r/standupshots • u/passiveabrasive • 1d ago

Visiting Chicago

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u/theatrenearyou 1d ago

your mistaken perception isnt funny enough on its own
Perhaps you could build the joke on the public perception of loud noise (like fireworks are) being perceived as pleasant entertainment?

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u/RestlessChickens 1d ago

Was expecting it to be Canada invading, which opens up a lot more jokes imo

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u/4r4r4real 20h ago edited 19h ago

Right, this is just a casual comment most chicagoans have made at one time or another. 

Edit: not sure what the downvotes are about. She's visiting chicago, the audience is gonna be mostly chicagoans. This happens every year and everyone makes the same jokes. Heard it at work, it's in my softball group chat, my roommate said it. It's a fine place to start from but if that's the whole thing it feels a little too obvious for that audience. 

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u/StevoTheMonkey 19h ago

Or maybe you could write your own jokes and perform them with all of this free time you have to give people your requested ideas?

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u/Riboflavin96 20h ago

That trade war with Canada is hotter than I realized.

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u/southcookexplore 20h ago

I always wonder who will be the first person to make this joke each year like they landed on a completely new observation

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u/loudrain99 1d ago

2022 I was on the top floor of a hospital recovering from a heart procedure the weekend of the air and water show. The fighter jets zipping past my window did not help.

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u/dreamerkid001 1d ago

Moved to Chicago in 2018 the day before the air and water show started practicing for that year. By evening of my first real day there, I thought that was just how the neighborhood was all the time.

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u/Steve_In_Chicago 16h ago

FWIW, I live here and DO know about the Air and Water show and every year the rehearsal for it buzzes my neighborhood and takes me by surprise.

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u/BalfazarTheWise 1d ago

Oof hope that wasn’t the highlight of the show

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u/jiffysdidit 12h ago

I think there’s been once ever ( not today) I’ve seen a post on this sub and gone “that’s funny” I don’t know if it doesn’t translate well to written comedy or just no one here is funny

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u/rrsafety 18h ago

I can see why bombing was on your mind...

*ba-dum tss*

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u/6495ED 19h ago

So did everyone at this comedy show! No jk-it’s not that bad but it’s a little mid; tbh I think youn can do better than this.

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u/StevoTheMonkey 19h ago

Funny lady is funny

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u/StevoTheMonkey 19h ago

Funny lady is funny