Do you get the joke?

@p1kef1sh (45681)
February 6, 2010 4:19pm CST
Here's an old joke: "My dog's got no nose. How does he smell? Awful!" Now does that make you chuckle and smile or is your immediate response to feel sorry for the poor pooch that has no nose and cannot smell his way around? Do you "get" jokes or does most humour bypass you?
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
6 Feb 10
it got half a snicker... Some humor bypasses me, mostly when I don't know the person and am taking things too seriously.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
I wonder if it is a gender thing Dawn.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Feb 10
kind of don't think so... It's a Dawn thing. :-)
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
Female. Male. Dawn!
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6 Feb 10
Hi p1key, I love a good joke and mostley gets it, but I find that when I tell my sister a joke, its takes her a while to get it, lol! hugs. Tamara xxxxx
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
I find that too Tamara. XXXX
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
6 Feb 10
My brain automatically wants to take that further and come up with this image of a little noseless doggie with flies and stuff swarming all over him or something. I dunno why. I don't really go 'awww poor poochie' on stuff like this, I just giggle. :P I'm really bad at remembering or telling jokes though.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
That's what the Boss is like. She tells me that she feels sorry for the poor pup.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
6 Feb 10
I get most of them and to be quite honest, I never gave a thought to the poor dog in question here. Not very good at remembering any so I'll pass on that part
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
6 Feb 10
I have good days and bad days when it comes to remembering jokes. Today is a good day!
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
6 Feb 10
lol! I saw that on Monty Python the other day, I have my tv set to record all the old episodes. I told it to my son when he called that night and he didn't get it! Are you a Python fan? I love that group, they are a scream!
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@jb78000 (15139)
6 Feb 10
i never get anything. rabbits have no sense of humour whatsoever.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
I used to have a rabbit that liked to jump into my bath. That irritated me. Fur in the bath is not good! Who says that they have no sense of humour. He had a thing for taps too.
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@nannacroc (4049)
7 Feb 10
I laughed the first 6 or 7 times I heard it, now it's greeted with a groan. Who on earth, if English is their first language, would take it any other way than as a daft, old joke?
@nannacroc (4049)
8 Feb 10
Shame.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
8 Feb 10
That's what I think. But not everybody has our warped view of the world Nanna.
• India
7 Feb 10
Of course I got this joke, since I have already read it.You are right , that some jokes bypass me, the main reason being not language, but I think it is the culture.Since we are from a different culture, we do not understand the religious jokes among other things.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
I think that is true. There are some jokes that don't cross the cultures.
@BarBaraPrz (47713)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Feb 10
I get the joke. It doesn't have a nose either...
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
Er yes. Probably. LOL.
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@littleowl (7157)
7 Feb 10
Hi p1ke, Being honest here I really don't get the joke! What is the answer or what is it insinuating? I feel sorry for the dog more than anyone...after all I have two and would hate to see them without their noses, besides their noses are soo cute! lol hugs LoLo
@littleowl (7157)
8 Feb 10
aww now you have made me blush!..xxx
@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
That's why I love you LoLo. You're soft hearted. XXXX
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Feb 10
hj pikey I love it.he he. I am into situational funny stuff like one day while I was working at my job shelving media in the kids side of the library. One of the computers seemed to not be working and the staff were all hunkered around trying to figure why it would not turn on. it had beenworking just twenty minutes ago. okay, they finally gave up and phoned for the computer technician to come fix the computer. This little blond plump kid, was sitting on a kid sized chair giggling, and aha okay,so I get down on my hands and knees under the kid sized desk. the giggles get louder. there it was in all its unplugged glory , the plug was pulled out of the floor socket.No juice no computer.So I go over and say, its working fun now. The reference librarian says what did you do to it? Ana phone the tech back, tell him its okay. then she turned to me, what did you do to it? I smiled, and said softly, I just plugged it in. the little tow head over there thought it funny to unplug it. The reference Librarian smacked her head, oh my g it was unplugged,oh stupid me. we were all laughing by now except for the plump little towhead,emily the head librarian was sadly lacking in humor that day, she was bi polar by the way, and she lit into that little kid until I wanted to hit her one.myg he was only about five, not an evil monster. She had the child in tears, and his mom heard about it, and oh my G the sounds in that room were awful, bi polar Emily fighting with a mom who was defending her one and only child. This was funny at first but then it got so loud and patrons were complaining, so the head clerk just phoned the police before the two women came to blows. The police send a police woman who listened to both sides, then took Emily by the arm. She took her into Emilys office, shut the door and they both spoke pretty loudly. when they came out all was in peace again and the police woman said to Emily , please always take your meds as this kind of thing could land you in jail. You did hit that mom on the arm,she refuses to press charges so I cannot arrest you,but you said you are bi polar. she smiled, put her arm around Emily, then she really shocked me, I am bipolar too, and if I did not take my meds every day i would lose my job. okay. so life in the library was not so all fired dull as people think it is.he he he.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
Goodness. Emily sounds out of control Hatley. He was naughty, not evil!
