Three Prisoners, One Box of Tampons… And The Funniest Joke In The Cell Block

Three prisoners sat shackled on a gloomy prison bus, headed off to serve long sentences. To make prison life a little easier, each inmate had been allowed to bring one personal item from home.

After hours of silence, one prisoner finally spoke up.

“So… what did you guys bring to help survive all those years behind bars?”

The second prisoner proudly lifted a box of oil paints.

“I’m going to paint prison life,” he said. “Maybe I’ll become the Picasso of Cell Block C.”

The first prisoner grinned and pulled out a deck of cards.

“Fifty-two ways to beat boredom,” he laughed. “Poker, solitaire, blackjack… I’ll stay busy.”

The third prisoner sat quietly with a smug smile on his face.

“Alright,” the others said. “What did YOU bring?”

Without hesitation, he proudly held up a giant box of tampons.

The other two prisoners stared at him in total confusion.

“What in the world are you planning to do with THOSE in prison?”

The man tapped the box confidently and read straight from the label:

“Well… according to this, I can go horseback riding, swimming, roller-skating, hiking, and dancing.” 😄

That same night, a brand-new prisoner arrived at the jail just as “lights out” echoed through the cell block.

The place went dark… but not quiet.

A voice suddenly shouted from somewhere down the hall:

“NUMBER 12!”

The entire prison exploded with laughter.

Men were banging on the bars, whistling, and laughing so hard they could barely breathe.

A few minutes later another inmate yelled:

“NUMBER 4!”

Again, the whole block erupted into hysterics.

Completely confused, the new prisoner whispered to his cellmate,
“What’s going on here?”

The older inmate chuckled.

“We’ve all heard the same jokes so many times over the years that we gave every joke a number. Now instead of telling the whole joke, we just shout the number.”

The newcomer thought that was brilliant.

A few moments later, he decided to join in.

At the top of his lungs, he yelled:

“NUMBER 29!”

The reaction was instant.

The prison absolutely ERUPTED.

Men were screaming with laughter, falling off bunks, pounding the walls, gasping for air.

The new prisoner looked shocked.

“Why was THAT one so funny?”

His cellmate wiped tears from his eyes and said:

“Kid… we’ve never heard that one before.” 😂