> > > The brain takes certain things for granted. This is usually a good thing, because it cuts down on processing time, but once in a while, it can trip us up. Those two jokes are a good example of that. It took me a while to get #824 as well.
> >
> > What really makes me feel embarrassed (sp?) is that sometimes I think I get a joke, but it turns out that I got it in a wrong sense.
> >
> > I've heard the tank one, but not the perch one, and I'm still not sure if I got it, heh. Of course, jokes get boring when they're explained anyhow, so that's pointless. Either I get it or I don't. =\
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> Go to joke number 98 and see how long it takes you to get that one. It's my favorite joke, and I sent it in the Really Bad Jokes way back in a different century.
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> It is a very difficult joke to tell, but I worked at it for a while and finally learned to tell it. I got it from my sister when we lived in Florida and we moved back to Tennessee in 1951. So . . . it's a very old joke.
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> Caution. It's a groaner.
> Howard

I don't know if I should be proud or not that I got that joke right off the bat...and half-groaned, half-laughed at the joke. It's awesome, though, that so many jokes last for so long and can still be (relatively, depending on point of view) funny to all generations.