“Four hundred fifty thousand, but we have enough in the bank.”
The woman gushes. “You’re wonderful. I love you.”
“Love you too,” he replies, almost tenderly, then hangs up.
The room goes silent. Half the lounge is staring. A few jaws hang open. Someone mutters about wishing their spouse let them buy a new car. Another whispers about mink coats.
The man calmly holds up the phone and asks:
“Does anyone know whose phone this is?”
The room erupts. The timing, the delivery, the sheer simplicity of it — it’s a perfect prank. Nobody’s embarrassed, only the situation itself. And the punchline lands perfectly.
This is the kind of humor older audiences love because it’s clever, not crude. Stories like this belong at potlucks, family dinners, or after church — funny without offending. They prove comedy doesn’t need shock value; it just needs wit.
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