Oh ok, what did you heave for breakfast last Tuesday? I always have porridge, so porridge.
Well ok what did you have for lunch last Tuesday? I always have a tofu club sandwich, so that.
Ok who was the last girl you had sex with? Stacey, I mean my girlfriend.
It's very poorly structured and not particularly funny, but the joke is the person the old man is speaking to accidentally let slip he is having an affair while flexing his memory.
While not flexing his memory.
Two stories colliding is classical joke structure.
Sure. If anyone knew the second story.
It is obvious from the context.
It’s not
by 'structure', they meant that you used no punctuation or made any attempt to differentiate who was speaking; rather, you've put both sides of the characters' dialogue on each line. Better example:
"Well, what did you have for breakfast last Tuesday, then?" asks the old man. His co-worker replies, "Porridge, I always eat porridge for breakfast."
"Well, I always heave my breakfast!" said the old man.
Also, once a dialogue is established you can then alternate without stating who is speaking.
"You heave your breakfast?" asks the co-worker.
"Yeah. I'm an old man."
"With a bad memory?"
"Shut the fuck up, Greg!"
That is terrible.
Wow, it is.
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I think it's a bit funnier like this:
An old guy is being hassled BY HIS WIFE for not remembering things so he turns on the offensive.
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Ok who was the last person you had sex with? Stacey, I mean YOU.
Yeah maybe, "she turns", I quite like it the way it is. Once it is out in the office the GF is going to find out.
World of Warcraft is not funny, either.
HumbleGarbage1795 t1_itb3za9 wrote
Someone cares to explain? Not a native speaker so maybe there’s something I’m missing