On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 07:46:40PM -0000, Max Handelsman wrote:
> For those of you with real jobs, Hax posted the following knock-knock
> joke in her chat today:
>
> Knock knock.
> Who's there?
> Control freak. Now you say "Control freak who?"!
>
> I've seen this pop up a lot recently, and is it me, or is this one
> only funny when reading the text? I sounded it out in my head, and it
> didn't sound nearly as funny. It seems like it should be:
>
> Knock knock.
> Who's there?
> Control freak.
> Control freak who?
> No, say it a little louder.
> Control freak who?
> No, too loud. And try it in a deeper tone of voice.
> (etc., as long as you can keep them going.)
>
> That's more "control freak-ish" than the first one, isn't it? The
> first one brings to mind "pushy, rude", not "control freak".

I agree, the 2nd one is a lot funnier.  I saw the first one in the chat, and
I didn't really "get" it... the punchline comes too fast.  The extended remix
(if I may) does have a lot more comedic appeal to me.

aw


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