Me: *gets down on one knee*
Girlfriend: OMG, it's finally happening!
Me: *falls over*
Girlfriend: The poison is kicking in.
The Proposal
Categories
Explanation
Experiment
The joke plays on the expectation of a proposal. Instead, the 'me' character falls over, leading the girlfriend to jokingly imply she poisoned him. It's funny because it's not romantic at all.