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[deansangel918]

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

Comments

[deansangel918]

I believe you're supposed to respond with "Who's there?"

[deansangel918]

[Castiel really dislikes this job. He summons up some patience from somewhere and explains.]

It's a specific type of joke. I start by saying "Knock knock." You respond with "Who's there?" I respond with a word, you respond by repeating that word followed by "who?" Then I say the "punchline".

[deansangel918]

Yes, thank you. Unfortunately this is a requirement of my current job.

[He straightens up slightly and starts over.]

Knock knock.

[deansangel918]

[Even after doing this for hours, he still hasn't quite figured out how to tell a proper joke, so it comes out very flat.]

Isadore.

[deansangel918]

Isadore locked, I can't get in.

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

[deansangel918]

As far as I can tell, the humor is supposed to come from the fact that the last line is a recognizable phrase, even though one of the words has been changed for a different word that sounds the same.

In this case, "Isadore" sounds similar to "is a door".

[Unfortunately his explanations somehow make the joke even less funny, if that's possible.]

[deansangel918]

To be honest, I don't really understand why people find it so amusing.

[deansangel918]

Yes, although I didn't choose this job on purpose. I was trying to sign up for something else, but ended up with this instead.