On reflection, I can see that I’ve let myself down here. Not only that, which is bad enough, but I’ve let you good people down as well. I know, and you know, that I can do better. In future, before an ad hoc post like the one that’s caused offence, I will take a good look through the existing threads first and be more focused about where I post. You deserve that, each and every one of you deserves at least that from me. It won’t happen again, and I can only hope that you can see I’ve identified where I fell short, and I’ve resolved to not make the same mistake again; on that basis I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me. I am sorry. Sincerely sorry.
There was Daddy Balloon, Mummy Balloon and little Baby Balloon. Every night Baby Balloon would sleep snugly between Mummy and Daddy Balloon until, one night, Daddy Balloon said to Baby Balloon… “Now son, we want to be proud of you, you’re growing up and it’s about time you slept all night in your own bed…will you do that for us?” Baby Balloon sniffled and cried a little but agreed and so Daddy Balloon took Baby Balloon to his little bed and tucked him up for the night… Once again Daddy Balloon said… “Both Mummy Ballon and I want to be proud of you…so please stay in your own bed until morning” Daddy Balloon goes back to bed…but just one hour later…Baby Balloon climbs out of his bed and tries to squeeze into Mummy and Daddy Balloon’s bed…but, try as he might, he can’t get in…so he takes Daddy Balloon’s nozzle and let’s some air out…but he still can’t squeeze in…so he goes around to Mummy Balloon’s side of the bed, takes her nozzle and let’s some of her air out…he STILL can’t quite squeeze in…SO…Baby Balloon takes his own nozzle and lets some of his own air out…and…AT LAST he manages to squeeze in and nestle down between Mummy and Daddy Balloon When they all wake up in the morning…Daddy Balloon sees Baby Balloon and becomes rather angry…he says… “Look Baby Balloon…I asked you to stay in your OWN bed all night so we could be proud of you and here you are back in OUR bed!!” Baby Balloon says: “Sorry Daddy” then Daddy Ballon says… “It’s just NOT good enough son… …You’ve let ME down ….You’ve let your MOTHER down …but MOST of all…you’ve let YOURSELF down”
It’s in me head son, it’s in me head. Took 20 minutes one Christmas Day dinner to tell…mind there was some wine flowing and one or two digressions along the way.
...it's a sympathy laugh, for the simple reason that's all I got when I told it after a few cheeky looseners some years ago. Still a good tale though..
The part I loved was the fact that everyone there was waiting for a brilliant punch line after such a big, big build up and there was a two second delay and then everyone groaned. Loved it ever since.
No!! It IS a good punchline - you just had a distracted audience that day, it happens… probably worried you’d clash with the Speech
We can dream eh! https://www.mediareferee.com/2021/12/19/transfer-news-newcastle-united-fiorentina-dusan-vlahovic/
Straight seal for Digne.https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/12/19/sean-longstaff-newcastle-everton-nottingham-forest-january/