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
7 Feb 10
I got the humor. In fairness. There are jokes that don't really make sense until a little later. I would admit that sometimes my abilities to register what was meant takes a century.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
Mine too sometimes. But I usually see the joke. I have been known to see a joke when there wasn't one! Doh!
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
8 Feb 10
That's a very rare ability, pike! You should be proud. Who knows? That might just make the world a better place to live in.
• United States
8 Feb 10
Yes I like jokes. a lot of people tell dirty jokes to try and make people laugh but I don't think people need to tell dirty jokes to make people laugh. Not saying your joke was dirty or anything. But I do like to hear things to make me laugh. Laughing is good for everyone and the body.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
8 Feb 10
Laughter is very good for us. Helps to break down stress.
• United States
8 Feb 10
you are right laughter does break down stress. And that is a lot of what I need is laughter in my life. I go through to much stress and anxiety. So I try my hardest to laugh through it. Sometimes I can laugh through it sometimes I can't. But I try to stay out of the depressed stages. Have a great day.
@bystander (2292)
• Philippines
7 Feb 10
i love dogs... i have five... and i can't imagine one having no nose... but, if that happens, i'll laugh at the joke...
@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
Thank you!
@bystander (2292)
• Philippines
8 Feb 10
• Canada
7 Feb 10
Since you told me it was a joke, then I can see the humour in it. A few others. Q How do your feet smell? A I don't know. Feet don't have noses. Observation: If your feet smell, and your nose runs, then you're built upside down.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
LOL. The olduns are the best!
• United States
14 Feb 10
Nice. My immediate response was "Wow...hahaha!" That was a nice moment of pure joy outside of my stressful life.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
14 Feb 10
I am pleased to have brought you some relief!
• Canada
7 Feb 10
I think I 'get' them most of the time. If I don't, I ask for an explanation. Simple. Sort of like, "Is your fridge running? Then, better go catch it."
@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
LOL. "Has the fridge light gone out. I don't know. The door's shut." etc.
@coffeegurl (1467)
• United States
18 Mar 10
`i usually get jokes, but my bf tells some ones that aren't really funny and there is NO punch line either. Then he says,"You get it?"
@p1kef1sh (45681)
18 Mar 10
And of course you don't! LOL.
@myzonez (81)
• India
7 Feb 10
hmm..I got the joke. But I didn;t giggle...I didn't even feel like laughing. You people laugh to such jokes? Oh my God!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Feb 10
We are very weird.
• Bangladesh
8 Feb 10
No, my friend. This not a joke to me. I feel sympathy for the poor and helpless dog who is not only unable to smell but also unable to take breath at ease. Think for a moment that how much trouble that poor animal has to suffer to inhale the air of life. I'm also fond jokes that are appropriate for laughing. Good luck.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
8 Feb 10
Fair enough. Thank you.
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