Occupational hazard
I think it's interesting that whenever I tell someone I'm a comedian, odds are the first thing they say is "Tell me a joke." I imagine doctors get a similar sort of thing, but not too many jobs get that treatment.
"Oh, you're a pilot? Would you mind taking me over there?"
"Oh, you're a carpenter? Make me a coffee table."
When I tell people I'm an English teacher nobody ever says "What's a past participle?" or "What's The Old Man and the Sea all about, anyway?"
And yet it's always "Hey, funny man, tell me a joke."
I have a joke that I tell to those people. It's not mine, but they aren't paying me to do my job, so why should they get the goods?
"What's the difference between Sarah Palin's mouth and her vagina? Not everything that comes out of her vagina is retarded."
That pretty much shuts them up.
"Oh, you're a pilot? Would you mind taking me over there?"
"Oh, you're a carpenter? Make me a coffee table."
When I tell people I'm an English teacher nobody ever says "What's a past participle?" or "What's The Old Man and the Sea all about, anyway?"
And yet it's always "Hey, funny man, tell me a joke."
I have a joke that I tell to those people. It's not mine, but they aren't paying me to do my job, so why should they get the goods?
"What's the difference between Sarah Palin's mouth and her vagina? Not everything that comes out of her vagina is retarded."
That pretty much shuts them up.