Loosely based on the parrot sketch

A man enters a joke shop, walks up to the counter and slaps down a sheet of paper.

MAN:'I wish to register a complaint'

SHOP OWNER: 'What about'

MAN: 'About this joke, what I purchased not two hours ago from this very joke shop'

OWNER: 'Oh Yeah, whats wrong with it'

MAN: 'I'll tell you whats wrong with it my Man. It's not funny, thats what's wrong with it'

SHOP OWNER PICKS UP THE SHEET OF PAPER AND READS IT.

OWNER: 'Ah the "WHAT DO YOU CALL A SCOTTISH NATIVE AMERICAN" hilarious punch-line'

MAN:'Never mind the Punch-line my Lad. When you told it to me, you assured my total lack of laughter was due to my sense of humour being tired and shagged out after reading the daily sport'

OWNER: 'Well Yeah, but this joke prefers a Observer reader'

MAN: 'AN Observer reader, where am I going to find one of them in Scunthrope'

OWNER LEANS OVER THE COUNTER AND TICKLES MAN (MAN GIGGLES)

OWNER: 'See, told you it was funny, hilarious punch-line'

MAN: 'No its not, you just tickled me'

OWNER: 'No I didn't'

MAN: 'Yes you did'

OWNER: 'Well, maybe you told it out of context'

MAN: 'Out of context, I was in a bar where everybody was half pi**ed. This joke is not Funny. It has failed to Tee Hee. Its a cr*p waste of wit and should be consigned to the shredder. If you hadn't propped it up with a pun, it would be a misfiring mockery of mirth. Its guffaws have come to grief. Its terminally titterless. This is a Sh*te joke'

OWNER: 'Ok,Ok, I suppose I'd better replace it'

MAN: 'About blooming time'

OWNER RUMMAGES ABOUT UNDER THE COUNTER, COMES UP EMPTY HANDED

OWNER: 'Sorry mate, I'm right out of jokes but Ive got a Jade Goody round the back'

MAN: 'Does it tell jokes'

OWNER: 'No but she keeps dropping herself in the Sh*t'

MAN SMILES: 'Excellent, wrap it up and have it sent to Tony Blair'

fundangle by name, fun by nature

top sketch
very funny
nice twist
great lines
love to perform it
punchline okay-ish
out of context is brilliant
the tickling bit is genius
just that puncline hmm
it's a bit newrevue
I'll try to think of one better

SCARE ME SEXY TOO
WED 21st FEB
WED 28TH FEB AT THE CRICKTERS AT 830
3 QUID
EXTRA SHOW
THURS 1st MARCH AT KINGSTON HILL CAMPUS,KINGSTON

Liked it. Unexpected and quite surreal.

Greetings And?
Another line you could add to the rant.

'If this joke was a ship it would have
Foundered on the rocks of farce'

Sorry about the punchline, haven't seen the sun for three months. The big orange thing in the sky, not the paper

fundangle by name, fun by nature

Hi and?. Alternate ending.

OWNER: 'Sorry mate, I'm right out of jokes, would a bit of slapstick do'

MAN: 'Is it funny?'

OWNER: 'Frying pan in the face funny'

MAN: 'Ok, I'll take that'

OWNER PRODUCES FRYING PAN AND SMACKS MAN OVER THE HEAD, MAN DROPS LIKE A STONE.

OWNER: 'Thats what I like about this job, customer satisfaction'

You can contact me through my profile.

fundangle by name, fun by nature

Now, that's a funny ending.

OH I LIKE IT TOO
YOU GOT A PRESIDENTIAL THUMBS UP

sorry
you can't make SMSTOO
will youtube it
like to perform your sketch
it's really tight now

It's the best reworking of the parrot sketch I've seen (it may be the only one I've seen... no I have seen at least two others) and also the new ending works really well.

This is quality. The out of context bit runs off the tongue very nicely. Good stuff!

That was class. Nice one fundangle.