Story jokes
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Story jokes take their time. There is a character, a situation, often three things in a row, and a last line that reframes everything before it. They are the ones to tell at a dinner table when you have the floor, and the hardest to tell well, which is why a good one is worth keeping.
A man walks into a library and asks for a book on how to deal with rejection without becoming bitter. The librarian looks it up and says, "We have one, but it's out." The man says, "Of course it is." The librarian says, "See? You're handling it beautifully."
A little boy asks his dad, "Where do clouds come from?" Dad says, "They're made of water that rises up from the sea." The boy thinks about this. "Then why aren't they salty?" Dad says, "Go and ask your mother."
An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are staying in a hotel when a fire breaks out in the hallway. The engineer grabs the extinguisher and empties the whole thing onto the flames. The physicist calculates exactly how much water is needed and uses precisely that amount. The mathematician looks at the fire, looks at the extinguisher, and says, "A solution exists." Then he goes back to bed.
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