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[that_cost]

[ Charlie's seated on the beach again, holding a remote control in one hand while some sort of quadcopter/car thing sits nearby. She's installing batteries and pressing switches on the remote into the copter,frowning just a bit and looking over directions. ]

...shoulda paid attention to the guy I bought this from.

[ Oh, well. She turns again to address the MID, smiling a bit. ]

When I was eleven years old, I lived with my grandparents. At one point, I got really sick and had to stay in bed for a good, long while. A few weeks, I think. My grandfather had this habit of telling me a joke when I was feeling miserable. It was always the same joke, but it made me laugh every time.


I just remembered it and wanted to know if anyone else had a better one.

[ This may be a vague challenge towards one Nathan Drake. And Charlie is bored. ]

A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door. He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch. He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can. Three years later there’s a knock on the door. He opens it and sees the same snail. The snail says: ‘What the hell was that all about?’


[ She shrugs and smirks some, rolling her eyes a tad. ]

Stupid, I know. But I love it. Let's hear another one.

Comments

text;

[arcreact]

this took a shocking turn
all that build-up and I expected a pun

Re: text;

[that_cost]

I was kind of expecting one, too, the first time I heard it. But it was an old man telling a sick kid a joke. I think it was the best he could do.

[arcreact]

well, I'd hate to insult a precious heirloom
but there's always room to improve upon the old, that's all I'm saying
elevate it to true dad joke level

[that_cost]

I feel like that needs to be a goal, now. To make that joke really good.

[arcreact]

replace "what the hell was that all about" with "what the shell was that all about" and you'll have brought it to a whole new level

[ ... Lower. A whole new lower level. ]

[that_cost]

[ That's bordering on a Dad joke. So close. ]



Oh, jesus. That's not bad at all.

[arcreact]

it's terrible, actually
my humor's the improv type
you can't script genius

[that_cost]

I like the terrible jokes. Sometimes the fact that they're terrible is what's hilarious.

I'm Leigh.

[arcreact]

Tony
feel free to run them by me any time
I'll let you know exactly how bad they are