Tom Papa

The setup points the reader toward 'Why pockets?” I love kids. I like kids a lot. I’m in a good spot with mine.', then the trigger 'I’m finally done raising them, which is awesome.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Long head, the hair all greased back, and he’s in his robe, so it doesn’t even look like he’s walking.', then the trigger 'He’s floating down the aisle.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'It’s not like it gets better when you go to sleep. I’ve got four more hours of this.', then the trigger 'She’s making you go to sleep.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Now nothing.” We’re failing them. All their test scores globally are in the toilet, in the toilet.', then the trigger 'We kicked ass when we were little.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'A Bengal tiger in a hammock just swinging behind her, eyeballing you the whole time. You go to the register.', then the trigger 'No people at the register.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'There’s always a fish tank out front with black water in it. You think nothing’s in it.', then the trigger 'You come up, tap on the glass.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Just a hot square box.', then the trigger 'You take a thing of whiskey out, take a drink, put it back, come back five years later, it’s fine.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You’re like a crazy Van Gogh with an etch a sketch. I don’t even know why you do it.', then the trigger 'Who are you doing it for?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I had to run an underground railroad for porn.', then the trigger 'A series of meeting points and backpack drop-offs and swapping out bicycles in abandoned garages.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And, look, we can’t just keep living on. We can’t, we really can’t. It’s getting too expensive. Social security, Medi...', then the trigger 'We don’t have the money.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'It’s not for us. We don’t care. All we care is that you’re not a dude. That’s all we care.', then the trigger 'It’s for other women.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'No other human being has had to watch a nonstop horror show of other people’s problems. It’s too much.', then the trigger 'You gotta turn it off.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'She shouldn’t have been outside in the daylight, let alone', then the trigger 'on stage in a spotlight.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Right, that’s another burden of the woman. The whole thing falls on you, the whole thing.', then the trigger 'You know, we thought it was gonna be different.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'This is it. This is primetime. You gotta take whatever you can get.', then the trigger 'That’s why I don’t understand people just… What are you waiting for?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They’re doing the whole smoke show in front of him, he’s… He gets to the microphone. Velcome.” I fall out.', then the trigger 'I am laughing out loud.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Just do it in my hand. But that’s the whole deal right there, right?', then the trigger 'Your kid gets sick in the middle of the night.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'As soon as you’re here, you’re made, you’re made.', then the trigger 'And you’re either allowed to flower, or you’re stomped out by the grown-ups in your life.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'So we go running out the aisle. We get outside.', then the trigger 'Outside, birds are chirping, sun’s shining.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They’re green and they’re fast. But we’ll get ’em.', then the trigger 'We’re NASA, “nuking asshole space aliens.” And have the whole thing sponsored by Budweiser and Hooters.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I just dropped them off. “Someone else is watching them for an hour. Let’s get a drink. You want a drink?', then the trigger 'Yeah, let’s go.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They never saw a baby do a push-up their first five seconds on the planet.', then the trigger '“Agh, let’s get out of here.” I can’t control that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You meet a guy in kindergarten. If he’s your friend, he’s your friend for life.', then the trigger 'He could be the biggest jackass on the planet too.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'It seems to like it.” That’s not a woman. You want a woman, a partner for the rest of your life?', then the trigger 'Get a strong woman.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And guys are always trying to leave the nest, always, just to look for worms or do loopty loops.', then the trigger 'Sometimes check out another nest.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Good night, I’m out.', then the trigger 'I get nervous when the pizza guy comes I have to do the change and the tip in the moment.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '14 million people dead. Hitler running around Europe. Yeah, but I can’t download movies as fast as I want to.', then the trigger 'Keeps rebuffering, I hate that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'Can I have some more?” “You sure can, Jacob.', then the trigger 'You’re a good boy.” “We’re so lucky to be alive.” There’s always gonna be stress.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Permanently attached to a vinyl recliner, sucking on an oxygen tank like he’s scuba diving in the living room.', then the trigger 'Can we agree on that?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Yeah, some people drink, some people tickle strangers. I like putting my balls on a marble countertop.', then the trigger 'I can’t even say it without smiling.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Carrying luggage around your entire lives, filled with art supplies. Brushes and pencils and paints.', then the trigger 'Just painting the same face over and over and over.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'How awful is that? They’re gonna look at us on the sidewalk like, “eww. “Remember when that used to happen?', then the trigger 'Look at their necks.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’m like, “I want that on my body.” Like a moron. It’s a gnome. It’s a gnome! I wish I was kidding.', then the trigger 'I am not.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You were smarter than your parents. So these kids, with technology, it happens so much faster, so much faster.', then the trigger 'Just think about their phones.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'It was like a wicked witch made out of beef jerky. She gets up to that organ.', then the trigger 'She reaches out her old lady talons.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Your life is over.” Really? You want a boy going through puberty with what they do around the house?', then the trigger '“Where are all our tissues?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But it is an exciting time to be alive. It really is. Things are getting better, they say.', then the trigger 'They say things are getting better.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But we’re not giving up. We’re going to a black church next time. ‘Cause that’s where God really lives.', then the trigger 'Thank you guys so much.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“I’m not giving them the code.', then the trigger 'Are you giving them the code?” Twitter built that movement, and Twitter killed that movement, by the way.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'Just looking at you like, “yeah, I might kill your cat, but I’ll leave this place smelling', then the trigger 'like lemons.” That’s what you’re supposed to do.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'No one talks to their kids the way we do. You gonna put on your jammy-wammies?', then the trigger 'You gonna get all cuddly-wuddly on the couchie-poo?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Gay men scare me.', then the trigger 'Gay men scare me because they care about the same things that women care about, but with the aggression of men.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I don’t know.” I would pass it all the time with my daughter.', then the trigger 'We’d be walking through the park, she was like, “what’s going on?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Let’s have a good time and go our separate ways as friends.', then the trigger 'I want them to look back and be like, “you know what?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I was just in Alabama doing shows not long ago, and if you do the math we’re', then the trigger 'supposed to be part of the same 99%.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“We don’t have time for this. We’re on our way to church. We’re filled with goodness.” Every Sunday.', then the trigger 'And we were having a great time.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’m a loser. You look different too. You’re so little. What’s it like to be so little? Look at your hands.', then the trigger 'They’re like paws.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I knew the baby part, I knew that. I didn’t know you don’t sleep for the rest of your life.', then the trigger 'Did not know that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That is it. Other than that, get out of their way.', then the trigger 'All the best people on the planet didn’t even have their parents around.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Do you wanna just last? People always take pride in that.', then the trigger 'Just… people in their family just keep going, especially if they’re a degenerate.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Have you seen these orthopedic moon boots? They’re like sneakers attached to Frankenstein feet.', then the trigger 'They’re walking through the mall like Cirque du Soleil on stilts.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'The liquor cabinet shows you how evil alcohol really is, doesn’t it? Think about it. It’s just a hot box.', then the trigger 'No refrigeration, no ventilation.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Didn’t work out. It can’t be 50/50, ’cause we don’t like these kids half as much as you do.', then the trigger 'It’s a lot of work.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They’re like testicles.” Now we’re at the weird stage where people are just hanging on.', then the trigger 'The doctors are just kinda working out the kinks.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'She wants help with her homework now, I can’t do it, can’t do it. Fourth grade math, I’m out, I’m out.', then the trigger 'It’s fraction time.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.