Funny Joke: 🤦‍♂️ Could of Been Worse

James is walking on a downtown street one day, when he sees his old high school friend, Harry, a little way up ahead…

“Hey, Harry, how are you?” He greets his old buddy after getting his attention.

“Not so good,” says Harry.

“Why, what happened?” asks James.

“Well,” says Harry, “I ‘ve just gone bankrupt and I’ve still got to feed my family… “

“I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

“Could’ve been worse,” James replies calmly, “Could have been worse.”

A month or so later, James encounters Harry in a restaurant…

“And how are things now?” he asks.

“Terrible!” says Harry, “Our house burned down last night!”

“Could’ve been worse,” James replies calmly, “Could have been worse.”

A month later, James runs into Harry a third time…

“Well, how goes it?” he asks.

“Oh!” says Harry, “Things just get worse and worse. It’s one tragedy after another!… “

“Now my wife has left me!”

James nods his head and gives his usual optimistic-seeming little smile, accompanied by his usual “Could’ve been worse.”

This time, Harry grabs James by the shoulders…

“Wait a minute!” he says, “I’m not gonna let you off so easy this time… “

“Three times in the past few months we’ve run into one another, and every time I’ve told you about the latest disaster in my life… “

“Every time you say the same thing: “Could’ve been worse”… “

“This time I want you to tell me, how could it have been any worse?”

James looks at Harry with a little wisp of a smile and says, “Could’ve been worse… “

“Could’ve been me.”