We may have many habits but perhaps the one that is the most difficult for other people to handle is snoring. Yes, it can also hurt the person who has the problem but if anyone is within earshot, it is likely to cause them to lose at least a little bit of sleep. That is where this joke comes in; when some men were at a base camp and they just couldn’t seem to handle one of the men snoring. I’m sure that most of us can relate but all of us can get a good laugh at the third man’s solution to this common problem.
The guys were all at a base camp. No one wanted to room with George, because he snored so badly. They decided it wasn’t fair to make one of them stay with him the whole time, so they voted to take turns. The first guy roomed with George and comes to breakfast the next morning with his hair a mess and his eyes all bloodshot.
They said, “Man, what happened to you?”
He said, “George snored so loudly, I just sat up and watched him all night.”
The next night it was a different guy’s turn. In the morning, same thing – hair all standing up, eyes all bloodshot. They said, “Man, what happened to you? You look awful!”
He said, “Man, that George shakes the roof with his snoring. I watched him all night.”
The third night was Pete’s turn. Pete was a big burly ex-Navy man; a man’s man. The next morning he came to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. “Good morning,” he said.
They couldn’t believe it. They said, “Man, what happened?”
He said, ” Well, we got ready for bed. I went and tucked George into bed, patted him on the butt, and kissed him good night. George sat up and watched me all night. I slept fine.”