I think it's a reference to cyanide smelling like almonds. In particular I remember a Jodi Foster movie The little Girl who lives down the Lane where Jodi poisons a rapist. He says, "It tastes like almonds." as he drinks the tea. Jodi Foster says, "It's the almond extract." knowing it's the cyanide.
So the punchline is setup to be something about poison but gets subverted by the hand grenade.
Well, to be precise, certain types of almonds. Actually, the reason those species of almonds taste/smell like cyanide is actually because they contain higher than normal amounts of cyanide, so really, it's cyanide that tastes like cyanide.
I think it's a reference to cyanide smelling like almonds. In particular I remember a Jodi Foster movie The little Girl who lives down the Lane where Jodi poisons a rapist. He says, "It tastes like almonds." as he drinks the tea. Jodi Foster says, "It's the almond extract." knowing it's the cyanide.
So the punchline is setup to be something about poison but gets subverted by the hand grenade.
I think it's a reference to cyanide smelling like almonds. In particular I remember a Jodi Foster movie The little Girl who lives down the Lane where Jodi poisons a rapist. He says, "It tastes like almonds." as he drinks the tea. Jodi Foster says, "It's the almond extract." knowing it's the cyanide.
So the punchline is setup to be something about poison but gets subverted by the hand grenade.
She was a beautiful woman; more specifically she was the kind of beautiful woman who had an hourlong skincare routine that made her look either ethereal or like a glazed donut, depending on how attracted to her you were.
Cyanide smells (and maybe tastes?) like almonds. For people aware of this there is a subversion of expectation. It isn't particularly good joke but taken satirically it's alright.
Smells like bitter almonds, which smell like bleach.
https://youtu.be/WYagO-nup6c?si=WdDJy3PP1yDw8wAl. (I really hope I'm remembering the contents of this video correctly, because if I wasn't, that would be embarrassing, but I don't have the time to check right now)
Usually anti jokes are funny due to a lack of punchline, but this joke does actually have a functioning punchline and subversion of expectation. It just doesnt work as well if you dont get that the almond bit is about poison.
