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Joke: By the Numbers
Just a reminder to newcomers, that this board is organized by topics. I notice we're having a lot of people looking for partners in the jokes section. Many of us are coming here looking to tell jokes and read jokes, so if all we can find are request for partners, it's a bit frustrating. Please go back to the main board area and post your requests in the seeking partners area, down toward the bottom of the list. Be sure to ask the management or the rest of us if you need help.
And now, for anyone here looking for some fun, I hope you'll enjoy my contribution:
On a remote Aleutian Island, a crew maintains a satellite communications terminal. Since very few people are willing to go up there to work, those who are there have to stay for a very long time, and they all get to know each other very well. One of the great problems in this situation is that it’s really hard to get any jokes there that everyone hasn’t heard. So on Friday evenings, when everyone settles down for a couple of beers and a little relaxation, they save time and effort by assigning each of their jokes a number. So when they want to tell one, they only need to say:
“17!”
And everyone busts up laughing, “Ah! 17, that’s great! One of my favorites!
Then someone else will pipe in with “23!”
“Ahhh Hahahah! 23! What a dopey guy! God I love number 23!”
Well, on one of the very rare occasion that they actually got a new technician, Ed Brown, into the installation, he’d been there a few days when Friday rolled around. He was fascinated watching these guys all sitting around, and one goes, “38!” and everyone starts busting up laughing, thinking that’s so funny. And then someone else says “9!” And everyone starts laughing again.
Ed has never seen anything like this, and he’s fascinated. And he taps Jerry Simms, the guy who’s been showing him around, on the arm and says, “Hey, Jerry, you think I could try that?”
And Jerry says, “Hey, knock yourself out, man.”
So Ed stands up, and everybody looks at him, smiling, and Ed says:
“3!”
Their eyes all glaze over, and the smiles fade. People are shaking their heads with puzzled expressions on their faces, and Ed is really stumped. He can’t imagine what he could have done wrong.
So he goes back and sits down by Jerry, scratching his head, and Jerry pats him on the back, saying, “Don’t let it get you down, Ed. Some people just can’t tell a joke.
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