Diigo Assessment

• No soap radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Annotated
  
  
  • body of the joke is not related to the punch line itself, but is made out to be humorous by participants in the prank
  • No soap radio is a traditional punch line for a prank joke
    • Random?
  • The punch line is known for its use as a basic sociological and psychological experiment, specifically relating to mob mentality and the pressure to conform.
  • • False understanding is acting as if the joke is humorous when in fact the victim does not understand the joke at all.
    • Negative understanding is expressing confusion about what the joke means and feeling left out (e.g., "I don't get it"). The victim may switch to false understanding after receiving facetious derision from the conspirators. Normally after some time of negative understanding, the prank is revealed in full to the victim.
  • Two elephants are sitting in the bathtub. One elephant says to the other, "Pass the soap". The elephant replies to the other elephant, "No soap, radio!"
  • Two ducks walk into a bar but find that they have no money to buy drinks. They decide to go beg on the street. The first person they see is a white man. They ask him for money and he says, "Sorry, I left my wallet at home". The second person they see is a black man. (If the listener laughs here, anticipating a black joke, it is customary to reprimand them, saying things like, "Why did you laugh? Do you think black people are funny? Are you a racist?" until the train of thought is lost, then abruptly resume the joke.) The third person they see is a Czechoslovakian pianist. They ask him for money, and he turns to them, and says, "No soap... Radio?"

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