Tried telling my kid a dad joke at the zoo and the penguin stole the punchline

I took my 8 year old to the Brookfield Zoo last Saturday and told him the classic "what do you call a lazy kangaroo?" right by the penguin exhibit. A penguin flapped its wings and splashed water on us right as I said "pouch potato." The kid laughed more at the timing than the joke, and now he keeps asking to go back just to see if the penguin will do it again. Has anyone else had an animal mess up your delivery at the worst possible moment?

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stella_lane7d ago

Lowkey that penguin is a better comedian than most open micers I've seen, it knew the timing was perfect. Bet the zookeeper trained it to do that at certain moments or something. My cat ruined my zoom call punchline once by knocking over a lamp right as I said the punch part, animals just have this sixth sense for messing with our flow. Maybe try the joke again but record it next time, could go viral if the penguin has a repeat performance planned.

robertb477d ago

Feel your pain man, animals have zero respect for our setups. Took my nephew to the aquarium a few months back, tried dropping the "what do you call a fish with no eyes" joke right by the jellyfish tank. Said "fsh" and a damn sea lion barked so loud everyone turned around and missed the whole punchline. The little dude still brings it up like I choked on purpose. That penguin totally knew what it was doing, theyre smart enough to recognize patterns and probably got a kick out of the splash reaction. Nature just loves to humble us in front of kids I swear.

alice897d ago

Bet that penguin had a bet with the sea lion on who could ruin more punchlines that day.