“What’s upstairs?” shouldn’t be confused with “What’s up, stairs?” A house joke was posted on Twitter by fishyđ on September 9, 2018:
Me: and this is my house
Friend: whatâs upstairs
Me: stairs donât talk
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fishyđ
@fishbowel
Me: and this is my house
Friend: whatâs upstairs
Me: stairs donât talk
1:27 AM ¡ Sep 9, 2018¡Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Jokes OK Please
@jokesokplease
So I was showing my friends the first floor of my house. When one of them said “What’s upstairs?”.
I told him that the stairs don’t talk. #joke
6:10 PM ¡ Sep 10, 2018¡Twee Love
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@AGEOFLEHNSHERR
thomas: and this is my house
minho: whatâs upstairs
thomas: stairs donât talk
7:29 PM ¡ Sep 10, 2018¡Twitter Web Client
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/commie4life September 10, 2018
So I was showing my friends the first floor of my house
When one of them said “What’s upstairs?”. I told him that the stairs don’t talk.
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/william238154 September 21, 2018
So I was showing my friend my home and he said “what’s up stairs?”
I told him stairs don’t talk
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/justme24601 June 15, 2019
Me: and this is my house My friends: what’s upstairs?? Me: stairs don’t talk….
Reddit—PeterExplainsTheJoke
givemebackmyeggroll July 17, 2019
The joke is, this guy is asking what was upstairs, as in the upper level of his house. However, the friend interpreted it as asking the stairs âwhatâs upâ, and since stairs are inanimate and donât talk, he thought he would clarify that.
LaffGaff
By laffgaff July 26, 2019
New House Joke
I was showing my friend my new house.
âSo this is my house,â I said.
He said, âWhatâs upstairs?â
I said, âStairs donât talk.â
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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