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One thing that often happens to otherwise funny jokes (misogynist background buzz aside) is that unqualified humor technicians illegally modify the jokes leaving out essential aspects in the process. This is usually the case when a humor impaired person thinks the entirety of a joke rests in the smallest part. This happens a lot when a particular turn of phrase is ignored.

For example:

An bonnie lass from Yorkshire* was visiting the United States where she heard a joke:
There was a man whose last name was Strange, and he said that when he died he wanted his tombstone left blank so people would see it and say, 'Look at that blank tombstone, isn't that strange?'

When she returned home she was having a pint at her local and she told her mate "I heard the most brilliant joke while I was in the colonies. It seems there was a man whose surname was Strange, and he requested that when he died his tombstone should be left blank so that when people saw it they'd remark, 'Look at that blank tombstone, how peculiar.'"



*Not really, just taking the piss.