January 2016 Joke Round-Up

Another month gone, another compilation of jokes from me.  I had to put the 2016 in the title now because I already have a January Joke Round Up from last year (that I posted in April because whatever) and have somehow managed to miraculously keep writing new jokes.  Do I still need to keep writing intros for these Joke Round Ups?

1/1

This guitarist has an iPad attached to his mic stand and is reading the music as he goes and the singer is reading the lyrics off her phone. Is this an actual band or is it karaoke night?

1/2

When we're kids we're all taught to use our imagination and play pretend. I think that's because our parents knew we'd spend our adult lives pretending like we've got our shit together.

1/3

It might be a confidence issue when women are even turning me down in my dreams.

1/4

Deep down, I think all any of us really wants is to be the person that someone else thinks about whenever they hear "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada.

1/4/2014

I got a cocktail shaker and some shot pourers for Christmas. So I've been spinning liquor bottles while dancing in my underwear to "Danger Zone" and shouting "Show me the money!" because I'm not sure which Tom Cruise movie is which.

1/5

I'm a pretty daring guy. I like to sleep with my feet out of the covers and hanging over the edge of the bed. ‪#‎NoFear

1/5/2014

The Weather Channel has been naming winter storms now. Looking forward to this spring when we have Thunderstorm Beth, Strong Breeze Greg and Sunny Day Tiffany.

1/5

I like to drink beers that describe who I am as a person.

1/6

I hope to one day own enough treadmills to recreate that OK Go music video in my living room, because I'm getting tired of being kicked out of gyms. ‪#‎DareToDream

1/7

Me: "When I die somebody will have to log into my account and keep posting so it looks like I'm haunting Facebook."
‪#‎Knuckles: "I'll check you in at Blues games and the bar."
Kyle: "I'll tag you at the cemetery."

1/8

Donald Trump announced today his campaign to take over as the new head coach of the Blues. His bid to coach the team is highlighted by the motto Make The Blues Great Again. When asked how he could successfully lead the Blues to a Stanley Cup, he was quoted as saying, “Look. We can bring the Cup Dream back. That I will tell you. We’re bringing it back. Okay? And I understand what you’re saying. And I get that from so many people. ‘Are our Cup dreams dead?’ They’re asking me the question, ‘Is the Cup Dream dead?’ And the Cup Dream is in trouble. That I can tell you. Okay? It’s in trouble. But we’re going to get it back and play some real hockey. How about the man with that beautiful Blues sweater? Stand up! Stand up! What a sweater!”
Blues owner Tom Stillman could not be reached for comment.

1/9

I like when you're out trying to talk to new people and you can see them mentally swiping left on you.

1/11

I usually keep my hockey bag in my car on game days but today I'm keeping it inside because I have no desire to put on an ice-cold cup tonight. ‪#‎FullDisclosure

1/11

Hmm...I guess all those people who told me I looked like him were right after all.

 

1/12

Currently loading my iPod up with Whitney Houston and Kenny Loggins. I am an enigma.

1/12

I notice a lot of people are upset about the Rams leaving St. Louis. Truth be told, I'm not terribly well versed on the situation, so I did what I always do and took to Google to do a bit of my own research before forming an opinion. According to this map that I found this area is not, in-fact, a good environment for rams to thrive in.

1/13

Just paid off another school loan. Adult accomplishments are weird.

1/13

I'm actually kind of relieved that I didn't win the Powerball because now I'll know that all the women who aren't dating me aren't doing it because of my money.

1/14/14

If I had a nickel for every time I've been rejected, I could afford to take some lucky lady out on a really fancy dinner date. But I'd probably just end up eating alone twice instead.

1/14

Just gonna leave this right here.

1/14

I look so sophisticated with this outfit and this glass. Unfortunately, none of the sentences that come out of my mouth could ever qualify as "refined."

1/14

I heard Donald Trump is going to put up a firewall to stop illegal downloads.

1/15

I really hope there is a youth hockey team in Hershey, PA called the Hershey Squirts.

1/15

I went out to eat with a couple of friends last night and, because I eat pretty quickly, by the time the waitress came back for what should have been the mid-meal "does everything taste alright?" check-in I was already finished with my food (my friends were still working on theirs). The waitress looked at me and exclaimed "wow, you're fast," with a mixture of surprise and disgust that told me she really meant, "did you unhinge your jaw and inhale that, you fat piece of shit?"

