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Around my house, [censored address],theres no loops.
Theres only a straight line.
Chens take on the perfect walk applies to jokes too.
AsNorm Macdonaldonce put it, the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.
She had this realization.
She was like, Hold on.
People just come see you do your job in their spare time.
And that really sunk in for her.
She was like, I could watch you do your entire job inmyspare time.
And when she said that, it hit me.
I was like, I could watch you do your job inmyspare time.
Im not trying to be arrogant or anything, he says.
I just think that it is an easy thing to do.
Because the universal benchmark for something not being hard is a walk in the park.
Still, Chens best and most distinct jokes are those that come full circle.
I went to the doctors, he said during a set at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2017.
I was like, Ive got a twitch in my face.
And then, she was like, Its stress-related.
Whats your main source of stress?
And I was like, My twitch.
These exercises worked so well.
I was so stressed I got my twitch back.
