jokes you've made IRL that flopped

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For a lifelong class clown like myself, I am not sure I can even grasp how many of my jokes have bombed.

I do stand up, and some of it is intentionally very corny and I like to tell it at drunken parties. Usually the following joke gets a few laughs, but in a class of mine the other day where upon hearing I am a jokester it was requested I make a joke, it got nothing:

"When I was a kid I went out to Missouri, visiting my great grandparents. When I was there I saw a caterpillar museum, which seemed really crazy to me. I actually liked it a lot though, and I tried to go back a few years later, but it had turned into a butterfly museum." UGGh

Class of about 20 mostly just looked away, and one said "you seriously do stand up?" THIS guy is funny

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How is stand-up going, though? Do you do open mic nite stuff or paying gigs? I'm interested enough for an 'ask me about stand-up thread', if you haven't already.

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I've barely done enough to do commentary on it, just open mic at some very small places with about 25% of the crowd being friends of mine. Once I get rolling I could well start a thread. The weirdest part about it so far is that time I'd usually spend chilling out is now spent chilling out with a pen and paper next to me in case I think of some caterpillar-esque brilliance.