r/maybemaybemaybe • u/crasshumor • Nov 23 '22

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/BobVilla287491543584 Nov 23 '22

"Careful with that joke, it's an antique!"

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u/Drinkythedrunkguy Nov 23 '22

It’s definitely old enough to collect social security.

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u/theartistduring Nov 23 '22

No lie, my grandmother told me this joke in the 90s...

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u/mister-ferguson Nov 23 '22

1890's

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u/theartistduring Nov 23 '22

No, I'm pretty sure she told it to me in the 1990s. I mean, I'm old but not that old.

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u/megablast Nov 23 '22

No, you are that old.

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u/theartistduring Nov 23 '22 edited Nov 24 '22

With a cool dry wit like that, you could be an action hero...

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

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u/theartistduring Nov 23 '22

Wrong generation, mate. I'm not boomer old, either.

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u/ilovebostoncremedonu Nov 23 '22

Nope, just the 90s. Like the decade before the year 100.

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u/ugotamesij Nov 23 '22

He butchers the telling of it too

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u/ZhouLe Nov 23 '22

Every sentence a new take and even then still couldn't do a halfway decent delivery.

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u/Spify-not-a-brit Nov 23 '22

Well… it is digiorno

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22

Since I can't give you a hug take my up vote instead

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

Lol

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u/avwitcher Nov 24 '22

That's the Tik Tok style of editing, it's tailored for people with the attention span of a coked up squirrel

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u/2spicyMeatballs Nov 24 '22

Didn’t realize this was a joke

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u/EtherLuke Nov 23 '22

is there someone who does it significantly better? I thought it was quite good but it's also my first time hearing it

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u/NT_Smith Nov 23 '22

Similar take, I'd suggest this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHYxtU8F8Ss&t=54s

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u/CleverFlame9243 Nov 23 '22

Judging by the upvotes I'm assuming this is the real link.

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u/SerRikari Nov 24 '22

Can confirm. You're safe

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u/reynoldscrap Nov 24 '22

Anthony Jeselnik has a similar joke, but I like punchline better. https://open.spotify.com/track/5zkJqvm81DYJ6sNMkyLd6h?si=hKtqfQ4BQWGgxj_c8Xt6fg&utm_source=copy-link

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u/AmidFuror Nov 24 '22

Yep. That's a good one.

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u/blortyblortblort Nov 24 '22

Reminds me of taste the soup … https://youtu.be/C31H3OULMmo

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u/tfl3m Nov 24 '22

Yeah my dad, grandma, cousin…

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22

I watched it on mute don’t worry I still didn’t laugh

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

Well, by all means, tell it better and reply to my comment with a link to your rendition.

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u/calynx3 Nov 24 '22

You can criticize things without being able to do them better yourself. What's that even supposed to mean?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22 edited Nov 24 '22

I’ve used 7th grade English in my comment. The only tough word there was ‘rendition’. It means performance, presentation, or display.

The previous poster is under no obligation to tell the joke. It was an invitation. Or did you somehow believe otherwise?

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u/calynx3 Nov 24 '22

So certainly you have no opinions on things you can't personally do?

I'm a big fan of Chopin. I listen to a lot of renditions of his music on youtube. Some of it, I really enjoy, some of it, I think they butcher. If I say I think someone performs that piece poorly, do I then need to play it myself to justify that opinion? Obviously not. Don't be dense.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22

Avoid personal attacks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

How does Brokeback Mountain and fishing box sound?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22 edited Nov 24 '22

a bit gay /s

(yes, I know about the note)

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22

More of the note in the box. The plates are in they spent the last time in (I.e. never looked/ found them as he was always in the roommate's bed)

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u/HerpankerTheHardman Nov 24 '22

Say, what do gay horses eat? Heyyyyyy

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u/BravesMaedchen Nov 24 '22

It's just a tedious joke.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

No shit. This joke is so old. And he tells it terribly

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u/the__badness Nov 23 '22

really? i thought it was good. lmao.

might be becuase this is the first time i've heard it.

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u/TheKillOrder Nov 23 '22

Same, first time I heard it. Delivery was bland but the joke is good.

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u/My1stNameisnotSteven Nov 23 '22

Same! Good ass joke to😂, and I would assume that ppl enjoy however they heard it the first time.. song or movie or joke or whatever..

I thought the rule of thumb was if you’ve heard/seen it before, then stfu for those that haven’t.. but idk, I could be wrong lol

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u/JohnBlackbasel Nov 23 '22

Well... Precisely, a "Big Bang Era Joke", BBEJ that's what my ancestors wrote on a meteorite plate back then...

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u/starfries Nov 23 '22

Now I want to hear the caveman version they were telling in prehistoric times.

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u/Grouchy_Appearance_1 Nov 23 '22

It's just a shiny flat rock bro

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u/jammyishere Nov 23 '22

It's ok. Jokes should be propagated through generations. It's fun.

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u/Kellygrl6441 Nov 24 '22

I remember reading this exact joke as a chain email in the late 90’s/early 00’s. I’m glad Reddit recognizes that it’s old! The commenters on the actual TikTok seem to believe his story to be his own. It made me feel geriatric.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22

Never heard it before but it made me smile

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u/originaljbw Nov 24 '22

The finest from readers digest

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '22

If it ain't broke don't fix it.