History Main / OutsideJoke

This is the opposite of an [[InJoke inside joke]], where all participants have knowledge that the general public doesn't. In an outside joke (to be funny), none of the participants have knowledge that the general public does.

* In an episode of ''{{Series/Friends}}'', Rachel buys an apothecary table. While talking about it, she jokingly says "Who even knows what an apothecary is?" She is not amused when Chandler explains that an apothecary is a pharmacist.[[note]]the word can also refer to the building where the pharmacist works, by the way[[/note]]

** "Dead Putting Society" featured Bart answering the rhetorical philosophical question, "What's the sound of one hand clapping?" (By hitting his fingers on the palm of that hand.)[[note]]This is close to an actual answer to the koan - holding up your hand, fingers up.[[/note]]Lisa was not amused. After that they moved onto "If a tree falls in the woods, and no-one's around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Bart tried to answer by imitating a tree crashing, but Lisa [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asked]] "But Bart, how can sound exist if there's no one around to hear it?" Bart couldn't answer, and thus was enlightened.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy wishes that he doesn't have any emotions. Afterwards, he realizes that, without his emotions, he only thinks logically and lacks a sense of humor, so jokes like this are just logic puzzles; i.e. planes would be too heavy to fly if they were made like black boxes, they can't JustEatGilligan because the series would end, and the [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers chicken obviously came before the egg]].

* Not quite a joke, but [[http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/sane-clown-posse-20101001-203455.jpg this image]] answers the infamous "Fucking magnets, how do they work?" line from the Music/InsaneClownPosse's ''Miracles''.

'''Marge:''' [[AluminiumChristmasTrees They have those. They're government listings.]] \\

-->-- The [[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/909/if-aircraft-black-boxes-are-indestructible-why-cant-the-whole-plane-be-made-from-the-same-material Straight Dope]] on why the black box is indestructible, but the plane isn't.[[note]]And they aren't even indestructible in the first place, as ''anything'' will break if you hit it hard enough, it's just a matter of ''how'' hard. And even then an indestructible plane still wouldn't protect passengers from the force of impact in a crash.[[/note]]

* In ''Series/Tosh0'', Daniel mocks a marine biologist who holds up a whale penis and explains that "There's no bone in it." Daniel assumes the (female) biologist is unfamiliar with male anatomy and thinks the word "boner" is meant literally. Joke's on him: in reality, many mammals ''do'' have bones in their boners. It's called a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baculum baculum.]]

This is the opposite of an inside joke, where all participants have knowledge that the general public doesn't. In an outside joke (to be funny), none of the participants have knowledge that the general public does.

** Krusty is trying his new stand-up act:

** Another episode featured Bart answering the rhetorical philosophical question, "What's the sound of one hand clapping?" (By hitting his fingers on the palm of that hand.)[[note]]This is close to an actual answer to the koan - holding up your hand, fingers up.[[/note]]Lisa was not amused. After that they moved onto "If a tree falls in the woods, and no-one's around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Bart tried to answer by imitating a tree crashing, but Lisa [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asked]] "But Bart, how can sound exist if there's no one around to hear it?" Bart couldn't answer, and thus was enlightened.

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