Joke's on me.
December 6, 2014 2:54 PM Subscribe
A friend is looking for a specific joke for a eulogy. Their question is below.
I am writing a eulogy for my grandfather and at one point when I was little, he told a joke about people, maybe brothers, who couldn't blow out a candle -- one blew up, one to the left, one down, etc. It eventually ended with someone blowing the candle out correctly (not just touching the wick as in this joke). I would really like to use this particular joke in the eulogy but do not remember the details. Can anyone help ID this joke?
I am writing a eulogy for my grandfather and at one point when I was little, he told a joke about people, maybe brothers, who couldn't blow out a candle -- one blew up, one to the left, one down, etc. It eventually ended with someone blowing the candle out correctly (not just touching the wick as in this joke). I would really like to use this particular joke in the eulogy but do not remember the details. Can anyone help ID this joke?
Response by poster: They say:
I . . . don't think that was the punchline.
But the setup was similar except the college education part.
ARGH I was like 6 years old MAYBE when he told the joke and blew out the candle in the restaurant and told the waitress that it was the wind.
Then did it again and told her it was the wind again.
posted by Evilspork at 3:16 PM on December 6, 2014
I . . . don't think that was the punchline.
But the setup was similar except the college education part.
ARGH I was like 6 years old MAYBE when he told the joke and blew out the candle in the restaurant and told the waitress that it was the wind.
Then did it again and told her it was the wind again.
posted by Evilspork at 3:16 PM on December 6, 2014
If you Google variations of crooked/twisted + mouth/face + family + candle, you can find several versions, including some charming YouTube videos. Here's one: http://drjeanandfriends.blogspot.com/2012/02/crooked-mouth-family.htm
posted by kittydelsol at 3:29 PM on December 6, 2014
posted by kittydelsol at 3:29 PM on December 6, 2014
More googling suggests that the punchline is someone licking their fingers and physically snuffing the candle out.
posted by phunniemee at 3:29 PM on December 6, 2014
posted by phunniemee at 3:29 PM on December 6, 2014
This -- Les Dawson - Blankety Blank - Blowing Out The Candle -- appears to be an old joke about a family that can't blow out a candle. Ends with a vicar snuffing the wick, though.
posted by MonkeyToes at 3:58 PM on December 6, 2014
posted by MonkeyToes at 3:58 PM on December 6, 2014
I heard the joke as knowing how to blow out the candle was the benefit of a college education.
posted by Cranberry at 12:19 AM on December 7, 2014
posted by Cranberry at 12:19 AM on December 7, 2014
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posted by phunniemee at 3:08 PM on December 6, 2014