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Gil-Gandel OP t1_jdhmloi wrote

Reply to comment by SpiralSuitcase in My wife was just in a minor accident. She's told the police that the man she hit was on his phone and drinking a Coke at the time by Gil-Gandel

You haven't argued with many women lately, I guess.

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SpiralSuitcase t1_jdhogm1 wrote

Your casual misogyny is not the point. The joke only works if at first her excuse seems reasonable, and then the punchline turns it around and MAKES it unreasonable. Otherwise there's no subversion and no joke.

Somebody else already commented it, but it works better if she tries to claim he was drunk. A drunk person could conceivably stumble in front of your car, and it wouldn't legally be your fault if you hit them. Then the punchline actually changes things.

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Gil-Gandel OP t1_jdi81i9 wrote

Who hurt you?

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SpiralSuitcase t1_jdi9sed wrote

You did. Or it might have been that amateur juggler outside of Jersey City. Deliberations continue.

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