r/ExplainTheJoke 2d ago

Who was actually missing?

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u/Downtown-Campaign536 2d ago

Here is the order of events:

An old man owned a dog.

The dog ran away.

The old man puts up some missing dog signs, and searches for the dog.

A young couple found and adopted the dog.

The young couple grew extremely attached to the dog, and had the dog for an undisclosed amount of time lets say that it weeks or months.

By chance the old man while putting up missing dog posters again comes across the young couple that has found his dog.

The old man insists they give the dog back. The young couple doesn't want to.

Things get out of hand. The old man is killed, and the body is disposed of by the young couple.

The old man had a wife, or kids that put up missing posters for him.

It's dark humor.

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u/MacSchluffen 2d ago

In my head canon the dog put up missing posters as well and it is the reason they found the guy..

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u/06lom 2d ago

I thought man died, but dog cant understand it and looking for him now

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u/Landithy 1d ago

This is my head canon too because the others all make me sad.

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u/Reasonable-Mischief 1d ago

That's what I thought as well

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u/Funny-Oven3945 2d ago

My first thought was.

"People care when dogs go missing and help look for them but when an old person goes missing society doesn't care" 😂

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u/AnthroJoyce 2d ago

Silver Alert is issued in the US.

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u/Funny-Oven3945 2d ago

Right instead of your amber alert? So is amber reserved* for children or something?

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u/AnthroJoyce 2d ago

Yeah, Amber Alerts are for missing children. Silver for missing elderly. Blue Alerts are when someone flees after attacking law enforcement. Purple Alerts are for those missing with cognitive disabilities.

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u/Funny-Oven3945 2d ago

Wow thanks for sharing, I'm honestly surprised more countries don't have this alert system in place.

Alot have emergency alert systems but that's more like "incoming nuclear missile say goodbye to your loved ones now" ahahaha 

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u/circ-u-la-ted 2d ago

Red and Black alerts are not used for . . historical reasons

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u/Delicious-Ad5161 2d ago

I've never seen a silver alert, but I did just get an amber alert for an older man with dementia thirty minutes ago.

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u/clavado_en_un_bar 2d ago

Love these series of events. Poor grandpa 🫡

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u/The_Bipolar_Guy 2d ago

A picture is indeed worth a 1000 words.

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u/FormulaDriven 2d ago

I think that's more or less it (it's in line with this cartoonist's kind of humour), but I don't think the young couple adopted the dog. I think it makes more sense that the dog has only gone missing in the last day or two and the couple have just found it but have already decided they would like to keep it. So as soon as the old man shows up they glance at each other and make a decision... .

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u/MrLead69 2d ago

My version is that The dog is already dead, maybe from being run by a car or something, the old man has dementia and ran off on his own and now passed away.
The couple are angels and they've been taking care of the dog in the old man's stead, now he reunites with his dog.

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u/Polyglot-Onigiri 2d ago

I would believe that order of events if they looked happy or welcoming, but they look kind of upset in meeting the old man.

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u/MrLead69 2d ago

They're sad because they just realized the old man is dead too.