4 Jokes For Over My Head

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Updated on: Jun 17 2024

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You ever have those moments where you're just completely lost? I mean, not like losing your keys or your phone—no, no, no, I'm talking about being "over my head." I'm not even sure what's happening half the time. It's like I’m in a foreign movie without subtitles!
I recently tried to join a conversation about quantum physics. Big mistake. It was like I stumbled into a black hole of intellect. People were talking about particles, waves, and dimensions, and I'm just nodding along like, "Ah, yes, the, um, small and the very, very tiny... they're important!"
I decided to read up on it, you know, get myself educated. But halfway through the first page, I was like, "Wait, is this still English? Or did I accidentally pick up the manual for assembling an alien spaceship?
You know how they say, "Fake it till you make it"? Well, I've mastered that art, especially when I'm way over my head. You gotta understand, confidence can cover a multitude of cluelessness.
I once found myself at a fancy wine tasting event. They're swirling the glass, sniffing, sipping, discussing the "notes" and "undertones." I'm standing there trying not to confuse red wine with grape juice!
So, what do I do? I grab the glass, swish it around like I'm concocting a magic potion, take a dramatic sniff as if I'm channeling my inner sommelier, and then, with a completely straight face, I go, "Ah, yes, hints of... grapes? Is that allowed?
I attempted a DIY project once. You know, one of those Pinterest-inspired endeavors that look easy until you realize they require skills you haven't acquired yet. I thought, "How hard could it be to build a bookshelf?" Famous last words.
The instructions might as well have been in hieroglyphics. "Connect the flibber with the wobbly thing using a zigzaggy doohickey." I'm there holding a hammer like it's a magic wand, hoping the bookshelf will assemble itself!
And when it's finally done—well, "done" is a generous term. Let's just say it closely resembles a bookshelf if you squint and ignore the fact that it's leaning like it's practicing for a limbo contest!
You ever get thrown into a situation where everyone's an expert and you're just there like, "Hi, I'm lost, can someone throw me a map or at least a diagram?" That's me in every tech store. Walk in thinking I know something about computers, walk out feeling like I've just time-traveled into the future where gadgets have taken over the world!
I tried asking for help once. The guy at the store starts spewing out tech jargon faster than I can say "Google it." "You've got your RAM, ROM, CPU, GPU, ABC, XYZ..." I was waiting for him to start reciting the entire alphabet in binary!
At that point, I'm just pretending to understand, nodding like I'm in agreement but mentally making a grocery list. "Oh, yes, totally, RAM, ROM... um, let's see, I need milk, bread, and a computer for dummies book!

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