amy154•6h ago

I finally realized my "time travel" joke was the problem at family dinners

I kept telling this joke about how I'm a time traveler because I arrive late to every event, and it always got dead silence or eye rolls. Last Sunday my 12-year-old nephew pulled me aside and said "Uncle Dave, you say that every time and nobody laughs." What's a joke that you thought was gold but actually bombed hard for years before someone told you?

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the_charlie6h ago

So how long did it take you to notice that nobody was laughing? I'm asking because I had a similar thing with a knock knock joke I kept doing at work. Took me like two years before a coworker finally told me to stop. The worst part is you get so used to the silence that you start thinking people are just being polite or they don't get it. Did you ever catch your nephew rolling his eyes before he said something, or did it just fly completely over your head the whole time?

charlienelson5h ago

Wait, did you really go two years before anyone said something? @the_charlie, that's brutal, I think I'd still be telling that knock knock joke in the retirement home wondering why everybody's so quiet.