This old joke popped into my head

[elgordoboy]

Dunno why I just read something in another post that made it appear.....


Petey was a snake, only sooo big. Petey lived in a pit with
his mother. One day Petey was hissing in the pit when his
mother said, "Petey, don't hiss in the pit. If you must hiss,
go outside the pit and hiss."

Petey went outside the pit to hiss. Petey was hissing all
around, when he finally leaned over a little and hissed in
the pit. Petey's mother heard Petey hissing in the pit and
said, "Petey, if you must hiss in the pit, go over to Mrs. Potts'
pit and hiss in her pit."

But Mrs. Pott was not at home, so he hissed in her pit anyway.
While Petey was hissing in Mrs. Potts' pit, Mrs. Pott came
home and found Petey hissing in her pit and said. "Petey, if
you must hiss in a pit, don't hiss in my pit, go to your own pit
and hiss." This made Petey very sad and he cried all the way
home.

When Petey got home, his mother saw him crying and said,
"Petey, what's the matter?" Petey said, "I went over to Mrs.
Potts' pit to hiss in her pit, but she was not home so I hissed
in her pit anyway. Mrs. Pott then came home and found me
hissing in her pit and said, "Petey if you must hiss in a pit, go
to your own pit and hiss, but don't hiss in my pit."

This made Petey's mother very angry. She said, "Why that
mean old lady. I knew Mrs. Pott when she didn't have a pit
to hiss in."

 

[NoHall]

How is it that I knew the punchline by the end of the first paragraph, but still read the whole joke?

Reminds me of another old joke:

An old Rabbi, looking for peace, went to sit on a cliff overlooking the beach. As the morning wore on, he observed a young boy walking on the beach. Minutes later, a squid swam to the shore to where the boy stood and the boy kicked it. The squid swam blissfully away, and the boy walked on down the beach.

The next morning, the Rabbi watched again as the boy walked to the shore, met the squid, kicked it, and the squid swam away full of joy and peace.

After several days, the Rabbi came down from his cliff after watching the ritual and asked the boy, "Boy, I have watched you every morning. I have seen the squid swim to you, have seen you kick it, and have observed how happy and peaceful the squid is. Will you please kick me, too?"

The boy laughed and said, "Silly Rabbi! Kicks are for squids!"

 

[elgordoboy]

How is it that I knew the punchline by the end of the first paragraph, but still read the whole joke?

Reminds me of another old joke:

An old Rabbi, looking for peace, went to sit on a cliff overlooking the beach. As the morning wore on, he observed a young boy walking on the beach. Minutes later, a squid swam to the shore to where the boy stood and the boy kicked it. The squid swam blissfully away, and the boy walked on down the beach.

The next morning, the Rabbi watched again as the boy walked to the shore, met the squid, kicked it, and the squid swam away full of joy and peace.

After several days, the Rabbi came down from his cliff after watching the ritual and asked the boy, "Boy, I have watched you every morning. I have seen the squid swim to you, have seen you kick it, and have observed how happy and peaceful the squid is. Will you please kick me, too?"

The boy laughed and said, "Silly Rabbi! Kicks are for squids!"

How very

y Had me giggling at the second paragraph.

 

[Poodleone]

Every morning the Trids got up, ate breakfast, and marched over the bridge to Tridville to work. One morning, a troll moved in under the bridge. When the Trids tried to cross the bridge, the troll climbed up and kicked the Trids all the way back to their homes. The Trids decided to take the day off in hopes that the troll would go away, but the next morning the troll once again climbed up onto the bridge and kicked them back to their homes. In desperation, the Trids decided to ask the Rabbi for help. So the next morning the Rabbi walked across the bridge several times but never saw the troll. He went home believing the troll had indeed moved on. When the Trids tried to cross the bridge afterward, the troll climbed up again and kicked the Trids back home. The Rabbi returned to the bridge and called out for the troll. When the troll appeared, the Rabbi asked why he was allowed to cross the bridge but not the Trids. The troll replied, "Silly Rabbi, kicks are for Trids."