bluegrass.
The meme is an image of a guy having a conversation with his lawyer. In the conversation, the guy wants to sign his name as Batman. The lawyer strenuously objects. And the guy says prove that I'm not Batman. However, I find this unfunny because the joke makes no sense. You can sign your name as Batman to any contract. Hell you can draw a penis if you wanted to, but it is the signing that is important, not the name that is being signed.
So, how accurate must a joke be to "work"?