I need a joke explained

[Alpo]

Yeah I know

 

Another board somebody posted a riddle, saying they would give the answer later.

 

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HIPPO AND A ZIPPO?

 

And several people have guessed. None of the answers are particularly funny, but they all made sense. For example:

 

What is the difference - the first letter

 

What is the difference - one is heavy and the other is a little lighter

 

See those two would actually be the correct answer to that riddle. Especially if it was a dad joke.

 

But one guy's answer was --- 18.

 

What is the difference between a hippo and a Zippo? 18

 

That makes absolutely no sense to me. Does it make sense to anybody here? Or is this just an example of somebody throwing out some words?

[Chantry]

6 minutes ago, Alpo said:

Yeah I know

 

Another board somebody posted a riddle, saying they would give the answer later.

 

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HIPPO AND A ZIPPO?

 

And several people have guessed. None of the answers are particularly funny, but they all made sense. For example:

 

What is the difference - the first letter

 

What is the difference - one is heavy and the other is a little lighter

 

See those two would actually be the correct answer to that riddle. Especially if it was a dad joke.

 

But one guy's answer was --- 18.

 

What is the difference between a hippo and a Zippo? 18

 

That makes absolutely no sense to me. Does it make sense to anybody here? Or is this just an example of somebody throwing out some words?

 

Maybe the number of letters between H and Z?      (I'm too lazy to count it myself)  On edit: I lied I counted.

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

Count the number of letters between "H" and "Z".

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

1 minute ago, Chantry said:

Maybe the number of letters between H and Z?      (I'm too lazy to count it myself)

 

Fingers no work?

...or not enough coffee yet?

😎

[John Kloehr]

29 minutes ago, Alpo said:

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HIPPO AND A ZIPPO?

 

... one is heavy and the other is a little lighter

 

... dad joke.

One is big and heavy, the other is a little lighter. Little lighter. Small lighter. Dad joke. I'll see myself out.

[Chantry]

3 hours ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said:

 

Fingers no work?

...or not enough coffee yet?

😎

 

There is never enough coffee.....until you start smelling colors.

[Black Angus McPherson]

Maybe a reference to another old dad joke.  "There are only so many jokes and we know them all, so instead of repeating the whole joke we just call out the joke number......." "18"  (noone laughs)  "It's not the joke, it's how you tell it."

 

Angus

[Cypress Sun]

6 minutes ago, Black Angus McPherson said:

Maybe a reference to another old dad joke.  "There are only so many jokes and we know them all, so instead of repeating the whole joke we just call out the joke number......." "18"  (noone laughs)  "It's not the joke, it's how you tell it."

 

Angus

 

42

[Black Angus McPherson]

8 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:

 

42

 

That's a classic.  From a hoopy frood who really knew where his towel was.

 

Angus

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

In the not IBM computer world, ‘z’-‘h’ = 18(decimal)

[Alpo]

The answer has been revealed.

 

The difference between hippo and Zippo - the first letter.

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

I like the heavy and light better

[John Kloehr]

46 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

In the not IBM computer world, ‘z’-‘h’ = 18(decimal)

On a related note, UNIX developers often confuse Halloween and Christmas. Understandable, since OCT 31 = DEC 25.

 

And hey, ASCII a stupid question, get a stupid ANSI.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

4 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:

On a related note, UNIX developers often confuse Halloween and Christmas. Understandable, since OCT 31 = DEC 25.

 

And hey, ASCII a stupid question, get a stupid ANSI.

When family friends didn’t “ get it “ for something I said, someone would say “ computer joke”

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

Wal shux... heard it a hundred times.  The classic answer is "one is heavy and the other is a little lighter" ~ just ask any Cub Scout or Boy Scout.  

[Widder, SASS #59054]

"What do you think I am........ a radio"?

 

 

..........Widder

 

[WD Farren]

Compared to the hippo, the zippo is lighter...