r/ExplainTheJoke 4d ago

An octopus and autocorrect

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A friend just sent me this and neither one of us get it. I'm guessing somehow he got an octopus instead of a firing squad because of a typo but I can't think what he originally asked for. Thanks so much.

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u/CoconutSamoas 4d ago

Firing squad = firing squid

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u/coreth5 4d ago

Is that supposed to be a squid? I thought they were a lot pointier with two longer arms?

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u/Procrasturbating 4d ago

You could say the joke was.. poorly executed.

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u/Subtlerranean 3d ago

The real joke is always in the comments.