I think my wife is cheating on me :(

[orlywhy]

I've suspected for some time now that my wife is cheating.

The usual signs... Phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going out with the girls a lot recently although when I ask their names she says, "Just some friends from work. You don't know them."

I always stay awake to look for her taxi coming home, but she always walks down the drive although I can hear a car driving off as if she got out around the corner. Why? Maybe she wasn't in a taxi?

I once picked up her mobile phone just to see what time it was and she went berserk and screamed that I should never touch her phone again and asked why I was checking up on her.

Anyway, I have never breached the subject with her. She is one of the most important things in my life! I think deep down I didn't want to know the truth but last night again she went out and I decided to really check in on her.

I decided that I was going to park my motorcycle next to the garage and hide behind it so I could get a good view of the whole street when she comes home. It was at that moment crouching behind my bike, that I noticed the rocker cover on the engine leaking a little oil.

Is this something that I can fix myself or should I take it back to the dealer? I need your help guys.

[TennBoy]

Orly, please don't tell me you made up that whole elaborate story, just to ask if fixing a leaky rocker cover could be done by yourself.

[Spike]

REPOST, dude someone JUST fucking posted this!!!! lol

[Smooth7]

Originally Posted by Spike

REPOST, dude someone JUST fucking posted this!!!! lol

its true. but its still a funny joke....

[Spike]

Originally Posted by Smooth7

its true. but its still a funny joke....

Yeah, it is pretty funny, my wife laughed pretty hard too haha

[Shitatsu]

Ha ha

[gixxer27519]

the whole time im reading this i kept checking the date, i remember reading it like last year...

:lmao

[orlywhy]

So do I need to take it to the dealer or not?

[jim schmidt]

And both of you blew the setup...

[orlywhy]

Originally Posted by jim schmidt

And both of you blew the setup...

Orly?

[jim schmidt]

The setup is:

"This is terrible -- please help right away!!!"

Then the story reveals the cheating wife scenario, setting the reader on a false path. It's the changeup that makes it funny -- much funnier because it fits into the subject line setup though not the reader assumption.

There really is a science to it, with well-defined theories of comedy.

For instance, one of the hallmarks of comedy is repitition. Recurring punchlines with different setups always get a laugh. The famous "Who's on First" is the classic exploitation of the recurring punchline.

However one thing is sure true. There is seldom anything funny about a joke theory explanation. ;-)

BTW, if you want to read more, there is only one funny book about comedy theory. It's "Why Funny is Funny!" by that great old sitcom writing team (from the earliest days of TV) Dewey, Cheatum and Howe.

[bdrushto]

I laughed both times... although I definitely would have laughed harder if they'd set it up like Jim said.

[Tyger]

Damn, I was falling for this shite too...There is an Issac Asimov story about a group of scientists who discover that jokes and humor is really just a type of behavioral test. Once it was discovered nothing was funny anymore. Jim's description of comedic setup made me think of it.

[Lewd Ferrigno]

Originally Posted by jim schmidt

BTW, if you want to read more, there is only one funny book about comedy theory. It's "Why Funny is Funny!" by that great old sitcom writing team (from the earliest days of TV) Dewey, Cheatum and Howe.

I thought they were a law firm?

[Twinsen]

That was pretty good. I wonder if this has been done on Off Topic...