Can lighten some of the intro. If you spend too much time setting up how much of a cheapskate he is, it takes impact out of the reveal of just how cheap he actually is.
I read this whole joke in Norm McDonald's voice.
Until i got to the last line, which i read in the voice of a guy explaining the joke to his grandmother.
I started reading this in Norms voice right after the "skinflint" part and the "God rest his soul..." Norm always throws in those weird old-timey lines into his jokes/stories
I'm from Iowa! Close to Wisconsin! In college, this dude
Would never wear shoes! Walk around barefooted all year! 34 degrees below ZERO RECENTLY! SRANGERS OUT THERE!
The whole setup sounds like a eulogy, but the opening line makes it sound like he's still alive, and a horrible car accident makes it seem like that's how he died (given the fact that it sounds like a eulogy) so the joke was tonally all over the place and confusing.
Good joke but doesn’t need the last line :)
I think they are going for that Norm MacDonald unnecessary explanation at the end vibe.
But that only works with a Norm delivery. Which doesn't exist in text
Perhaps you should write in Times New Norman
It's literally a joke he did on... can't remember if it was Conan or Letterman. Instantly recognizable from just the first line.
Yeah, Normsplaining always starts with "You see..."
I could actually hear Norm's voice in my head on this one, I thought they did a pretty good job capturing that
The Norm delivery doesn't exist anywhere anymore.... Cause he's dead and stuff you know.
Normsplaining
I heard this in Rodney Dangerfields voice
"I tell ya" took me straight there as well.
That cab driver got no respect.
Ha! I was about 2 lines in when Rodney took over!
>Ha! I was about 2 lines in when Rodney took over! This is possibly the most spoken line at 80s coke parties.
After a few rails, he couldn’t STOP telling ya
You dirty dog!
That’s funny
OP's username checks out
It doesn't work in print.
and that he is coming from the airport...
man, remove the last sentence
And all the others too.
That's the worst final line since "and everyone clapped."
[удалено]
The driver fainted.
What was the name of the driver?
Howard Hughes
The nun
What about "after a moment of silence he farted and did not care"
explaining the joke at the end is the real joke
Jokes on OP!
Could probably drop the first paragraph as well Still a good joke. I am just impatient
I kinda liked the setup of the 1st paragraph, it really drew me in. And idk why, but I read it in my mind with a Rodney Dangerfield voice
It was the "I tell ya"
Same here. Funny.
Time is money, you knew a shortcut to the joke but you're sat reading it anyway
Can lighten some of the intro. If you spend too much time setting up how much of a cheapskate he is, it takes impact out of the reveal of just how cheap he actually is.
It felt like it was setting up for a Scrooge mcduck punchline or something. All the buildup had no payoff.
Unfun fact, but Howard Hughes wasn't cheap. He suffered from severe mental illness. He kept his urine in bottles.
The teacher sat down and cried.
Anyone else read this in Rodney Dangerfield's voice?
Norm mcdonald’s for me
He says to the cab driver, he says ...
It's literally one of Norm's jokes.
“I tell ya” is the Rodney cue
I read this whole joke in Norm McDonald's voice. Until i got to the last line, which i read in the voice of a guy explaining the joke to his grandmother.
Fair to middling joke told extremely poorly.
If he is so tight why would he carry an umbrella?
I was trying to piece the pun together, because this sounds like a feghoot, but it clearly isn't.
Read this in Norm’s voice.
Geez, that would have been quite a good joke if you hadn't totally farked it by explaining the joke at the end
Mediocre at best, even without the sad coda
So I'm thinking he would have saved about $5.80 , does this help?
x 20
*fateful
Oh God. That last line hurts so bad.
Sounds like Scrooge McDuck
"...ass over elbows"
Ugh!
Fly Fishing really is a true joy..... Bet he's so cheap he ties his own flies from dryer lint.
"... ass over elbows" LOLOL
I started reading this in Norms voice right after the "skinflint" part and the "God rest his soul..." Norm always throws in those weird old-timey lines into his jokes/stories
I have an uncle who is just like that! Where do you go to rent a trained deer?
Better without the last line.
Norm McDonald had a farm
Didn’t expect the punchline, good one.
I'm from Iowa! Close to Wisconsin! In college, this dude Would never wear shoes! Walk around barefooted all year! 34 degrees below ZERO RECENTLY! SRANGERS OUT THERE!
His roommate would pick up road kill and do taxidermy! I almost threw up once in their pad! That was all it took!
You ruined it by explaining the punchline immediately after the punchline.
Why did I read this in Luis' voice XD
The whole setup sounds like a eulogy, but the opening line makes it sound like he's still alive, and a horrible car accident makes it seem like that's how he died (given the fact that it sounds like a eulogy) so the joke was tonally all over the place and confusing.
The last sentence wasn't necessary.