> the original punchline was along the lines of "take a good look at them" (i.e., implying that he's not the biological father).
That’s the punchline I expected when I was reading the joke. It makes much more sense and it is more stinging.
That’s the punchline I expected when I was reading the joke. It makes much more sense and it is more stinging.
Although I could imagine a modern joke about an astrologer making grand predictions that are whittled down as the person corrects them.