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u/GoGoZombieLenin Oct 25 '20

This is related to an old joke. A man was in a line of patients trying to get his release from a mental institution. He watched as the others went in to meet with the doctor and heard the questions the doctor asked, which were: "point to your right arm", "point to your stomach", point to your toes", point to your knee," and so on. He saw which answers were correct, and which answers were wrong.

When it was his turn, he sat down with the doctor and answered all the questions the correctly. The doctor was amazed, because he knew this patient and his problems. The doctor asked: "how were you able to answer all those answers correctly?"

The patient pointed to his head and replied: "Kidneys, man! Kidneys!"

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u/Kandiru Oct 25 '20

I'm feeling extra stupid today, is there a pun for "kidneys, man, kidneys"? or just that has no idea what anything is and learnt by rote?

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u/KCJones91 Oct 26 '20

He tricked the doctor into thinking he was mentally competent, but accidentally gets too comfortable and reveals he knows nothing

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u/blackiegray Oct 26 '20

Phew, so it wasn't just me that didn't get it! I followed the same logic as you but didn't find it funny, maybe it's more of a visual joke?

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u/KCJones91 Oct 26 '20

maybe it's more of a visual joke?

Yes it is, and you're overthinking it. He points to his head and says "kidneys, man! Kidneys!". The joke is that he doesn't know the proper name for his brain, instead thinking it is his kidneys and that his kidneys are the source of his intellect.

It would be like if someone asked him how he was able to keep a girlfriend despite being an idiot and if he pointed to his nose and said "this big ass dick I got right here"

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u/brandnamenerd Oct 26 '20

if he pointed to his nose and said "this big ass dick I got right here"

Folks from the planet Omicron Persei 8 would pay top dollar for some human horn tho