It's a perfect example of a classic joke convention too.
Walking the Walk or just Talking the Talk? Page 2
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ December 2 2010, 10:31 AM GMTHere's 10 seconds worth.
I walked into a bar tonight.
Ouch!
I stubbed my toe on the door step
That's too clever for most audiences.
A skeleton walks into a pub.
Asks for a pint of bitter and a mop.
See, I'd rephrase that one to a classic barman convo joke.
A skeleton carrying a mop walks into a pub
Barman says "what's with the mop?"
Skeleton says "I'll have a pint please"
A nudist walks into a bar. BARMAN: Bitter? NUDIST: F**king freezing. A ventriloquist walks into a bar. VENTRILOQUIST: A bottle of beer for me and a gottle of geer for my dummy.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 2 2010, 5:15 PM GMTSee, I'd rephrase that one to a classic barman convo joke.
A skeleton carrying a mop walks into a pub
Barman says "what's with the mop?"
Skeleton says "I'll have a pint please"
That would work.
Nowhere near as well as the original version, but it would work - if you changed the first line to:
"A skeleton walks into a pub, carrying a mop."
To find out why that line has to be as above and why the original version is so much superior, send £300 to "VV's Academy of Stand-Up Comedy", Broadmoor Hospital, Barkingmadshire.
I wrote a one-liner once. Long time ago.
"So, these three midgets walk into a mini-bar..."
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ December 2 2010, 7:40 PM GMTI wrote a one-liner once. Long time ago.
"So, these three midgets walk into a mini-bar..."
I know somewhere they'd love that.
It's called 'the 1970s'.
It's not bad though.
Quote: Tony Cowards @ December 2 2010, 3:03 PM GMTOne of my friends used to play keyboards for Sinn Fein, he was an IRA synthesizer.
I remember them. They were one of those proddy rock bands. 
My chum dropped 300 herrings on Norman Tebbits wife
he was in the surreal IRA
My other friend was an understudy for Jerry Adams
He was in the provisional IRA
My geordie mate was a pirate terrorist even though he was hard of hearing he formed the
Aye arrrr eh?
I thought my friend who dressed up as the front of legs was in the IRA
Turns out it was just shin fein
I tried to become a suicide bomber but all I found was gay guys
Turns out I was in Al Gaydar
Quote: Veronica Vestibule @ December 2 2010, 9:47 AM GMTSo, instead of us all just talking the talk, how about we actually walk the walk and post 2 minutes of original stand-up in Critique?
Who's up for it?
Just you and me, Veronica. Everyone else has taken refuge in one-liners.
I'll knock something up tomorrow morning. I've never done Stand Up, but I went to one in Richmond once.
I very much look forward to reading your piece.
Quote: JohnnyD @ December 3 2010, 12:28 AM GMTJust you and me, Veronica. Everyone else has taken refuge in one-liners.
I'll knock something up tomorrow morning. I've never done Stand Up, but I went to one in Richmond once.
I very much look forward to reading your piece.
Is that before or after you hot 1000?
Before.