Joke Type: misunderstanding

Misunderstanding jokes, punchlines, setups, and comedy bits from Chaotic Meh — sorted for people who know exactly what kind of bad idea they want.

  • Books on Turtles

    [Walks into bookstore]

    Me: Do you have any books on turtles?

    Worker: Hard back?

    Me: Yeah, with little heads.

  • Can I Come Over

    I was in Walmart using the restroom when, just as I closed the stall door, a voice from the next stall said:

    “Hey! How’s it going over there?”

    Embarrassed, I replied, “Not bad, thanks.”

    The voice asked, “Cool. What are you up to?”

    I said, “Umm… just trying to take care of a little private business over here.”

    Then the voice asked, “Alright. Can I come over?”

    Shocked, I replied, “Excuse me?!”

    Then I heard, “Listen, I’ll have to call you back. Some idiot in the next stall keeps answering all my questions.”

    I stayed in the stall until he left.

  • Little Johnny at the Horse Auction

    Little Johnny attends a horse auction with his father. He watches as his father moves from horse to horse, running his hands up and down the horse’s legs, rump, and chest.

    After a few minutes Johnny asks, “Dad, why are you doing that?”

    His father says, “I have to make sure that they are healthy and in good shape before I buy one.”

    Worried, Johnny says, “Dad, I think the UPS guy wants to buy mom.”

  • The Heart Attack and the Closet

    A guy gets home early from work and hears strange noises coming from the bedroom.

    He rushes upstairs to find his wife naked on the bed, sweating and panting.

    “What’s up?” he says.

    “I’m having a heart attack,” cries the woman.

    He rushes downstairs to grab the phone, but just as he’s dialing, his 4-year-old son comes up and says, “Daddy! Daddy! Uncle Ted’s hiding in your closet and he’s got no clothes on!”

    The guy slams the phone down and storms upstairs into the bedroom, past his screaming wife, and rips open the wardrobe door.

    Sure enough, there is his brother, totally naked, cowering on the closet floor.

    “You rotten bastard,” says the husband. “My wife’s having a heart attack and you’re running around naked scaring the kids!”

  • Being a Literalist

    Being a literalist can sometimes be very helpful.

    I can always respond to “Do these jeans make my ass look fat?” with a confident and honest “No.”

    But I dread the day when she rephrases it as “Does my ass look fat in these jeans?”

  • The Preacher and Mrs O’Malley

    “Mrs O’Malley, good morning,” greeted the preacher.

    “Good morning, Pastor,” she replied.

    “Last week, your husband walked out during the sermon. I hope nothing too serious is the matter?”

    “Nothing too serious, just that he has a tendency for sleepwalking.”

  • Bring Your Child to Work Day

    I took my eight-year-old girl to the office with me on Bring Your Child to Work Day.

    As we walked around the office, she starting crying, so I asked her what was wrong.

    As my colleagues gathered round, she sobbed: “But Daddy, where are all the clowns you said you worked with?”

  • Now This Is a Big Beautiful Penis

    At my vasectomy consultation, the doctor said, “Now THIS is a big, beautiful penis!”

    Then he pulled his pants back up and told me to get undressed.

  • Little Johnny and the Spelling Lesson

    A teacher asked her third grade class to name things that ended with “tor” and that also ate things.

    The first little boy said, “Alligator.” “Very good James, that’s a big word.”

    The second boy said, “Predator.” “Yes, that’s another big word Alan, well done.”

    Little Johnny says, “Vibrator.”

    After nearly falling off her chair, the teacher says, “That’s a big word Johnny, but it doesn’t eat anything.”

    “Well my mother has one and she says it eats batteries like there’s no tomorrow!”