# What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?

**URL:** <https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718>\
**Category:** Not Games\
**Created:** [30 April 2020 05:04 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718 "2020-04-30T05:04:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/marx/32/28667_2.png) [@Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Marx)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2021 00:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/103 "2021-04-10T00:36:35Z")

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I don’t get it… 'splain please?

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**Author:** ![bruitist](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bruitist/32/31788_2.png) [@bruitist](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/bruitist)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2021 00:53 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/104 "2021-04-10T00:53:11Z")

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Owen Wilson and Fozzy are known for saying “wow” and “wocka wocka” respectively.

“Wow wow wocka wow wow wocka wocka wocka” is a good description of the riff that precedes the opening line (“Come with it now”) of [Bulls on Parade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L4YrGaR8E4) (the riff in question starts at about 0:25).

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**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2021 05:52 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/105 "2021-04-10T05:52:37Z")

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How does David Hasselhoff fit into the riff?

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**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2021 08:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/106 "2021-04-10T08:00:05Z")

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I tried to load a board game and a dead cow onto the roof of my car, but it was a bit small and I couldn’t get the Carcassonne.

I’ll get my coat.

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**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2021 08:06 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/107 "2021-04-10T08:06:44Z")

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Ok this has changed my whole opinion about you in Blood on the clocktower.

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**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\
**Post date:** [11 April 2021 02:07 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/108 "2021-04-11T02:07:40Z")

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> [@bruitist](#):
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> Huh, that’s made me realise that I’ve been mishearing the opening line for years.

I’ll argue that there’s nothing wrong with your hearing : ) So far as I can tell, what’s coming out of his mouth might be written as: “k’ wit it”.

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**Author:** ![whswhs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/whswhs/32/2794_2.png) [@whswhs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/whswhs)\
**Post date:** [19 April 2021 19:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/109 "2021-04-19T19:36:43Z")

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Over on Samizdata I saw what I think can fairly be described as a Soviet joke from World War II Germany:

Hitler, speaking to his portrait: _I wonder what will happen to us after the war?_  
The portrait: _You’ll be hung, and I’ll be unhung._

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**Author:** ![Chewy77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/chewy77/32/1035_2.png) [@Chewy77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Chewy77)\
**Post date:** [20 April 2021 01:51 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/110 "2021-04-20T01:51:47Z")

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Heard the best dad joke ever.

After a toast falls on the floor during breakfast

- Have you heard of Murphy’s Law
- No, what is it?
- If something can go wrong, it will. If your toast falls on the floor, it will be on the butter side. That kind of thing.
- Oh my God, that sounds like Cole’s Law
- Oh, what’s that?
- Thinly sliced cabbage

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**Author:** ![Captbnut](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/captbnut/32/21513_2.png) [@Captbnut](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Captbnut)\
**Post date:** [20 April 2021 06:30 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/111 "2021-04-20T06:30:21Z")

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What do you get if you attempt human DNA with goat DNA?..

…thrown out of the petting zoo

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**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 16:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/112 "2021-04-23T16:38:46Z")

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How do you titillate an ocelot?

Oscillate its tit a lot.

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 16:54 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/113 "2021-04-23T16:54:03Z")

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What’s brown and sticky?

A stick.

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**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 17:19 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/114 "2021-04-23T17:19:10Z")

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What’s a foot long and slippery?

A slipper

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**Author:** ![Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/agemegos/32/15077_2.png) [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 20:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/115 "2021-04-23T20:27:19Z")

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What ticks on the wall?

Ticky tape.

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**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2021 06:35 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/116 "2021-04-28T06:35:59Z")

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Found on the Discord and too good not to share:

 ![image0-50](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c5a95e292052494797e857a86f798158d9f18af6.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2021 08:44 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/117 "2021-04-28T08:44:47Z")

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Why is this meme staring at my with accusation in its eyes?

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**Author:** ![whswhs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/whswhs/32/2794_2.png) [@whswhs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/whswhs)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2021 12:55 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/118 "2021-04-28T12:55:53Z")

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I’m sorry, but I just don’t get this as a joke. What does “cart” mean in this context?

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**Author:** ![Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/agemegos/32/15077_2.png) [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2021 12:58 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/119 "2021-04-28T12:58:27Z")

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> [@whswhs](#):
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> I’m sorry, but I just don’t get this as a joke. What does “cart” mean in this cont

It is common in on-line shopping software for there to be a “button” associated with each product and labelled “add to cart”, which begins the process of buying the object or licence.

The joke is about “on-line [retail therapy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_therapy)”.

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**Author:** ![whswhs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/whswhs/32/2794_2.png) [@whswhs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/whswhs)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2021 13:18 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/120 "2021-04-28T13:18:38Z")

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> [@Agemegos](#):
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> It is common in on-line shopping software for there to be “button” associated with each product and labelled “add to cart”, which begins the process of buying the object or licence.
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> The joke is about “on-line [retail therapy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_therapy)”.

Oh, okay. Yes, I’ve used that, most often to buy books, so I’ve seen it. It just didn’t come to mind. On the other hand, I just showed it to C and she started laughing in a couple of seconds.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2021 17:05 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/121 "2021-05-30T17:05:19Z")

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Remember when subway trains were outlawed? So poorly thought through. They just drove them underground.

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**Author:** ![Boydesian](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/boydesian/32/1053_2.png) [@Boydesian](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Boydesian)\
**Post date:** [10 June 2021 13:32 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-joke-with-a-rhetorical-question/718/122 "2021-06-10T13:32:57Z")

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😏 For my German friends:

 ![image](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c2dd05d5ade067af23275f7ed2ac8f9254258c87.jpeg)

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