532: Piano

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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
The joke here is the reverse of an old joke that appeared in [http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/old90/304.html rec.humor.funny]. In the original, the story-teller reports that he made a wish with a hard-of-hearing genie and instead got a twelve inch pianist. In this version, the man wished for the twelve inch pianist to hard-of-hearing genie, and the girl realized what he got instead.
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The joke here is the reverse of an old joke that appeared in [http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/old90/304.html rec.humor.funny]. In the original, the story-teller reports that he made a wish with a hard-of-hearing genie for a twelve inch penis and instead got a twelve inch pianist. In this version, [[Cueball]] wished for the twelve inch pianist to hard-of-hearing genie, and instead received a twelve-inch penis, to [[Megan]]'s interest.
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The title text is saying that if the guy had made a smaller miniature piano, he might have wished for a smaller "pianist" to play it and received an unfortunate size reduction.
  
The title text is saying that if the guy had made a smaller miniature piano, he might have wished for a smaller "pianist" to play it and would instead have to get a job starring in "male enhancement" commercials.
 
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Man is holding a box with an open lid. A miniature piano is inside. The girl is looking at it]
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:[Cueball is holding a box with an open lid. A miniature piano is inside. Megan is looking at it]
:Man: My hobby is making miniatures. Check this out— it's a fully-functional grand piano.
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:Cueball: My hobby is making miniatures. Check this out it's a fully-functional grand piano.
:Woman: Woah — beautiful.
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:Megan: Woah beautiful.
  
:[Man looks at the miniature piano]
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:[Cueball looks at the miniature piano]
:Man: Sadly, I've never heard what proper music sounds like on it—the keys are too small to play.
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:Cueball: Sadly, I've never heard what proper music sounds like on it—the keys are too small to play.
  
:[Man closes lid to the piano.]
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:[Cueball closes lid to the piano.]
:Man: I once asked a genie for someone who could play it for me, but I think he misheard.
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:Cueball: I once asked a genie for someone who could play it for me, but I think he misheard.
:Girl: ... are you doing anything later?
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:Megan: ... are you doing anything later?
  
 
{{comic discussion}}  
 
{{comic discussion}}  
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]

Revision as of 07:18, 6 December 2012

Piano
Good thing he didn't make it smaller, or it'd need someone three inches tall to play it.
Title text: Good thing he didn't make it smaller, or it'd need someone three inches tall to play it.

Explanation

The joke here is the reverse of an old joke that appeared in rec.humor.funny. In the original, the story-teller reports that he made a wish with a hard-of-hearing genie for a twelve inch penis and instead got a twelve inch pianist. In this version, Cueball wished for the twelve inch pianist to hard-of-hearing genie, and instead received a twelve-inch penis, to Megan's interest.

The title text is saying that if the guy had made a smaller miniature piano, he might have wished for a smaller "pianist" to play it and received an unfortunate size reduction.

Transcript

[Cueball is holding a box with an open lid. A miniature piano is inside. Megan is looking at it]
Cueball: My hobby is making miniatures. Check this out — it's a fully-functional grand piano.
Megan: Woah — beautiful.
[Cueball looks at the miniature piano]
Cueball: Sadly, I've never heard what proper music sounds like on it—the keys are too small to play.
[Cueball closes lid to the piano.]
Cueball: I once asked a genie for someone who could play it for me, but I think he misheard.
Megan: ... are you doing anything later?
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Discussion

Maybe I'm wrong here, but by looking at the size of the piano compared with Cueball and having read the title text, I wonder if the joke might be that he wished for a 4-5 inch penis instead? I wasn't sure enoough to go ahead an change it though. Athang (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
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