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* The very first joke a lot of people learn is \\\"Why did the chicken cross the road?\\\"/\\\"To get to the other side.\\\" The problem is that in this case, [[{{Deconstruction}} the joke is that there is no joke]]. To get it you have to be familiar with the setup/punchline format; you have to have learned to expect some kind of payoff when someone asks you a stupid question. But instead, everyone\\\'s heard and retold it by the age of about four without having any idea why it was supposed to be funny, and then by the time they\\\'re old enough to get it, SeinfeldIsUnfunny.
* Some people will use jokes to test how quick-witted someone is, such as with this example: A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is leaning against the headboard, a satisfied smile on its face. The egg, looking a bit irritated, grabs the sheet, rolls over, and says, \\\"Well, I guess we finally answered THAT question!\\\"
* Any song with [[IntercourseWithYou innuendo-filled lyrics]].
* Brazilian band Mamonas Assassinas, which appealed to children with songs that took RefugeInVulgarity (one of their greatest hits involved a Portuguese woman going to an orgy instead of her husband). Many of the kids only understood what it was about after they were grown ([[AuthorExistenceFailure and the band was long dead]]).
** Another famous song by them states that \\\"Eating armadillos is good. Too bad it gives me back pains, because they\\\'re so short, which is the reason I\\\'d rather have goats\\\". Well, [[BilingualBonus the point is]] \\\"to eat\\\" someone (or something) means [[IntercourseWithYou something else]] in Portuguese.
* French band Billy Ze Kick did many songs about drugs, like \\\'Mangez-moi\\\' (\\\'Eat me\\\', talking about [[MushroomSamba hallucinogen mushrooms]]) or \\\'OCB\\\' (name of a French cigarette rolling paper brand, famous for its [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean long-size ones]]...). It was quickly a success among kids due to the funky music, and was hilarious to understand when they grew up.
* \\\'\\\'SonicTheHedgehog\\\'\\\' features Miles \\\'Tails\\\' Prower. Drop the nickname and you\\\'re left with a truly hideous pun that many kids growing up with the franchise were oblivious to until years or even decades later.
** ... oh! Yeah, that\\\'s, um, hilarious. Note, I played Sonic games when they were first out, and have \\\'\\\'only just got that\\\'\\\'.
* If you watch {{Animaniacs}} as a kid, you\\\'ll laugh because of the silly cartoon antics. If you watch it when you\\\'re a little older, you will laugh because you actually get the jokes now.
** Ditto \\\'\\\'{{Freakazoid}}\\\'\\\', except this applies after your teenage years.
** And the LooneyTunes cartoons, particularly the Pepe Le Pew ones, which rely on a lot of character and verbal humor (and of course, the humor behind [[IncrediblyLamePun a sleazy French skunk chasing after pussy...cats]]), despite being tied to a formulaic plot.
* \\\'\\\'RockosModernLife\\\'\\\' has a tendency to evoke this on a regular basis for most people. One example is when Filburt was pissed off that Heffer ate all the potato chips and then began to stuff other things in his mouth starting with the potato chip bag, then a random car engine and finally a light bulb. HilarityEnsues when you think about those science class experiments.
** [[NotSelfExplanatory ... \\\'\\\'what\\\'\\\' science class experiments?]]
** The potato/lightbulb ones. If I remember the episode correctly, the light bulb turned on when it was stuffed in his mouth, and the science experiment involves powering a light bulb with a potato.
* Some people will use jokes to test how quick-witted someone is, such as with this example: A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is leaning against the headboard, a satisfied smile on its face. The egg, looking a bit irritated, grabs the sheet, rolls over, and says, \\\"Well, I guess we finally answered THAT question!\\\"
* Any song with [[IntercourseWithYou innuendo-filled lyrics]].
* Brazilian band Mamonas Assassinas, which appealed to children with songs that took RefugeInVulgarity (one of their greatest hits involved a Portuguese woman going to an orgy instead of her husband). Many of the kids only understood what it was about after they were grown ([[AuthorExistenceFailure and the band was long dead]]).
** Another famous song by them states that \\\"Eating armadillos is good. Too bad it gives me back pains, because they\\\'re so short, which is the reason I\\\'d rather have goats\\\". Well, [[BilingualBonus the point is]] \\\"to eat\\\" someone (or something) means [[IntercourseWithYou something else]] in Portuguese.
* French band Billy Ze Kick did many songs about drugs, like \\\'Mangez-moi\\\' (\\\'Eat me\\\', talking about [[MushroomSamba hallucinogen mushrooms]]) or \\\'OCB\\\' (name of a French cigarette rolling paper brand, famous for its [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean long-size ones]]...). It was quickly a success among kids due to the funky music, and was hilarious to understand when they grew up.
* \\\'\\\'SonicTheHedgehog\\\'\\\' features Miles \\\'Tails\\\' Prower. Drop the nickname and you\\\'re left with a truly hideous pun that many kids growing up with the franchise were oblivious to until years or even decades later.
** ... oh! Yeah, that\\\'s, um, hilarious. Note, I played Sonic games when they were first out, and have \\\'\\\'only just got that\\\'\\\'.
* If you watch {{Animaniacs}} as a kid, you\\\'ll laugh because of the silly cartoon antics. If you watch it when you\\\'re a little older, you will laugh because you actually get the jokes now.
** Ditto \\\'\\\'{{Freakazoid}}\\\'\\\', except this applies after your teenage years.
** And the LooneyTunes cartoons, particularly the Pepe Le Pew ones, which rely on a lot of character and verbal humor (and of course, the humor behind [[IncrediblyLamePun a sleazy French skunk chasing after pussy...cats]]), despite being tied to a formulaic plot.
* \\\'\\\'RockosModernLife\\\'\\\' has a tendency to evoke this on a regular basis for most people. One example is when Filburt was pissed off that Heffer ate all the potato chips and then began to stuff other things in his mouth starting with the potato chip bag, then a random car engine and finally a light bulb. HilarityEnsues when you think about those science class experiments.
** [[NotSelfExplanatory ... \\\'\\\'what\\\'\\\' science class experiments?]]
** The potato/lightbulb ones. If I remember the episode correctly, the light bulb turned on when it was stuffed in his mouth, and the science experiment involves powering a light bulb with a potato.
