It turns out it was the refrigerator all along…

  • TheMinions@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I should say, I understand the joke.

    But the language of saying “it was the refrigerator that made my clothes shrink” just isn’t very funny to me.

    Maybe it’s because a refrigerator can’t actually do anything other than chill stuff, where as a dryer can shrink and dry clothes.

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      1 year ago

      I could see Norm making a joke similar to this, but Id imagine he’d add onto the end by saying something after a pause, when the audience is visibly confused, like “Because I was getting fat. I was eating too much.”

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        1 year ago

        Agree. It’s too many “hops” for most people and the confusion:laughter ratio gets thrown off. It’s not delighted surprise, it’s… “wut?? Oh.”