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Originally Posted by Timber Loftis
This joke is a "time waster" joke. The first version I heard of it was over 15 yrs. ago, and the kid wanted "green golf balls" and was a race car driver. The whole point of the joke is to make someone listen as long as possible, and then leave them with no punchline.
It works best verbally, and doesn't work at all in written form.
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And this is funny for what particular reason?
This reminds me a joke that was circulating in high school. The joke teller goes into a long, detailed explanation that ends in a nonsense punchline. The person recruits an audience of kids he doesn't know well, and then waits to see who laughs first because said audience member is too insecure to admit he/she doesn't get the joke.