Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if..." jokes were funny because of the pairing of the possible with the obvious. For example, the one about having a dead tv underneath a working one, or two cars piled up in your front yard, definitely means you're a redneck, but he put the "might" in there, which made it funnier. It was like he wasn't trying to point any fingers, but the evidence speaks for itself.
Okay, here's mine: If, when you're done giving your daughter a bath, and she exits the bathroom to show mama and sister how naked and clean she is, and you're standing there staring at the ruddy bathwater, rubbing your face and feeling how greasy it is, and you want to wash your face, and you could use the sink, or you could just kneel down and hold your face over the tub and use the old bathwater to wash your face instead, thereby saving water, and then you wash your face with said water, you might be a hippie.
It'll catch on. I'd better write several "You might be a hippie if..." books and have several comedy specials that rocket me to stardom with whatever fan base is the democratic equivalent of whatever fanbase Foxworthy reached.
Okay, here's mine: If, when you're done giving your daughter a bath, and she exits the bathroom to show mama and sister how naked and clean she is, and you're standing there staring at the ruddy bathwater, rubbing your face and feeling how greasy it is, and you want to wash your face, and you could use the sink, or you could just kneel down and hold your face over the tub and use the old bathwater to wash your face instead, thereby saving water, and then you wash your face with said water, you might be a hippie.
It'll catch on. I'd better write several "You might be a hippie if..." books and have several comedy specials that rocket me to stardom with whatever fan base is the democratic equivalent of whatever fanbase Foxworthy reached.
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