Two men were drinking beer in a pub on a clear day.
One of them saw a man who bore a striking resemblance to the other. He said to his friend, “That man looks like me! I’ll talk to him. Then he walked up to the man, tapped him quickly on the shoulder, and said, ‘Excuse me, sir.’
“But you look like me!” “Yeah, I noticed,” the other man remarked, turning around. Where are you from “I’m from Brisbane,” declared the native. The other man, taken aback, exclaimed, “Me too! What street is your home address?” “McCarthy Street.” The other man replied, “Me too! What’s the number?” 162 said the first man. Shocked, the other man said, “Me too! What are your parents’ names?”
“Bruce and Shannon!” An astonished second man remarked, “Me too! That’s amazing!” They continued their conversation and bought more drinks. “What’s new today?” he asked his co-worker as the new bartender entered. In response, the co-worker said, “Oh, never mind. The Murphy twins are drunk again.”
The conversation between the two men, full of shocking coincidences, takes a comedic turn with the revelation of their true relationship. As they continue to discover detail after detail that matches up in their lives—right down to their street address and even their parents’ names—the humor escalates. The carefree moment culminates in a nonchalant comment from the bartender, who reveals that the two men are actually the Murphy twins, who have likely experienced these strange findings more than once.
The ending adds a fun twist that shows that despite their surprise and excitement at the seeming coincidences, the truth is much simpler than they thought. The humor comes from how they have forgotten their own identity and the ordinary nature of their relationship compared to the audience’s ultimate understanding of the situation.
It’s a reminder of how we can sometimes get so caught up in the little details that we lose sight of the obvious. The twist leaves readers with a light comedic ending that perfectly wraps up the playful tale of mistaken identity.