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severity_softlyDid you know that if you call Travelocity customer service, they actually have an option to verbally request the "gnome joke of the day"? Because I didn't, and I've worked in hotels for almost four years.
I had to skip it the other day because I had to get a credit card authorization. But I called back this morning because curiosity was killing me. It was a knock knock joke. A really bad one (are there any good ones?). And they actually said something like "Now that we've brightened your day a little, if you're done, you can just hang up..." Do people really call just for the gnome jokes?
Oddly, I do want to call back on my next work day, though, to see if they use the same one every day and hope no one notices, or if it's changed. *headdesk*
I had to skip it the other day because I had to get a credit card authorization. But I called back this morning because curiosity was killing me. It was a knock knock joke. A really bad one (are there any good ones?). And they actually said something like "Now that we've brightened your day a little, if you're done, you can just hang up..." Do people really call just for the gnome jokes?
Oddly, I do want to call back on my next work day, though, to see if they use the same one every day and hope no one notices, or if it's changed. *headdesk*
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Date: 2009-09-15 12:00 pm (UTC)My son succeeded in memorizing the joke about the piece of string that walks into a bar.
The bartender says, "We don't serve string."
So the string goes out and ties himself into a slip knot and disarranges the fibers at the top of his head. He goes back inside.
The bartender says, "I told you, we don't serve string! Aren't you string?"
And the string says, "No, I'm a frayed knot."
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Date: 2009-09-15 12:07 pm (UTC)Oh, and there are knock knock jokes that I think are funny. But they're all pretty bad. I think my favorite one is still the banana/orange one that I learned in freaking grade school, and I'm not even sure it's really funny or if I just like it out of nostalgia.
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Date: 2009-09-15 02:06 pm (UTC)A glass of orange juice walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "We don't serve orange juice."
(rimshot, thank you very much, I'll be here all week, etc.)
At this point, my son tries to construct a parallel punchline to the other joke, by having the orange juice, um, tie himself, no, do something..."I'm afraid I'm a glass of orange juice!" or something like that.
Look, he's only six. He knows what a set up and a punchline are, that's pretty good, right? You should hear how he mangles the banana/orange joke, or all his variations on the interrupting cow one.
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Date: 2009-09-15 02:25 pm (UTC)Hee! How cute! Well, it was creative, even if it didn't work. *G* Call it artistic license.
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Date: 2009-09-15 02:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-15 12:12 pm (UTC)Knock Knock
Who's there?
Ken
Ken Who?
Ken I come in?
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Date: 2009-09-15 12:19 pm (UTC)LOL That joke deserves a rim shot.
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Date: 2009-09-15 12:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-15 12:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-15 01:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-15 02:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-15 12:59 pm (UTC)I love that gnome.
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Date: 2009-09-15 01:03 pm (UTC)I love those commercials too. I can't help but think of Emelie now, too.
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Date: 2009-09-15 04:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-15 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-15 09:21 pm (UTC)It's on-line voting to put advertising icons and slogans into the advertsing hall of fame (who knew there was one?). Way too much gnome news for me!! I'm calling for the joke tho"!!! *g*
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Date: 2009-09-16 04:48 am (UTC)*kind of wants to put Travelocity on speed dial now*