> > The brain takes certain things for granted. This is usually a good thing, because it cuts down on processing time, but once in a while, it can trip us up. Those two jokes are a good example of that. It took me a while to get #824 as well.
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> What really makes me feel embarrassed (sp?) is that sometimes I think I get a joke, but it turns out that I got it in a wrong sense.
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> I've heard the tank one, but not the perch one, and I'm still not sure if I got it, heh. Of course, jokes get boring when they're explained anyhow, so that's pointless. Either I get it or I don't. =\

Go to joke number 98 and see how long it takes you to get that one. It's my favorite joke, and I sent it in the Really Bad Jokes way back in a different century.

It is a very difficult joke to tell, but I worked at it for a while and finally learned to tell it. I got it from my sister when we lived in Florida and we moved back to Tennessee in 1951. So . . . it's a very old joke.

Caution. It's a groaner.
Howard