On his 18th birthday

Fred went to the city - he'd never been, and, having grown up on a farm, he wanted to see all the things a big, cultured city had to offer. When he arrived, he went to lunch, got a cheeseburger which astounded him, and decided he wanted to see the circus.

It was a huge tent with flashing lights and people doing some incredible feats on highwires and in cages, and he sat in the front row, astounded. After some time, a clown came out and started to heckle audience members, much to the delight of the crowd. When he saw country-bumpkin Fred, he had the spotlight cast down on him and said "Well, look at what we have here - if this guy isn't an extra from Deliverance, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" Though Fred didn't understand the joke, he did know everyone was laughing at him. He was flustered, and with no comeback, he stormed out of the tent as the laughter continued.

He saw that the circus would return in a year, so in the intervening months, he spent as much of his leisure time at the library, reading, researching, and watching everything he could about insults, retorts, and sarcasm, until he KNEW he was ready if the clown picked on him again.

He went back to the circus, ate delicious popcorn, watched the acts, and was generally pretty relaxed, and then the clown came out. Same as before, he went around the big top, insulting every single person he thought looked out of place, and when he recognized Fred, he smiled big, saying "Oh look, it's the extra from Deliverance again! Gonna squeal and run off again, boy"? to which Fred stood up, smiling and said "Oh yeah? Well fuck you, clown!"

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