Say this for Laffy Taffy jokes - and it's not saying much - at least there aren't that many that are just old hoary chestnuts from a million years ago. But some of them are. And that can spell real trouble.
Why was 8 afraid of 7?
Kelly Z.
Oh no. Kelly... you fucked the joke up.
Because 7 ate (8) 9.
First of all - same problem we've seen before. If you have to spell out the homophone for us, you shouldn't bother telling the joke in print. But this joke is just WRONG. The joke is, "Why was 6 afraid of 7?" Six! Not eight! You know why not eight? Because eight appears in the punchline. I could maybe have appreciated the effort if the punchline were different - you know that style of joke that takes a very familiar setup and tweaks it slightly. I'm sure that wouldn't have been funny but I could have gotten the idea. But this is just not right. Major fail, Kelly Z. Unacceptable.
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