It took me a moment to understand this, so I’ll explain the joke in case someone doesn’t get it.
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In a cuckoo clock, when the bird comes out, it opens the door. This joke is about the unintended consequence for a fly who is just in the area and gets smashed by the door.
It took me a moment to understand this, so I’ll explain the joke in case someone doesn’t get it.
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In a cuckoo clock, when the bird comes out, it opens the door. This joke is about the unintended consequence for a fly who is just in the area and gets smashed by the door.
Or
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Eaten by the Cuckoo bird
Well, obviously not eaten
I had actually realized something that might have made the joke funnier after I wrote the comment, and so I was expecting them to say:
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It was 12:00, so it might have gotten smashed 12 times.
Our cuckoo clock was pretty smart (and all mechanical gravity and bellows powered).
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It would open the door, the bird would then chirp the number of hours and then retract at the end.