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[deansangel918]

Who: deansangel918
What: Door-to-door Joke Salesman
When: Anytime
Where: The residential section.
Warnings: Really bad jokes?

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[gunofadeadman]

[Have a John Marston answering the door. He seems a little surprised to see Castiel, but soon offers him a questioning look.]

Afternoon, Castiel.

[deansangel918]

Hello, John.

[This could be a problem. He's fairly certain this type of joke is from after John's time. However, he has a job and he's going to do it, even if he doesn't really like it.]

I'm attempting to tell a joke. When I say "Knock knock" the traditional response is to answer "Who's there?"

[gunofadeadman]

Oh. [John blinked, still looking a little lost about the whole thing.] Uh, alright. Can I ask why you're attemptin' to tell me a joke?

[deansangel918]

It's my job for the month. Unfortunately.

[Okay, let's try this again.]

Knock knock.

[gunofadeadman]

...Ah. [Oddly enough, that... pretty much explained it right there.

John clears his throat.]

Who's there?

[deansangel918]

[Castiel realizes he needs to give further instruction.]

When I give my answer, your reply should be to repeat my answer and add "who?" to it.

[He nods to signal this is now part of the joke.]

Gable.

[gunofadeadman]

[John isn't sure how this is going to end up funny, but he'll follow Castiel's directions, if only out of curiosity. And the fact that he has nothing better to do.]

Gable who?

[deansangel918]

[Cas checks his list again before giving the "punchline". This one doesn't even make sense. He shrugs and reads it anyway.]

Gable to leap buildings in a single bound.

[And he holds out a flyer advertising 'Yo Momma Jokes'.]

[gunofadeadman]

...

...Now what am I supposed to say?

[He just stares at the flyer.]

[deansangel918]

My employers hope you will purchase jokes from them.

[He's still holding out the flyer.]

I'm uncertain why anyone would need to purchase jokes. I don't see the humor in them, but I've always had trouble understanding what humans find amusing.

[gunofadeadman]

Wait, that was it?

[Yeah, and John is still staring at it. A little incredulously now.]

I don't get it. You know, not real sure I'd wanna purchase bad jokes if I was in the market for buyin' them in the first place.

[deansangel918]

[Cas just frowns.]

I assumed the jokes would be funnier to humans, but perhaps I was wrong.

[gunofadeadman]

Guess you were. Or maybe I'm just too dumb to get it. I mean... you basically said something about jumpin' over tall buildin's?

[deansangel918]

[He puzzles over it some more.]

I believe the humor in this type of joke is that the last phrase sounds like a recognizable phrase, even though one of the words isn't technically correct.

It's possible we lack the frame of reference to recognize the phrase. I find this happens quite a bit when it comes to popular culture.

[gunofadeadman]

Oh.

[A long pause.]

You know, even when you explain it, it still ain't all that funny. [He's grinning a little, though.] You wanna hear one that I know? Just to compare.

[deansangel918]

[Why not. He's not in a hurry to get back to his job anyway.]

Go ahead. The comparison may be educational.