Oh no! Say it ain't so. I sort of missed that point. Just for that, here's one of my father's exceptionally bad jokes...one without a punchline.
A lady goes into a pet shop. Do you have any p -p- p- p. parrots? she stammers.
Yes mam. he replies
Can they t- t- t- t talk? she asks
Well if they couldn't talk any better than you, he replies, I'd ring their bloody necks.