The joke “What’s the difference between a woman and a dishwasher? I know how to turn on a dishwasher” relies on a play on words and a double entendre involving the phrase “turn on.” In a literal sense, “turning on” a dishwasher refers to activating the appliance to wash dishes. However, “turning on” someone is a colloquial expression meaning to arouse or excite them sexually. The humor in the joke comes from the speaker implying they understand the straightforward, mechanical process of operating a dishwasher, but are clueless or inept when it comes to romantically or sexually engaging with a woman. The joke plays on common stereotypes about relationships and the perceived complexity or mystery surrounding romantic interactions, particularly from the perspective of a male who might find understanding and responding to his wife’s romantic or sexual cues challenging or confusing.

This joke is an example of a playful, teasing interaction, often seen in familial or close relationships. The humor here arises from the unexpected twist in the conversation. Initially, the father’s question, “Does your face hurt?”, seems like a genuine concern for physical pain or discomfort, which sets up the listener (in this case, the son or daughter) for a serious response. However, the father quickly follows with the punchline, “Because it’s killing me,” which flips the context entirely. This sudden shift reveals that the initial question was not out of concern, but a setup for a playful insult about the child’s appearance being so unpleasant that it’s metaphorically ‘killing’ the father to look at it.

This joke is a pun, which is a form of humor that exploits the different possible meanings of a word or words that sound alike but have different meanings. The key to understanding this joke lies in the play on words involving “wafer” and “away for.”
The joke sets up a scenario where a baby cookie is sad. The punchline reveals that its sadness is due to its mother being a “wafer so long.” This phrase sounds very similar to “away for so long.” In the context of cookies, a “wafer” is a type of thin, crisp cookie. So, the joke is making a clever play on the double meaning – the literal interpretation that the mother is a type of cookie, a wafer, and the implied meaning that the mother has been absent or “away for” a long period, which would be a common reason for a child (or in this case, a baby cookie) to be sad.

This joke relies on a play on words involving the term “flow,” which has multiple meanings in different contexts. In the realm of hip-hop and rap music, “flow” refers to the rhythm and rhyme style of a rapper, particularly how smoothly they deliver their lyrics over a beat. A “mean flow” in this context would suggest that the rapper is exceptionally skilled or has a very impressive style.
Simultaneously, the term “flow” is colloquially used to refer to a woman’s menstrual period, where it describes the physical process of menstruation. The joke combines these two meanings: it describes a female rapper who raps only during her menstrual cycle and suggests that her performance is particularly powerful or aggressive (“mean”) during this time.

This joke is an example of a double entendre, where a phrase is used to convey two meanings, one of which is often risqué or inappropriate. In this case, the joke plays on the two different interpretations of “loading the dishwasher.”
In a literal sense, “loading the dishwasher” refers to the mundane household task of placing dirty dishes into a dishwasher for cleaning. However, the joke uses this phrase as a euphemism for a sexual act, specifically ej*culating inside a woman. The humor (which can be seen as offensive and sexist by many) arises from the unexpected and crude comparison between a household chore and a sexual act, juxtaposing the mundane with the intimate in a surprising and shocking way.