1/15

I saw some ladies posting this. I thought it would be funny if I did, too. You know, ‘cause I'm a dude.

 

1/16

All of those online personality quizzes always have really positive and uplifting descriptions for people. But I'd like to see some brutally honest quizzes that tell people things like "You're actually a huge asshole and a chore to be around. Get your shit together."

1/16

When I stop and think about it, high school went pretty well for me. I was one of the most popular kids in school and one of the first to have a mobile phone. I had a smoking hot girlfriend named Kelly. My biggest rival was also one of my best buds, Slater. My principal, Mr. Belding, was always on my case but I think it's because he just really cared. And my friends and I always had time to chill at our favorite hangout spot, The Max, in between classes.

1/17

I had someone tell me that I seem like a genuine person. That's such a weird compliment but I guess it's comforting to know that I don't seem like a dog wearing people clothes.

1/17

‪#‎RyanRick2016

1/18/2014

My phone's auto-correct feature finally learned cuss words. Unfortunately, now it wants to use them all the time. It's a little awkward when you text someone "Let's go to the bar and take shits."

1/20

As a kid, I would spend days like today outside playing in the snow for hours on end. What an idiot.

1/21

I saw a guy out running in the snow. If I ever get that into fitness I want my friends to hold me down and force feed me cake.

1/21

Saw a Jimmy John's driver in the drive-thru at Rally's. Not sure if he was getting Rally's or the Rally's guys ordered Jimmy John's.

1/22/2014

Facebook should change the "Like" button to a "Put a Ring On It" button.

1/22

I always put the seat and lid down on the toilet. Not because I have good manners or have been "trained" by women in my life to do so, but because I'm absolutely terrified that I'll drop my toothbrush and it will bounce off the sink and straight into the toilet if the lid isn't down.

1/22

This is how friendships end.

1/22

So, this Blues discussion group I'm in usually has a bunch of women posting "gameday selfies" in it. The other day I decided to have a bit of fun and post my own recreation of 90% of those ladies' selfies. ‪#‎TeamSpirit ‪#‎NailedIt

1/24/2014

I would eat a dirty sock if it was soaked in Papa John's garlic dipping sauce.

1/24/2014

I think part of the reason why I'm single is because I want to date a smart girl, and any girl that would be interested in me is obviously not.

1/25/2014

I'm going to start a new diet where I just drink until I throw up. It's like a combination of alcoholism and bulimia. Alcoholimia.

1/25

I went to the bathroom at work today and one of the warehouse guys thought it would be funny to block the bathroom door with a pallet while I was in there. It actually was pretty funny but I don't want to appear too lenient so I'm gonna spend the rest of the day issuing write-ups to everyone here. ‪#‎DrunkWithPower

1/25

The best part about having a 10:30 hockey game is that I can eat dinner at my normal time and then have a legitimate excuse to eat again later tonight after my game.

1/26

Life Pro Tip: Don't die.

1/26

Brb, gonna go do donuts in Walmart's parking lot and listen to Danger Zone on repeat.

1/27

When you see a cute girl at the store so you wanna act all suave and cool but you're carrying a 72-pack of toilet paper...
"So yeah, I'm really into fiber. How about you?"

1/27

According to the annual report for my credit card, a full 10% of my spending for 2015 went to Sam's Pizza and Pub Inc. ‪#‎TreatYoSelf

1/27

Yes, that is totally the best picture for "active."

1/28

I'd been feeling like there was something missing from my life for a while now, so I finally broke down and downloaded Sisqó's "Thong Song."

1/29/2014

I'm going to start using Facebook to tag myself at other people's houses when they're not home.

1/29

Realistically, any girl that is not okay with me singing along to every song in the car is not relationship material.

1/29

I started my life being born 2 weeks before my due date and I've been coming early ever since. Some call it premature, I prefer to say I'm punctual.

1/30

Kyle, Amy, Knuckles, Shannon and I all rode here to Wing Fling in my car. Good thing I don't have a girlfriend or we'd have had to rent a van.

1/31

Caught ‪#‎Knuckles reading Us Weekly.

