Monday, February 17, 2020

50 How To’s (+premises and punchlines!)

50 how to’s

How to:

  1. Scratch an itch
  2. Walk a dog
  3. Feed a cat (premise: cat annoying owner, punchline: cat walks away without eating food)
  4. Walk a cat (premise: cat running away from leash, punchline: cat being unhappily walked)
  5. Put on pants
  6. Light a candle (premise: ordinary candle light, punchline: it’s for a seance/occult activity) 
  7. Bury a body (premise: just digging a hole, punchline: zombies)
  8. Eat an Oreo 
  9. Braid your hair
  10. Put a leash on a dog
  11. Put hair in pony tail
  12. Vacuum 
  13. Peel an orange 
  14. Take a nap (premise: getting ready for sleep, punchline: passing out face first into the floor)
  15. Give whipped cream to a dog 
  16. Brush your teeth 
  17. Put in contacts
  18. Brush your hair 
  19. Pour cereal 
  20. Study (premise: peacefully studying, punchline: student becoming very frustrated and pulling out hair)
  21. Clean glasses (premise: glasses are dirty, punchline: the glasses end up dirtier/more smudged) 
  22. Put on glasses
  23. Tie a tie 
  24. Water plants
  25. Put a fitted sheet on a bed (premise: seems like a successful attempt, punchline: the fitted sheet still pops out)
  26. Turn on a light (premise: person turns on light switch, punchline: to something surprising/shocking/funny)
  27. Turn on a car
  28. Jump start a car (premise: car battery is dead and need to jump start it, punchline: person gets electrocuted) 
  29. Make a friend
  30. Sew a button
  31. Button a shirt
  32. Do your laundry (premise: person is gathering their dirty laundry, punchline: their dirty laundry just keeps piling up) 
  33. Catch a firefly
  34. Kill a fruit fly (premise: fly is bugging a person and they attempt to kill it, punchline: fly still gets away unscathed)
  35. Watch a movie 
  36. Open a window
  37. Open up blinds (premise: person wants to pull up the shades to a window, punchline: the blinds ends up being messed up)
  38. Make a cup of coffee (premise: person wants to make coffee, punchline: with how much cream and sugar the person puts in - could it still be considered coffee?) 
  39. Put on tights (premise: person is putting on tights, punchline: they have to dance around to get them fully on) 
  40. Eat a cupcake (premise: a cupcake is presented, punchline: person makes it into a cupcake sandwich)
  41. Get a job
  42. Pour a (/an alcoholic) drink (premise: someone is making a cocktail, punchline: they end up just chugging the bottle of what they were pouring) 
  43. Eat a sandwich 
  44. Microwave a peep (premise: peep gets put in the microwave, punchline: peep explodes)
  45. Eat a banana (premise: person is unpeeling a banana, punchline: person throws it away because bananas are disgusting) 
  46. Yawn
  47. Take a test
  48. Cheat
  49. Pet a dog (premise: a dog is being pet, punchline: dog now wants belly rub or more dogs appear) 
  50. Paint your nails

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