sorrysorrymybad t1_jacwzgg wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:17 PM

Reply to comment by kompootor in Two cannibals were eating and the first one says: Your sister makes a delicious soup. The second one says: by GinoF2020

Nah, then the punch line gets muddied. Why does the second castaway now miss the sister? Is it because the first one brought it up?

By setting the scene of them being castaways the listener would more naturally attribute the missing-feeling to isolation as opposed to resource constraints.

Too easy to miss the punchline in the ambiguity. The original was fine.

kompootor t1_jad59r9 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:11 PM

You're right, the castaways doesn't work. There's gotta be another setup, though, that is a little more subtle than the the cannibals.

whatwhatinthewhonow t1_jaegmle wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:12 PM

I get what you’re saying. The setup is that they’re cannibals and the punchline is that they’re cannibals. Maybe the punchline could change to make the sister a really good chef or something. I’m not gonna come up with it though, it’s up to you, kompootor.