Back when I was still a kid (I guess I can tell you all, it was in the 1980's), there was this joke. Someone would be faced with an unpleasant task. Or maybe someone asked them to do something they didn't want to. And they would reply, "I would rather have my appendix removed with a warm spoon!" And then everyone would laugh. I don't get it. Why their appendix--and why with a warm spoon? Yes, I guess I am rather stupid for not getting it. But the people on these forums are my last hope. If I can't find out here, I will have to be forever in the dark I guess.
People say strange things. One time a friend said I want to scoop the meat out of his head with a toy sand shovel. Everyone laughed and other friends of his would say it and everyone would laugh. It is just a funny thing to imagine.
this may be a stretch but, when you get your appendix removed or when you are treating Appendicitis the treatment for stopping the pain would be "cold compress" so applying something cold to your appendix like an ice pack. So applying heat to your appendix when it is already inflamed causes more pain ... so instead of doing something you did not want to , you rather go through a mass amount of pain then do that task lol , sounds really horrific.
I don't think it has anything to do with the appendix or the warm spoon. It's just something that sounds horrible. It's like if some were to say "I'd rather drink draino". You wouldn't then say "hmm, why draino?" Or would you? They are basically saying they would rather endure something horrible than do that other thing.
Don't laugh, I know a guy who actually had to have this operation. Then afterwards we realised it wasn't his appendix anyway, he had bowel cancer. Either that or we cut out the wrong bit, nobody really knows for sure. Either way he's zombie food now, so nothing anyone can do about it.
it's kinda funny considering how painful appendicitis(the reason people remove their appendix) is, coupled with how horrible a surgeon's tool a spoon would make. The "warm" part? Appendicitis burns like heck. It's basically one big nightmare of a conundrum.
i know that humor is pratt falls and reversals, and not telegraphing the punch line, but sometimes they don't always work for me, and sometimes other things do. for me, the best pratt falls are hoist by their own petard kind. especially when its the petard of ego or hating logic. i can sometimes completely get the reversal and still no laugh reflex. other times, it can be something that completely passes under the radar of everyone else in the room.