The Go-Gos reference in this [THREAD=41039]thread[/THREAD] reminded me of some sophomoric jokes of yore. Here are the punchlines. Who remembers the set ups?
Because their lips are sealed?
Because he couldn’t get it down pat.
Because he could never feel happy.
Because he has grape nuts.
Not the set up I heard it with, but it works.
That, like Jethro’s version of the Nixon joke, works as well, but is not how the joke was related to me.
I knew I had heard this one when I posted earlier, but couldn’t think of the name of the person. It finally came to me.
Why did Yul Gibbons have purple children?
Exactly. Except he had hair. It’s Eull.
Just guessing: Why is Nelson Rockefeller such a miserable SOB?
And isn’t it Euell?
An odd thing to guess, but right you are on both accounts.
Actually, it wasn’t that much of a stretch, given the clues from the previous posts as to the types of jokes we were dealing with. And don’t forget my age, and that I grew up in New York. I knew about Rocky and Happy well before he Veeped.
I am half sure I remember the set up for 3) as
Why was grumpy sad?
But I could be wrong, in which case I just invented it
Nao
A nice variation with which I was not familiar. Thanks, Naomi.
I don’t think Grumpy swung that way. Remember first that he was in love with Snow White, and was a jerk to her just to get her attention. Typical guy behavior. Remember second that he violently resisted the Boy Group Bath opportunity.