Stay tuned for more fun things!

-Ryan 

How To Lose A Guy In 10 Seconds

                As I’ve made perfectly clear across numerous posts, I historically don’t have any sort of notable success with the ladies.   Now, for this particular story I’m going to take you back several years to a time in which I had a questionable level of success that turned into one of the most uncomfortable nights of my life.  I’m sure it was a pretty uncomfortable situation for her too, but this is my blog so this is about me; if she wants to talk about how uncomfortable she felt she can make her own blog.

                As I said, this all takes place several years ago.  The story starts while I’m at college, sitting at a table in one of the public areas between classes.  A girl that I had never seen before in my life walks up and asks if she can sit at the table with me because all the other seats are taken.  I happily oblige and we strike up a small conversation.  Surprisingly, I must have made a not-awful first impression because this ended becoming a regular meeting time and place for us for the next few weeks (Hooray, I'm sociable!).   At this point in my life, I was still living at home and I’d have friends over every Friday night for a party.  There’d be cards, drinking, music and all kinds of chicanery that realistically made me wonder why my dad never kicked me out of the house, but whatever.  After several weeks of a budding friendship with this girl I invited her to one of my Friday night parties because I am all about helping people have fun and one of the best ways to have fun is to watch my friends and I make complete drunken fools of ourselves.  She accepted the invite and came to the next party to delight in the kind of raucous tomfoolery one can expect of a handful of 21 year-old morons.

                The night went well; in fact it was going much better than I had anticipated.  This girl (against all logic) seemed to have some sort of infatuation with me, as she spent the entire night nearly glued to my side and on occasion hanging all over me.  I was personally quite impressed with myself at having apparently fooled this girl into thinking that I wasn’t some sort of massive, unappealing spaz, but I kept my mouth shut and went with it.   Eventually, there was some kissing and canoodling that occurred and the two of us kind of tuned out any other people in the room.  The party dwindled down until it was just her and I.  Naturally, at this point I'm still doing a fair bit of patting myself on the back for whatever the hell I did to get her interested.  I was midway through one of my inner-voice "Atta boy!" moments when she pulled back from kissing me, looked me straight in the eye and said absolutely deadpan, “We can’t have sex.  I have chlamydia.”

                I’m sure there are several ways I could have reacted to this revelation.  I’m also equally sure none of them involved me not being completely uncomfortable and wanting to run the hell away.  Let’s get a few things straight here.  First of all, I never assumed there was any sex to be had because I am not a presumptuous person and I also have absolutely no faith in myself to woo women and/or not screw up any given situation no matter how promising it looks.  Secondly, I am totally grateful that she decided it important not to infect me with chlamydia.  Thirdly, there are so many countless ways that she could have gotten out of that situation without outright saying, “By the way, I’ve got rotten-crotch. Thought you should know.”  She could have said she wasn’t ready, it was that time of the month, she had eaten some bad Mexican and was worried about shitting herself, etc.  Instead, what she chose to tell me was exactly how and who she had contracted chlamydia from, which is something that I neither needed nor cared to know.  Seriously, holy shit, sometimes less is more.  And come on, chlamydia is fucking curable; why are you just chilling out with that stuff?! Get some anti-biotics, stay home for a week while they work their magic and then go out and get your party on without having to worry about it burning when you pee.  For fuck's sake.

                Ultimately, my reaction was to tell her that I was “awfully *yawn* tired” so she should probably let herself out because I was going to bed.   As soon as she was gone, I proceeded to disinfect everything in the house; and I do mean EVERYTHING.  At a certain point (around 4:30 in the morning) I was even wiping down my computer mouse with a Clorox wipe because she had used my computer to play a song.  Listen, I paid attention in health class so I know I wasn’t going to get chlamydia from her touching my computer mouse but sometimes it’s important to err on the side of neurotic caution. 

"Shit, I was kissing her.  Better scrub my lips with these things, too."

                The next morning, I called my buddy Düdders and told him to meet me for lunch because we needed to have a manscussion (that’s a discussion between men).   He immediately assumed I was going to tell him that I hooked up with that girl.  When I told him what actually happened, his jaw dropped to about 3 inches from the floor at which point I told him that he needed to get his shit together because as speechless as he was at that moment, he was still hearing it second-hand and I actually had to react to it in the moment as it was happening; which was fucking awful.  And I wish to reiterate that sentiment to anyone reading this: if you were in any way taken aback by the bombshell she dropped on me, I want you to imagine how much worse it was for me when it actually happened.  Now shower me with pity (pity can take the form of money, just fyi).

