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PhilipWaterford t1_iudby8q wrote

It'd need to be a great-grandparent for the joke to work in 2022.

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Dilaudid2meetU t1_iuf6v5o wrote

True, I heard stories about my great-great-grandfather catching Titanic when it was in Theaters way back in 1997. I can’t imagine anybody could have a grandfather that was alive back then.

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PhilipWaterford t1_iuf7ufl wrote

In my case it was a great-grandmother (passed away in the 80's) who in 1912 had tea with a friend that was leaving for the States and died a few days later. She could still relate that story when she couldn't remember your name.

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Dilaudid2meetU t1_iuf7z83 wrote

Read my comment again, I think you missed the joke.

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PhilipWaterford t1_iuf8bmr wrote

Aha 🙂

Posting while half watching F1 🙄

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Dilaudid2meetU t1_iuf9i8q wrote

It’s a weak joke anyway - great story though. I had a great aunt with dementia. We were playing the game with a fuzzy tennis ball and Velcro mitts in a park. After two throws I always had to tell her how to play again. Really weirded out 7 year old me.

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Some-Register-3901 t1_iuerdx0 wrote

I think that this joke in general is "impossible". The Titanic movie came out in 1997. Assuming that it would make sense for a person to be on the Titanic, at an age where it would make sense to warn people about the sinking, but also possible for them to watch the movie is improbable to say the least. The Titanic sank in 1912, and if we assume that the subject of the joke was at least 12 at the time, that would mean that they would be at least 97 just to watch the premier of the movie. So yeah, impossible.

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PhilipWaterford t1_iuetzgc wrote

That's some serious thinking.

I was just going by my great-grandmother telling me stories of saying goodbye to a friend who sailed/died on the titanic and my nan is dead a long time now.

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icepyrox t1_iug3lax wrote

So I guess this is one of those jokes that works because you wouldn't have enough time to work out the impossibility before the punchline and therefore still laugh a t the ol switcharoo

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sorryibitmytongue t1_iugcy1l wrote

But the joke doesn’t actually say he was on the titanic. It works cos that’s what you assume it means at first, but after the reveal he was watching the film there’s no reason to think he was ever on the ship. I just assumed it meant he had learned about the historical event and went to the cinema to warn people.

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