• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    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.

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          15 days ago

          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.

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            13 days ago

            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.