Brewmaniac

A man walks into a psychiatrist's office wearing only underwear made of Saran Wrap.

The psychiatrist says, "Well...I can clearly see your nuts."

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Lady Sage

Doh! *rimshot*

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flat5

Well, this is true story. 1969 I was 21.

I had to wait to see a shrink for an evaluation.
It was a one time visit.
When it was my turn, I opened the door and started to enter the room.
The shrink said "How are you"?
I said "What do you mean?"
The shrink said "Next".

SirLance

I ... can... clearly... see... your... nuts....

I am laughing mine off!

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timothy4testes

... i dont get it some one explain

Daniel_

I can see you're nuts = I can determine that you have mental health issues.

I can see your nuts = your testicles are visable (through your saran wrap underwear).

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vanblah

To clarify further:

"Nuts" is slang for someone with mental problems.

"Nuts" is also slang for testicles.

The humor also plays on the fact that "your" and "you're" sound the same but have entirely different meanings. It's difficult to convey this joke in written form ... but it works. For instance, if he'd said, "I can clearly see YOU ARE nuts," instead of using the contraction "you're" the joke would have no real humor to it other than the visual image of someone dressed only in clear plastic wrap. And let's face it, that image is just not very funny.

The joke also plays with grammar in that it uses a split infinitive to drive home the image. For instance, if the psychiatrist had said, "I can see your nuts clearly," or "Clearly I can see you're nuts." the joke would have less humor. In these examples, although they can be considered funny, we are de-emphasizing the word "clearly"; some people might even ignore that word since it is placed at the beginning or end of the sentence. By splitting the infinitive "I can see" we are emphasizing the word "clearly" and calling attention to the fact that the man is wrapped in clear plastic wrap and the psychiatrist can, in fact, see the man's testicles.

The joke is also funny because a man dressed only in clear plastic wrap appearing in public may also have mental problems.



PS: Saran Wrap is a very popular brand of clear plastic wrap used for food storage, at least in the U.S.

flat5

Some places it is called "cling wrap".