Prison Joke Numbers

A man ends up in prison and makes friends with his cellmate.

After a couple of months, he's sitting in his cell with his new friend. From a floor down, he hears someone yell, "NUMBER 37!" Everyone within earshot dies with laughter. His cellmate yells out, "NUMBER 52!" Again, everyone laughs hysterically. Perplexed, the man asks his cellmate what the numbers mean. The cellmate responds, "Most of us have been here so long that we've heard all the jokes, so we numbered them to save time." Impressed, the man asks to learn some. Six months go by, and he's ready. A man down the hall yells, "NUMBER 120!" Tears of laughter. Another yells, "NUMBER 6!" More laughter. This is his chance. The man yells, "NUMBER 83!" Silence. He yells it again, louder. "NUMBER 83!" Still silence. Frustrated, he turns to his cellmate, who simply shakes his head and says, "Some people just can't tell a joke."