The Straight Man

My boss, Allan is the perfect straight man. It's like he actually tries to set up jokes for me. The handle on the toilet had been funky for a while and when I heard someone was going out to get new one (because it had finally broken off) I rejoiced out loud.

"Finally!" I said.
"Did you break it, Misty?" Allan asked, knowing that I did not.
"No, but I've fixed it about 30 times," I replied.
"Ah," Allan said. "You must've learned how to fix it from watching me fix things."

and here comes the punch line...

"Well," I said, "if that were the case, I would've just hit it with a hammer and hoped for the best!"

Or glob a tube of JB Weld on it. Allan's a good sport.