MyLaffs Joke #1078
It was Rocky's first night in the penitentiary. All of the inmates were in their cells and he was trying to become a bit more comfortable with his meagre surroundings. As he leaned against the bars at the front of his cell, Rocky heard a voice call out "44" and the whole cellblock erupted into laughter! Another voice called "16" and again there was laughter. A third voice called "62" which was followed by laughter throughout the block. Rocky didn't know what was going on so he rapped on his cell wall.
"Yeah, whaddaya want?" came the gruff reply from next door.
"What's going on, here?" asked Rocky.
"Well," said the other inmate, "down in the prison library there's only one joke book. We've all read the book so many times that we don't waste time telling the joke, we just call out it's number."
So the next day Rocky went down to the library and, sure enough, found the yellowed, dog-eared joke book and read it from cover to cover.
That night, wanting to be part of the group, Rocky confidently called out "44" but nobody laughed! He tried calling again, "16" and then "62" but there was no laughter. Rocky rapped on the cell wall.
"Yeah, waddaya want?" asked the other inmate.
"I don't understand it," asked Rocky, "Last night there was a lot of laughter but nobody laughed tonight."
"Well," said the gruff inmate, "Some can tell 'em and some can't!"
