Norm Macdonald

The setup points the reader toward 'Just a slight ringing in the ears.', then the trigger 'I can’t die.” BUYING AN ENGAGEMENT RING I think my girlfriend wants to get married or something, y’know?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'CAUGHT SMOKING AS A KID Ah, I quit smoking- that’s good for your teeth, man. Ya ever try that?', then the trigger 'Holy cow, is that tough, huh?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And, uh, I renewed it for another five years. Man- them engagement rings, boy, they cost a lot, boy.', then the trigger 'I was looking at (’em).' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Bob!” Then you go, “Oh, Bob!! (sheepishly) Jeez- you got me there, Bob, you got me.', then the trigger 'Is my face red or what over here?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’ve got fifty, a hundred teeth, something like that- and, uh- they’re all right around my tongue there, y’know?', then the trigger 'They don’t get out much.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And you’re ashamed, y’know? You feel ashamed that you bit your tongue.', then the trigger 'People go, “Hey, what’s the matter with you there?” You go, “Oh!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I can’t remember for the life of- Oh, yeah- the cup! Yeah, I remember now.', then the trigger 'Yes, thanks for asking, I’m enjoying the cup there.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Man, the doberman’s like the forgotten dog now, y’know?', then the trigger 'Once in a while, you see ’em on a park bench with a Frisbee there, y’know?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I was behind the garage again, as luck would have it, and, uh, this time I', then the trigger 'was smoking a big, fat joint back there.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I got him a rubber bone, I thought he’d like that, y’know? Dog gets it and goes, “Oh, great!', then the trigger 'Ah, yeah- it’s not a bone.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I got my family in a duffel bag! That’s one for you there, Bobby Boy!” Okay, listen folks, you’ve been great.', then the trigger 'Thanks a lot, eh?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Cost like a thousand bucks, two thousand bucks, y’know- three thousand bucks. Something like that- four thousand bucks.', then the trigger 'Big number divisible by a thousand, anyways.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Man, (it’s) lonely back there. You wanna be in the front seat, that’s where you wanna be, eh?', then the trigger 'Right beside the driver- that’s the place.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You ever notice that? Pit bulls now, they got all the work and everything.', then the trigger 'All the domestic security jobs go to the pit bulls.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I, uh- had some tea out of it the other day there, and, uh- some coffee, I’m', then the trigger 'hoping to have some soup there and, uh.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Don’t ya got a bargain dog around', then the trigger 'the joint here?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'There’s, uh- “Grand Champion” and then, uh- “Stuff On a Rock.” Very hard to make a', then the trigger 'comeback in that sport, I’ll tell you that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Must have been half the size of my arm, this big cigar.', then the trigger 'Stuck it in my mouth, lit it up, made me smoke it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'After a while, you start trying to make contact with other people in other back seats along the way there.', then the trigger 'You ever do that?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Well, I’m doing alright, too.', then the trigger 'I, uh, not much of a day for me- I, uh, I bit my tongue today, that was about all.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They’d always be about sex, y’know? Always thinly disguised sex, y’know?', then the trigger 'Never direct, y’know, insertion or anything, but it was always something about, y’know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'There it was- my dad’s big head, and then his body right after it- there was his body.', then the trigger 'Trailing his head, as it often would.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I didn’t have a door at all.', then the trigger 'I had to bum a door off one of the guys to get out of the car.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.