The inmates of a…

The inmates of a prison had a joke book they all had memorized. The way they recited them was by the number of the joke. Some fellow would call out a number from 1 to 1000 and all would laugh. A new man in the prison, after studying the book, said he wanted to tell a joke. They said, “Okay, shoot. “”He said, “Number 222,” but nobody laughed. He said, “This is funny, why isn’t anyone laughing?”A fellow nearby said, “Some can tell them and some can’t. “