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It's just the absurdity of the whole situation that makes it amusing. It's the fact that you KNOW they can't be serious that makes one realize that it's a ****ing joke. It's the ability to laugh at oneself that makes it amusing. It's the ability to laugh at absurdity. The ability to take a joke. The tendency to NOT be so ****ing serious and be offended at everything that makes it amusing.
In my scenario and armed with Jerry's info regarding the ease of use of the intercoms, I would have considered a retaliation. picking up the phone and saying something along the lines of "On behalf of all of the mouthy, slutty bitches here, come and make us." Or maybe, "Grouping up all of the sluts isn't going to increase your chances of getting laid."
Anywho... Every-****ing-person in this country KNOWS that 'blacks leave the store' could NOT have been an official message from Wal-Mart. We ALL KNOW this. Therefore, it was a prank. That would have been immediately evident anyone with a ****ing brain. Armed with that knowledge, it's quite easy to find humor in it.
Thanks for the clarification, but I know what humor is. It's just that the joke, as you wrote it, wasn't funny. So since most of a joke consists of delivery and timing, I'm wondering how you were hearing it in your head. Was it delivered (in your head) by a comedian I've heard of and can relate to? Was it written in an intended style?
It's what I'm ultimately curious about as to the initial PA announcement in Walmart, because as it was reported there was nothing funny about it at all. But to be fair, I could imagine how a talented comedian like David Cross or George Carlin might have pulled it off successfully.