The Deaf Man and the Ticket

The humor comes from a play on words. The setup leads you to expect a story about a deaf person and a ticket, but the punchline twists it by using 'hear' in a literal sense. Since he is deaf, he couldn't 'hear' about the ticket either, just like the listener.

• Deaf man
• Man
• Deaf
• Police
• Hearing
• Ticket

• Did you hear the one about the deaf person? Me: No. That's because they can't hear, so they don't talk.
• You know I would make a deaf joke, but I don't think they would hear it.
• Hear the one about the deaf kid? He didn't.
• If a deaf person is at court, then is it still called a hearing?