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My dad joke tanked hard at my daughter's soccer game yesterday
I was at the sidelines of her under-10 match and tried a pun about why the goalie couldn't see the ball. Turned out I mixed up goalie and goal, so it made zero sense and the other parents just stared at me. Anybody else bomb a joke so bad they just walked away and pretended to get a phone call?
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ivan_mason13d ago
Man that's rough but I've been there more times than I care to admit... I tried telling a knock knock joke at my nephew's birthday party and completely forgot the punchline halfway through. Just stood there like an idiot while the kids stared at me waiting for something funny. Ended up mumbling "never mind" and walked straight to the kitchen to grab a soda. The worst part was my sister caught the whole thing on video and now it shows up every holiday... Honestly those awkward silences after a joke falls flat are the worst feeling in the world, makes you want to crawl under the bleachers and hide.
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hayes.joel12d ago
Actually I gotta push back a little on the forgot the punchline thing. That's not the same as bombing, that's just a brain freeze. Bombing is when you actually TELL the joke perfectly but nobody laughs because it just wasn't funny. Like my uncle telling that "why did the chicken cross the road" joke but substituting the road with a highway and the chicken with a tractor. He delivered it PERFECTLY, no stumbles, and we all just stared at him like he had two heads. That's bombing. Forgetting the punchline is just embarrassing yourself, which is a whole different kind of pain. Both hurt though, no doubt about that.
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Did you ever find out why that goalie couldn't see, or is that bombed joke still haunting you, @hayes.joel?
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