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My grandfather was in the very first submarine (lemmy.world)

submitted 17 hours ago by Kintarian@lemmy.world to c/dadjokes@lemmy.world

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It had a kaleidoscope

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago

Ok, how about...

The first submarines didn't have a periscope. They just had a porthole in the front so you could see if you were going to hit anything. It was called the collide-o-scope.

[-] everett@lemmy.ml 4 points 16 hours ago

Thank you for explaining this.

[-] Kintarian@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Maybe I should have posted the whole joke.

“I was in the first submarine. Instead of a periscope, they had a kaleidoscope. “We’re surrounded.””

— Steven Wright

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

I don't get it

[-] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Instead of periscope, it had a collide o scope…

[-] Kintarian@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

It's a a Steven Write joke.

this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024

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