I Laugh the Hardest at Obscure Jokes
April 3rd, 2007, 10 Comments »
It’s not only because the joke is funny, but also because I’m experiencing the kind of secret joy of being an insider. I’m guessing, what, maybe 1% of the general population gets this Fark Photoshop contest entry. It’s a response (one of many) to the question “what if seniors ruled the earth?”, created by this Navy dude. It’s a little wide, but I want you to be able to read it:
I’m sure a bunch of you will get it (Richard definitely should). If you get the joke and want to explain it, feel free to do so in the comments.
UPDATE: You clever commenters are correct:
“We can’t bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell them stories that don’t go anywhere. Like that time I took the ferry over to Shelbyville; I needed a new heel for my shoe. So, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them. ‘Give me five bees for a quarter,’ you’d say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have any white onions, because of the war; the only thing you can get was those big yellow ones.” - Grandpa Simpson