What was a time when your joke landed with perfect comedic timing? (lemmy.world)

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Feel free to share when you came in with a line or joke at just the right time - nothing beats a well timed moment!

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[-] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I was working at this small tech company in the mid 00's, and the office clown was lightly hazing the new guy by reading sexually explicit facts out loud:

C: Hey, did you know that the first DVDA was attempted in City Name, State on Month Day, Year!?

Me, as Morbo the news monster from Futurama: There were no survivors...

Edit: It was the word "attempted" that did me in. If it had said "performed" or "achieved", my mind wouldn't have gone there ;)

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