                I didn’t really talk to her much after that.  She would occasionally message me wondering why I had become so distant and I made up some excuses so I didn’t have to outright tell her that I didn’t stop showering for 2 weeks after that night and that I was still thoroughly unimpressed with her telling of “The Dude And/Or Dudes That Gave Me Chlamydia.” 

                As for me, I still am and always have been completely free of any sexually transmitted diseases.  Ladies?

-Ryan

December Joke Round-Up

Another month has passed, actually another whole year has passed, and I haven’t done anything important at all.  Well, I did write some jokes.  Here’s what I wrote in December.

12/1/2012

If I had to describe my idea of the "perfect" girlfriend, I'd probably say something wrong and she'd be yelling at me for it right now.

12/1/2013

Sometimes I think that the reason I'm single is because I have unrealistic expectations of women. Mainly that it's unrealistic to expect them to be interested in me.

12/1/2014

Sometimes when I'm sitting in traffic on days like today I wonder just how much time I can reasonably buy for my work commute. Maybe I just won't go to work until Thursday and walk in like, "Wow, traffic was hell!"

12/1

I'm excited to announce that I've been promoted at work. Effective today, I'm now the store manager for The Tin Shed.

I would like to thank all the women who have turned me down and allowed me to focus on my career.

12/2/2014

I remember what it was like before instagram filters, when we had to use legitimate photography skills to trick people into thinking we were photogenic.

12/2

Last Wednesday I broke the screen on my phone, rendering me unable to use it or even transfer my contacts or pictures over. Today I ripped the motherboard out of that phone and put it into a phone with a working screen, securing all of my data in the process.

This served the dual purpose of not forcing me to make a Facebook status begging people for their contact information and also allowing me to hang on to all of the fake numbers that women have given me over the years.‪#‎ModernDaySuccessStory

12/3/2013

A lot of my first dates are also last dates. And I think that's really just an efficient use of my time and money.

12/3

I've come across some videos of people huffing AXE Body Spray. Apparently it serves the dual purpose of getting you high and making your insides smell just as off-putting as everything else about who you are as a person.

12/4

I realized from that week I spent without any contacts in my phone that I initiate most conversations between myself and my friends.
I am now convinced that I'm the annoying friend.

12/4

‪#‎Knuckles is domesticated.

12/5/2014

Sometimes I consider sending flowers and gifts to myself at work so that everyone else in the office thinks somebody really loves me.

12/5

A couple of weeks ago I spent an evening wandering around the bar telling people that I was actually from Bermuda and was looking forward to getting sworn in as an American citizen on Dec. 5th. I had literally no reason for telling anyone this; it was completely ridiculous BS.
Spoiler alert: I was an American the whole time.

12/6

Every time I get asked what I want for Christmas my response is always the same. I just immediately start singing Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."

12/6/2014

Kyle: "Growing up I was always the fat one and you were the tall one."
Me: "I wasn't that tall."

12/6

I found out today that I'm going to see Weezer on Tuesday. I didn't win tickets or anything; I just bought a ticket 2 months ago and forgot about it. ‪#‎MerryChristmasToMe

12/6/2014

Every time I'm at a wedding I get the urge to take out a lighter and wave it in the air to show my support, but apparently wedding etiquette and concert etiquette are two different things.

12/7/2014

Me: "I broke up with her. Then I went bowling."
Anthony: "So I guess she wasn't the only one who struck out. I could probably say something about splits too.

12/8/2012

This is a vague status about a specific person.

12/8

I ate healthy yesterday and played a great hockey game last night. Today I've eaten nothing but cookies and donuts. Life is all about balance.

12/8

The lady in front of me was on her phone reading through the Wikipedia article on Weezer during the opening band. I feel bad that she's sitting here cramming and I didn't even study for this concert.

12/8

I'm wearing some shoes that have (un-embarrassingly) had glitter stuck to them since Halloween. And then I got this fortune cookie. ‪#‎Fate

12/9

I'm going to make an online database full of nothing but facts about me and call it Rickipedia.

