Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for December 04, 2011

My brain hurts ……

Bucky is getting soft - that was a definite opp for a “punch” line.

The can of beans is funnier than the German!

That still leaves unanswered the question of how many German chefs it takes to change a can of beans.

I want some change back from the time I spent listening to that joke…

Half-remembered quotes from a guy with whom I once spent one of the longest evenings in my life:

“and then the cat……. no….. I mean the farmer said….. um…..the rabbit was…… ok where was I?”

(Picking up the ketchup bottle) "Ketchup! Well it can’t catch up with me…..hahaha….

Didja see what I did there? Can’t catch up with me.

Sorry, I can’t help it, I’m just funny like that."

“Sometimes I just can’t stand myself, I just keep making funnies.”

(Luckily I don’t remember much more cos I went into a coma.)

Oh wow I just realised…..

if it was you…….

in the entirely unlikely event you’re a comics fan and some day you read this, um…..

you’ll know who you are….. so….

I had a wonderful time.

Honest.

That ketchup bottle thing. Whoo-eeee….. that’s gold.

Is Satchel being frank about the beans?

The Canadian was from Montréal, so those beans are Frenched, and when the German says “Knockwurst,” it’s time to put the garlic bulbs in the beurre noire, over low heat, to change them into . . . um, a soft, translucent vegetable, with hints of caramel and béchamel, with a lingering aftertaste of Alpo.

I vote that the can of Bucky is the funniest.

Try telling people you like smart people who aren’t afraid to laugh at your jokes…they’ll do it more often…well, you might keep track…Bucky! come back!

Okay, I thought this was funny without any analysis. Poor Satchel in his easily befuddled brain.

It reminds me of when the children were still living at home. My boys and I could take one word out of a simple statement, and follow with a totally unrelated statement. This could go on for several minutes. We had fun with the mental gymnastics out of it. Sigh. I miss them.

Now my brain befuddles.

These comments are funnier (punnier?) than the comic strip!

Poor Satchel. There’s a really good joke in there – if he can remember all the pieces. The pieces don’t have to be from the same joke..@SusanSunshine – I hear your pain. Funny is things said most innocently. Recently found in crowded elevators.

Reminds me of how people report young children telling jokes. Often with the butchered knock-knock format.

the can of bucky would be funnier

This reminds me of the comical novel titled: Skinny Legs And All by Tom Robbins. One of the characters was actuall a can of Van de Camps pork and beans. i mean it, this was a funny book!

Oh my head…

For the first time, I’m, empathizing with Bucky instead of Satchel.Nice change of pace.

“I have a can of Bucky here just waiting for you. Don’t make me open it up on you.”

Satch reminds me of my sister; a smart woman, very artistic, great sense of humor, can’t tell a joke right to save her life. She also has this habit of occasionally going “Smacky” on someone who does something rude or inconsiderate. The first time she told us she had gone “Smacky” her husband and I looked at her quizzically. “What do you mean Smacky?” “Oh you know Like that cat in the Fuzzy comics, Smacky.” " No, I think the cat’s name is Bucky." Like I said, she gets the details of jokes a little bit off.

I found it easy to remember a joke, because all I memorize is the punch line. Then when I’m telling the joke, I just make up a story that allows me to segue into the punch line. That way, I don’t have to remember whether it was one French chef or two French chefs, etc., and who said what first. I just make it up as I go along, and make sure the punch line fits the story I just told.

I’m on Satchel’s side. I can never remember the punchlines either. It’s so embarrassing.

This so reminds me of one of my 3-year old sons. He loves to tell “knock-knock” jokes, but he doesn’t get the whole concept of it. His jokes for a long while always included “in a knock-knock joke, in the air!” in the punchline. For instance,

“Knock-knock.” “Who’s there?” “Table.” “Table who?” “Table in a knock-knock joke, in the air!”

And then he would laugh hysterically before trying another variation on the above. It got so that I would join in the laughter just because he was enjoying himself so much.