Anti-joke
An anti- joke is a joke that itself plays with a known joke pattern, but disregards the required logic in a surprising way (and thus allows a distance from the serious narrative pattern).
The options for this joke are manifold: It is possible to refuse the punch line, possible a logical break within the joke (two go ... says the third), no less possible is a statement about the outside world that cannot be made and that here appears at a point where one is still waiting for a completely different punch line. Finally, one option is drifting into silly: the narrative in which everyone finally continues to laugh while enjoying the common situation, without the need for bigger punchlines.
Examples
- Two go through a tunnel. If the third says to the fourth: "I think there are five of us." If the sixth says: "I don't understand ...".
- Jump two bananas on a fir tree. A CD player flies past. One: “What does he want at this temperature?” “It's clear! Today is Tuesday!"
- Two men cross a bridge. One falls into the water, the other is called Helmut!
Still others are structured like joke questions :
- How many elephants can fit in a submarine? Answer: Twelve because the bell is on the left!
- What is green and triangular? Answer: A green triangle!
- What is black and triangular Answer: The shadow of the green triangle!
or imitate the shape of puzzles :
- Karl Malte has two elephants: Karl and Malte. Because of a lack of food, he has to sell one of the two. Which? Afterwards, the recipient usually names one of the names available for selection, e.g. B. Karl. The narrator then replies: No, Malte. The recipient then usually asks why. The narrator answers this question: Because of lack of food.
Anti jokes can also have several consecutive (non-) punchlines:
- Question 1: What is green and bouncing through the forest? Answer: A pack of cucumbers.
- Question 2: What is transparent and is chasing after? Answer: The right pickle jar.
- Question 3: And where is the joke? Answer: Cucumbers are not pack animals at all!
Anti-jokes often play with the disregard of the classic punch line, which paradoxically creates a new punch line. This joke, for example, breaks with the clichéd expectations:
- Question: What is the difference between a prostitute in a mining town and Michael Jackson? Answer: The first one has sex for money with miners, Michael Jackson was a pop singer.
Sometimes anti-jokes can also have spatial / temporal punchlines:
- At night it is colder than outside.
- It's darker inside than down the mountain.
Joke questions
Anti-jokes can also exist in combination with joke questions . The external form of the joke adheres to the form of a joke question, but the content resembles that of an anti-joke.
- Examples:
- A ship goes from A to B. How old is the captain?
- Twelve elephants ride on a boat. The boat goes down. Why? Well, because the bell is on the left!
- What is the difference between a crow? Both wings are the same length, except for the right one.
- What do you get when you cross a joke question with a rhetorical question?
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.badische-zeitung.de/nachrichten/ausland/die-spinnen-die-roemer-wer-schnueffelt-denn-da-im-muell--43233931.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.plattentests.de/forum.php?topic=35158
