A man is sentenced to prison for a non-violent crime. He’s scared, but on the first night he notices something strange.
It’s after lights out and all the inmates are in their cells, when a voice from one of the cells yells out, “2467!” And all cells resound with laughter.
After a brief silence, another voice shouts out, “7113!” Again, all the other inmates burst out laughing in their cells.
Puzzled, he asks his neighbor what’s going on. “We love to tell jokes at night,” comes the reply. “But since we’ve been here so long we know them all and have them numbered. So we just yell out the number!”
This goes on for some time. At last, wanting to get in on the action, he decides to try his luck. He boldly shouts out, “557!”
But there is an awkward silence. After a while the sounds die down and it seems like everyone is settling down for bed.
He asks his neighbor what the problem was.
“What can I say, kid. It’s just your delivery that stinks.”
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