12/10

We put one of those 2,000 Flushes drop-in tablets in our toilet that is supposed to make it all clean and blue. It turned the water black. Only 1,990 flushes to go.

12/11

At no point in my life will I ever be "too mature" for tater tots.

12/12

Christmas Party 2015 ‪#‎Knuckles

12/12

Bets are rolling in! ‪#‎Knuckles

12/12

Party Update: ‪#‎Knuckles was the first one to spill his drink.

12/12

‪#‎Knuckles: "My hand is bigger than my name."

12/12/2014

Dustin and I have decided that we need to use our talents and start renting ourselves out for parties.

Are you having a wedding, birthday, Bar Mitzvah or otherwise joyous event? Do you need 2 handsome and charismatic gentlemen to really make your party shine? Call Ryan & Dustin. They'll sing, dance and charm your guests, ensuring the success of your get-together. Champions of celebration, saviors of soiree. They're the Party Heroes.

12/13/2014

My sister just got engaged yesterday. I hope I can find a date in time for the wedding.

12/13

I did not, in fact, find a date for the wedding but to be totally fair I only had 8 months to look.

12/14

I think making chicken noodle soup with a base of DayQuil instead of chicken stock might be an effective home remedy. Need further study on this.

12/15

I accidentally watched The Da Vinci Code yesterday. I was in a Nyquil induced haze and found myself incapable of using Netflix. Spent a fair amount of the movie thinking it was the strangest episode of Futurama I had ever seen.

12/15

Chicken is my favorite kind of fish.

12/16/2014

My sister got engaged Friday. My step-brother got engaged Sunday. I can only imagine that the theme for my family's Christmas this year will be finding new and creative ways to ask me why I'm such a lonely sad sack.

12/16/2013

I don't believe in playing hard to get or acting aloof. So when I'm interested in a woman I exhibit all the classic signs to let her know how I feel, such as staring awkwardly, getting tongue-tied over simple words, and saying all of the dumbest things humanly possible.

12/17/2013

If I win the Mega Millions I'm going to quit my job and open the Ryan Rick School of Sweet Dance Moves.

12/17/2013

Whenever I order a meal at a fast food place I always order a medium. Because this is America, where even our medium drinks come in 13 gallon trash cans.

12/17/2013

My lifetime fitness goal is to never become too fat to see my own penis.

12/17

When you're excited to see the new Star Wars movie but you're also kind of a douche.

12/18

I know people are really touchy about spoilers right now but I still can't believe that Bruce Willis was dead the whole time.

Also, soylent green is people.

12/18

I tried to be nice and not spoil Star Wars for ‪#‎Knuckles. Somehow ended up spoiling Fight Club for him instead.

12/18/2014

I felt festive at work.

12/18/2013

I once dated a girl who would get so mad at me that I'd end up sleeping on the couch. We didn't live together or anything, she was just angry and I was just dumb.

12/19

Not sure why, but a lot of people seem to think that my name is Richard; people frequently call me Dick.

12/19

I don't know who this Barnes & Noble commercial is supposed to appeal to but Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are singing a Christmas song with a not-so-subtle reference to date rape with the theme being "You Never Know Who You'll Meet" and I'm basically just really concerned for the safety of everyone who is trying to buy books.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k04K8mND5GU

12/20

All I have done today is get drunk and watch a marathon of Disney movies. Pretty sure this is how the 1% live.

12/21

I hope Steve Harvey is hired to announce the winner of the presidential election, too. I wanna see the chaos that erupts when he announces Miss Columbia as our next president.

12/21

I got cornered at the post office by a guy with a festering head wound who wanted to talk politics. 'Tis the season.

12/21

Went out for dinner and drinks with a couple of buddies. Got home and realized I had a price tag from work hanging off the back pocket of my pants all night. Apparently my ass costs $219.

12/22

Donald Trump is the kind of person who would have made fun of FDR for being in a wheelchair instead of actually saying anything relevant or useful.

12/22

When asked why this disgusting, Hamburger Helper-encrusted thing has been sitting on the counter right next the sink for days on end, ‪#‎Knuckles found it a perfectly reasonable explanation to say, "I got home late Wednesday and didn't have time to wash it after I ate."

