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“Alright alright, I got a good one.” Dumbba stood up and walked to the middle of the room, facing the rest of the critters who were scattered on the floor or the couch.
The others were surprised she had a joke to tell them, though they didn’t expect much from her. Most of the jokes Dumbba would say would either make no sense at all or be basic dad jokes.
“Two chemists walk into a bar. The first one says “I’ll have some H2O”, and the second one says “I’ll have some H2O too.”” She paused for a moment. “The second one died.”
The room was quiet for some time before it erupted in laughter, ranging from hearty laughs to quiet giggles. Catfeine had to set her mug down so she wouldn’t drop it. “Oh my gosh, Dumbba, where did you get that joke!”
Dumbba shrugged and smiled. “My cousin told it to me. He said it was about…Christmas tree? But he said it was a funny joke.”
“I-it’s chemistry, Dumbba, but you’re right. That was funny.” Wimpin held a wing over her beak as she giggled.
“I don’t get it.”
“I’ll explain it later, let’s hear some other jokes.” Wimpin patted the spot on the floor where Dumbba had previously sat. The pink elephant nodded and walked back to her spot, taking a seat on the floor.
“My turn.” Icky stood up and walked to the middle of the room. “What did the green grape say to the purple grape?” The room was silent, waiting for Icky to finish the joke.
“Breathe!”
Once again the room erupted with laughter and Icky smiled, proud of himself for making the critters laugh. He gave them a small bow before returning to his spot on the floor. The critters eventually calmed down, getting their breathing under control again. This time, Groddy stood up.
“I got a good one.” Groddy grinned, and some of the other’s knew something was up.
“Hey, keep it appropriate.” Unique frowned, not wanting the bear to make another adult joke.
“Don’t worry, it’s not going to be like that. Trust me.”
“I dunno.” Catfeine picked up her mug again and swirled the contents of the cup before taking a sip. “The last joke you said involved sex.”
“It was just a joke, alright! I won’t make another one like that, promise.” Groddy even marked an X over his chest to prove he wouldn’t make another adult joke.
“Alright, but if you make another joke like that I’ll ban you from saying any more.” Catfeine threatened and Groddy rolled his eyes.
“Yeah, yeah, don’t get your tail in a twist.” He chuckled when he heard Catfeine hiss at him. “What’s the hardest part of a vegetable to eat?””
“Groddy, no-”
“Let me finish the joke.” He narrowed his eyes at Catfeine. “The wheelchair.”
The entire room went silent, each critter’s jaws dropped as they stared at Groddy, all except for one. A loud snort was heard from the couch and each of the critters turned their attention to the blue dog who was currently holding a hand over her muzzle to muffle her giggles. Dogpressed had been one of the quiet ones when it came to laughing, so to hear her actually laughing caught everyone off guard.
“See, told ya it was funny.” Groddy chuckled, feeling proud of himself for making his quietest friend laugh.
“That was horrible!” Wimpin screeched, holding her wings over her beak.
“Horribly funny.” Groddy wheezed out when Wimpin paled at his remark.
“I’ll give you a better one.” Dogpressed suddenly spoke up, getting off the couch and moving to where Groddy is. “Okay, what’s the difference between dark humor and morbid humor?”
Groddy’s grin widened, silently urging the canine to continue.
“Dark humor is 10 babies in a bin. Morbid humor is 1 baby in 10 bins.”
Groddy burst out laughing, doubling over on himself as he wheezed. The other critters gasped in shock when they understood the joke.
“That’s so mean.” Floppy shook his head, leaning back against the pillow propped up behind him.
“Presso, where’d you even get that joke?” Catfeine was shocked that Dogpressed had such a dark sense of humor. She wouldn’t admit that she snorted a bit.
Dogpressed smirked and looked over at her girlfriend. “My brother.”
“DOGDAY?!” Everyone, including Groddy, shouted in disbelief. Never in a million years would any of them have guessed that DogDay of all people had such a dark sense of humor.
“Mhm. He’s told me some other ones. Wanna hear them?”
The other critters shook their heads. “No.”
“Yes!!” Groddy grinned, excited to hear the other jokes Dogpressed had to say.
“Okay, this one's for you.” Dogpressed leaned close to Groddy and whispered her joke to him. Groddy’s grin fell once she leaned away from him. He stared at her with wide eyes before throwing his head back with a snort.
“That was so bad, holy shit.”
“Language!” Unique shouted and Groddy waved them off.
“DogDay told you that one too?” Groddy raised a brow and Dogpressed nodded. “Sounds like someone’s going to hell.”
“Now I want to hear the joke.” Catfeine got up from the couch and walked over to the two critters.
“You sure?” Dogpressed hummed, not sure how Catfeine would take her joke.
“Yes.” Catfeine waited. Dogpressed shrugged and leaned forward, whispering the joke to the feline. The canine leaned away and watched as the gears churned in Catfeine’s head and her eyes widened.
“NO! NO, THAT WAS HORRIBLE!”
“Then why are you grinning?” Dogpressed giggled.
“Because it was so bad. How did your brother even come up with that?!” Catfeine was very tempted to call up DogDay right then and there to repeat the joke to him. She wondered if her own brother knew about his boyfriend’s sense of humor. Maybe she’ll call CatNap later and tell him.
“Magic.” Dogpressed did jazz hands and the others chuckled at her antics. They were happy to see their saddest friend be happy for a change, even if it meant hearing dark jokes.
“You know what, let’s continue. No more dark jokes.” Catfeine looked between both critters, who both just shared a look and a small grin.
“No promises.”
“Presso, no-”