While telling the joke at an inappropriate time will help kill it, you should also prioritize being respectful of others—for example, you wouldn’t start telling jokes at a funeral.
Start making mistakes about one-third or halfway through the joke so that you have to repeat the beginning of the joke over again. For example, say there are 3 characters instead of 5, a man is 65 years old instead of 45, or that someone travels to Egypt instead of Peru. Each time you make a mistake, start over with the right facts or make another mistake.
For example, if you’re telling a joke about a man who walks into a bar, give unnecessary details such as what the guy is wearing or what the bar looks like. Say something like, “A man walks into a small, dirty bar that’s been around for 20 years wearing a red shirt and a green baseball cap with his socks pulled up to his knees. "
For instance, if the joke is, “What does a nosey pepper do? Get jalapeno business,” you might then say, “Get it? It’s a nosey pepper, so it’s getting ‘all up in yo’ business, like ‘jalapeno. ’” If the joke is a more complicated one, break down every detail of the joke to get to why it was supposed to be funny.
Draw out the syllables of random words in the joke to put emphasis on unnecessary words, confusing the listener. When saying the punchline, use super exaggerated speech, or mumble the last sentence so that it’s difficult to understand what you’re saying.
You could tell the listener something like, “Isn’t that so funny?” right after finishing the joke.
Right after the joke is done being told, say, “I don’t get it,” or “That joke doesn’t make sense. "
For example, if the joke is, “A blind man walks into a bar. And a table. And a chair,” you could respond with, “It’s not nice to make fun of the blind. ” You can also choose to take the joke personally, becoming offended by what the joke-teller is saying.
For example, if the joke is, “What do you call a fake noodle?” you would need to say “an impasta!” before the joke-teller is able to.
