Phoebe is giving a speech at her sister's wedding. She wants to tell a joke that she knows people find funny, so at an appropriate spot in her speech she says, "It doesn't matter how often a man, um, changes his job, I mean a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same wife. I mean boss." A couple of people smile weakly, but nobody laughs. Why did the joke fail?
A. Phoebe needed to practice her delivery more.
B. The joke was too complex for people to understand.
C. Phoebe added too many unnecessary details.
D. Weddings are not a good place to tell jokes.
Answer: A
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