It's Tuesday today. #Knuckles has such a jam-packed schedule that he had no time to put this in the dishwasher this week. Adult life is devastatingly difficult for some of us.

12/22/2011

Facebook statuses are a really good way of finding out that some people who you previously thought were alright actually annoy the living hell out of you.

12/23

I like when people post group pictures and I find myself struggling to figure out which person I actually know.

12/23/2013

I went to the snack machine at work and ran into a cute girl from one of the other companies in the building. Wanting to start a conversation I (suavely) said to her, "I like your Mountain Dew."

12/24

Had a dream about an ex-girlfriend, then woke up with an awful Charley horse. Even after all this time she still finds new and creative ways to hurt me.

12/24

UPDATE: ‪#‎Knuckles just washed his dirty dish from last Wednesday that I posted the other day. It's a Hanukkah miracle! That dish that should have been washed after 1 day actually lasted 8 days on the counter. L'chaim!

12/24

I might be drinking Windex.

12/24/2014

I get so full of Christmas spirit that I always have trouble controlling my spending this time of year. For instance, for dinner tonight I think I'll spring for the Kraft mac & cheese instead of the store brand.

12/24/2014

I ran out of wrapping paper and gift bags so my last gift is in a Trader Joe's bag stuffed with ads.

12/24

Watching Die Hard. It's a Christmas movie.

12/25/2014

I got a hangover for Christmas. This is the grown up version of coal.

12/25

So far my day has consisted of: waking up hungover, cooking myself a balanced breakfast, watching Netflix, paying all my bills, drinking a beer in the shower, doing laundry, playing Xbox and eating tater tots. ‪#‎ManChild

12/25/2014

Seeking for immediate employment a highly qualified individual to kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Entry level position with potential for long-term hire and upward mobility. Base compensation of dinner and a minimum of 3 drinks. Additional benefits are negotiable. All applicants must provide a clean bill of health, recent full-color photograph, 3 character references and submit to a background check/psychological evaluation.

12/25

Me: "I wish Liam Neeson was my dad."
Lauren: "You'd be so much taller."

12/26/2014

Me: "What the hell is that girl wearing? None of her clothes match."
Alex: "I think she's supposed to be punk."
Me: "Obviously her inspiration was The Clash."

12/26

Kyle: "What'd you get for Christmas?"
Me: "Drunk."

12/27

Sometimes you have to walk into a crowded bar and blast some songs that nobody even realized they wanted to hear, like "Mmmbop" and "Barbie Girl."

I'm not the hero the bar deserves, but I'm the one it needs right now.

12/28

In case anyone needs to take to higher ground in all this rain, I'd like to remind you that my apartment is on the 2nd floor and I have beer.

12/28/2014
I see some people on Facebook who are constantly listing themselves as in and out of a relationship with the same person. I think there should be a new relationship status for that: "In a repeating cycle of failure with ______."

12/28

I think people just need to know that I was such a bum yesterday the only thing I really accomplished was changing from one set of pajamas into another.

12/29

Dave brought in date pudding to work. Best date I've had this year.

12/29

I like that when I try to type "horrible" my phone suggests that I actually meant "horticultural." Because deep down I really just want to talk about my passion for gardening.

12/29

Occasionally, even one of my close friends will mistake me for a mature, responsible, well-adjusted, socially competent adult with no serious psychological maladies or outlandish personality quirks. 
It's times like these that I consider moving to Hollywood to pursue an acting career.

12/30/2014

Remember, when setting your New Year's resolutions make sure to include "Hang out with Ryan Rick more" as one of them.

12/31/2014

HR Manager: "I asked Tom to come to my office but he came too quickly."
Me: "A lot of us have that problem."

Another fine example of a conversation that potentially jeopardizes my employment.

12/31

Realistically, I’m going to be just as awful of a person in 2016 as I was in 2015.

12/31

I've been avoiding onions, garlic and anything else that might give me bad breath just in case anyone wants to kiss me tonight....ladies?

12/31

Might wanna DVR the New Year's Eve celebration so I can catch the countdown tomorrow afternoon when I'll actually remember it.

I’m hoping I feel inspired to write even more jokes this year.


-Ryan