Back in the day there was a funny guy called Jack Handey who wrote deep thorts like:
‘One day one of my little nephews came up to me and asked me if the equator was a real line that went around the Earth, or just an imaginary one. I had to laugh. Laugh and laugh. Because I didn’t know, and I thought that maybe by laughing he would forget what he asked me.’ [Jack Handey]
and:
‘One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my
little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out
warehouse. “Oh, no,” I said, “Disneyland burned down.” He cried and cried, but I
think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive
over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.’ [Jack Handey]
or occasionally slightly darker ones like:
‘I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is they don’t want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash stuff, then when somebody comes up act like they just woke up and go, “What was THAT?!”‘
These made me smile. They made other people smile. Some people would laugh out loud. A lot. Occasionally someone would hurt themself. Which made me think, I want to hurt people too. But with laughter. And so I set out to try and come up with my own fish-flavoured deep thorts and they became known as Brett Andy’s because well, you know. They are still a work in progress but I have made ten lists of them know and I would love to know if any of the following cause any of the above reactions. If so please leave a comment and name the one or ones you liked:
“Cannibal Pete was struggling to get his car started so I offered him a hand, a decision I would quickly regret.” [Brett Andy]
“She barked twice, following it with a low two second gutteral growl. “Oh no,” I thought, “Timmy has fallen into the well!” [Brett Andy]
“I was disqualified from the hotdog eating competition for chewing on a lukewarm pekinese.” [Brett Andy]
“Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. But sell a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day plus you’ll have some extra money.” [Brett Andy]
“Those who live in glass houses, shouldn’t.” [Brett Andy]
“The thing I find fascinating about elephants is their ability to shoot out a powerful stream of water for hours at a time. Wait, not elephants… fire hydrants!” [Brett Andy]
“Scissors are crushed. Paper is cut to shreds. Rock is lying there going, “Oh no, there’s a piece of paper on top of me, what shall I do?” [Brett Andy]
‘“Reddit” said Frog again as the librarian’s patience was starting to wear thin.’ [Brett Andy]
“I tried to call my fiance’. But her phone was engaged. That’s a case of unplanned irony right there my friend.” [Brett Andy]
“If life is like a box of chocolates then I wish I was born in Switzerland.” [Brett Andy]
“I tossed a fortune cookie into a wishing well and instantly created a black hole.” [Brett Andy]
“An item of clothing was in a race with some sports gear the other day. It was a tie.” [Brett Andy]
“I went drag racing the other day, but the heels made pushing the pedals really tricky.” [Brett Andy]
“I wonder if Scottish men at nudist beaches walk around wearing underpants?” [Brett Andy]
Dude! This time around, it’s a case of which one doesn’t cut it. Almost all are, I think, Some of B. Andy’s best, except cannibal (predictable) and the well one (‘cos i’m a dumbass for missing the obscure or not so onscure reference – i just don’t get it). If I had to pick one, i couldn’t but if I had to pick three, probably fish, fire hydrant and rock;paper; scissors
ah flip thankx dude, glad you dug them, the well one was an attempt at a more obscure handey imitation thrusting the power of the fortune against the might of the wish and seeing what would happen – okay that it doesn’t quite work… kinda like my mike tyson blackjack one [which requires the reader to make the connection to “hit me”] in the last batch…
cannibal pete, glass houses, paper-rock-scissors, tie, drag racing, scottish nude beach.
Fire hydrants, awesome! I LOL’d (“,) my runners-up: sell a man a fish, glass houses, and the tie one. Tough call though, quite a few of these produced a smile 🙂
i chuckled at “canibal pete”, laughed at “rock, paper, scissors” (especially when read out loud with a comical voice for the Rock), but my favourite of those is definitely “give a man a fish”! hahaha
scottish men, drag racing and the rock lying under a piece of paper one.
Lots to like this round – in order of like-age
“I tossed a fortune cookie into a wishing well and instantly created a black hole.” [Brett Andy]
“I went drag racing the other day, but the heels made pushing the pedals really tricky.” [Brett Andy]
“Scissors are crushed. Paper is cut to shreds. Rock is lying there going, “Oh no, there’s a piece of paper on top of me, what shall I do?” [Brett Andy]
“She barked twice, following it with a low two second gutteral growl. “Oh no,” I thought, “Timmy has fallen into the well!” [Brett Andy] (I would prefer this one if you removed the Two Second qualifier, makes it punchier)
“I was disqualified from the hotdog eating competition for chewing on a lukewarm pekinese.” [Brett Andy]
“Cannibal Pete was struggling to get his car started so I offered him a hand, a decision I would quickly regret.” [Brett Andy]
“Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. But sell a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day plus you’ll have some extra money.” [Brett Andy]
hm weird cos if you check on brett andy blog that’s exactly how i had the dog barking one without the ‘two seconds’ – good call – guess i copied this from the earlier manifestation… seems to be general likeage to this round… yay.
Dude, you rock… Life them all, especially the elephant one, no the fire hydrant one :p
the lukewarm pekinese followed by the glass houses one.
Definite Yes’s:
Timmy, Reddit, Fiance, Drag racing
Not sure’s
Hotdog, Rock paper scissors, Scottish.
I would also rephrase to say, “People who live in glass houses”
But that’s just me! Otherwise I’m digging them man, they are getting better and better! Keep ’em coming 🙂
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so true on the “people” change, thankx… hope you well dude and playing up a storm…
black hole ,It was a tie, Cannibal Pete
Oh my word that was hilarious…rock paper scissors, cannibal, glass houses, box of chocolates, fortune cookie and scottish men!!!
OK, so I am late like a bait. But ‘give a man a fish’ and ‘Timmy’s fallen into the well’.