• Hot Saucerman@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    “Knock. Knock.”

    “Who’s there?”

    “9/11”

    “9/11 who?”

    “YOU SAID YOU’D NEVER FORGET!”

  • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Maybe because I heard the different variation first, but I like the punchline “…they hit the second tower” a bit more

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Round about 2005 I was at a Hooter’s with some friends and I noticed that their hottest wing sauce was named “911”. As a joke, when our waitress brought out our food I pointed to that on the menu and said that I was offended that Hooter’s would think to name a wing sauce after the attack on the Twin Towers, which I referred to as our “sacred tragedy”. I figured she would just laugh it off but instead she got wide-eyed and said “oh no no no no no” and ran off to bring over her manager. The guy came over to our table and apologized profusely, saying that it was named after 911 the emergency call number and not 9/11 the terrorist attack. He comped our entire meal (over $100) and gave me four $50 Hooter’s gift certificates as well. At this point I was afraid to say I’d just been kidding so I rolled with it. I still have those gift certificates somewhere - I didn’t avoid using them out of guilt, Hooter’s is just terrible food.

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      1 year ago

      There’s an old diss where you make fun of someone by saying “year called, they want their style back”. This comic is riffing off of that idea by referring to 2001, when the world trade center in New York City was destroyed in a terrorist attack on September 11th