A Canadian, a blonde, a penguin and a politician walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Hey! Is this some kind of a joke?"Originally Posted by TominMN
See, the crux of the joke swings on the existence of a penguin in the character list. Politicians, Canadians, and blondes are really quite predictable, however penguins, besides being adorable, introduce a modicum of whimsy that just sets up the audience for the unexpected which occurs when the bartender offers his atypical play on words, that is the allusion to their presence being the aforementioned joke. You ask any Canadian and he will quickly point out the bland simplicity of this type of joke, and deconstruct it in pretty much the same words.
And therein lies the downfall of the joke, its simplicity. Though arguably also it's unique strength, most Canadians would find this joke if not predictable, just downright boring. Now if the joke involved a moose named Theodore carrying a man-bag the outcome would be markedly different.
But then again, as Kierkegaard wrote over a century ago, "The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo." Speaking of embryos,
one egg in a frying pan says to another egg in a frying pan, "Is it just me, or is it hot in here?" The other egg screams, "Aaaah, a talking egg!" Nice segue back into a joke, eh? I have a dog named 'Segue'. Speaking of dogs....
And so you see, Canadian jokes are no laughing matter!
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