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Latest post Wed, Feb 7 2007 10:49 AM by Stenka25. 4 replies.
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Stenka25  +  325464 Wed, 07 Feb 07 07:01 AM

The two following humor is from under the title, Lapsed Logic.

But I couldn't see any lapsed logic. So no laughter.

Please let me laugh.

 Lapsed Logic


1. I was standing at a busy intersection when two shopping-bag-laden women got off a bus chatting animatedly. They had said their good-byes and were heading in opposite directions when one called over her shoulder to the other, "I'll phone you when I get home." Then, a moment later, she shouted, "Better yet, you call me. You'll get home before I will."

 

-I think the punch line here is "Better yet, you call me. You'll get home before I will."  But I don't see any logic for good laugh.

Can you give me the key to the laughter?

 

2. A PHONE COMPANY representative called to ask if I was interested in caller ID. Since I'm blind, I said, "Does it come in Braille?"

  The phone rep put me on hold. When she returned, she replied, "I'm sorry, sir. The caller ID box doesn't come in that color."

 

- The punc line in the above sentence is the word between 'Braille' and 'that color'?

Can you tell me why this is funny?

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nona the brit  +  325475 Wed, 07 Feb 07 08:20 AM

1. There isn't any point in the person who gets home first calling, as the other one won't be home yet.

2. Just that the rep is being rather stupid in believing braille to be a colour.

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Stenka25  +  325503 Wed, 07 Feb 07 09:50 AM

In the 1st Lapsed Logic.

"Better yet" means "even better"

By saying "Better yet, you call me. You'll get home before I will," one of the women make the other call.

But what's the point of her saying this to the other?

To save the money for calling? Am I right?

In the 2nd Lapsed Logic,  I understand the phone rep falsely thing the sound, Braille to be some kind of color.

But what color? Brown or what? Could you answer me? 

nona the brit  +  325511 Wed, 07 Feb 07 10:27 AM

No you are still missing the point with these.

Brenda says she will call Mary when she gets home - meaning as soon as she arrives home. Then she says 'no, you call me as soon as you get home'. But Mary will get home before Brenda. So if Mary calls as soon as she gets home, Brenda won't be there to take the call. the joke is that Brenda thinks 'oh Mary's home first, it's more convenient for her to make the call' but of course, it is pointless.

Braille is a system of reading/writing for blind people consisting of patterns of embossed dots on paper that they read by running their fingertips over. It is not a colour.

Stenka25, 2 yr 292 days ago

Now I got the point.

Thanks, I really appreciate it.

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