A Prison Joke Told in Numbers — And One New Guy Changes Everything

One evening during recreation time, an inmate stood up and shouted, “Seventeen!”

The room immediately burst into laughter.

A few minutes later, another inmate called out, “Thirty-two!”

Again, everyone laughed.

Then someone yelled, “Nine!”

The laughter was even louder than before.

A newly arrived prisoner watched in complete confusion. He couldn’t understand why random numbers were causing such a reaction.