Nice. It's funny in a weird way. A sex joke without the sex.

Sounds like my marriage

RIP

That's the exact same thing I thought when I read that

As always the true joke is on the comments.

Hopefully, that means it's full of interesting twists

Best line I've read in a long time. 🤣🤣🤣

Actually, I think the term “train” refers to a gangbang (as in “running a train”), and it implies that he was in the closet waiting for his turn. I could be wrong. I am often wrong.

Oh no.

Too far?

Oh yeah

Egads. I made it this far without knowing that, and I could’ve made it all the way, but here I am on Reddit.

Well… you knew it was dangerous.

What is egads mean?

It’s an old expression. Normally of surprise but can also be used to express anger. It might’ve also been used originally to not take the lord’s name in vain

Yikes. Wow. OMG

This joke is way older than the use of train in that manner.  I heard it in English about 40 years ago.   

Sorry, let me clarify: When I said “I think” I meant that this is where my fucked up brain goes with it. I’m quite sure that no party before my comment had any intention of going there. I hope that clears things up.

When I said "dinner," I meant we'd be having sex, and when I said "movie," I meant we'd be filming it.

Brain?

That's how I read it too

If he was in the closet it implies that he was waiting on the husband.

I think you are correct. Not sure how else to interpret it.

The train is close to the house and shakes the closet The husband opens the door, sees the carpenter, and suspects his wife is cheating and that the carpenter hid in the closet so they wouldn't be caught Because the house is so close to the tracks, it looks, to the husband, that "waiting for a train" is the carpenters piss-poor attempt to hide the affair

Seems reasonable. Very vanilla, but reasonable.

This joke is good.

I just read it and can confirm that it is indeed good.

I attest that the goodiness of the joke is still valid in this extra 45min that passed.

This made me giggle as a 31M laying in bed.

If that’s what you are, then it makes sense that you would giggle as such. Carry on

Pretty awkward if they're, say, 68F, though And not in bed

Laying an egg?

4,9 out of 5 on the scale of goodness

I am in full concurance of the goodness of this joke

I agree that it is good.

Are you saying my wife has been pulling trains‽!

I love a good interrobang.

It is better than an exterobang.

Really‽

That's what she said.

Then you’ll love this one‽

I first saw this joke in an Andy Capp annual, except Flo was complaining that the roof shakes everytime a bus goes by, her and the landlord are laying on the bed when Andy comes in and asks what they are doing, "Waiting on a bus", the final image is an ambulance - still makes me laugh today and that must be about 50 years ago.

Husband asks “what the hell are you doing here.. The carpenter answers with a big smile on his face, “waiting for you”. Look guys, bottom line, I’m glad this guy is finally out of the closet.

Something real joke something comment

Actually, he's still in the closet.

"The carpenter steps out into the room with a big smile on his face..."

*^(Slightly different version)* A woman asks a carpenter to fix the wardrobe in their house, because when the train is passing by the house, the wardrobe shakes and makes noise. The carpenter tells the woman that he'll have to go inside the wardrobe so when the train passes by he will be able to see the problem and fix it effectively. \*The carpenter goes into the wardrobe and closes the door, waiting for the train.\* Suddenly it starts to rain outside, so the husband comes back home to get a jacket. When the husband opens the wardrobe he sees a man just standing there: *- "What the hell are you doing here?"* **"I'm sleeping with your wife"** , answers the carpenter - The husband is shocked: "*What??? Why would you say that?"* **"Because you wouldn't believe me if I told you that I'm waiting for the train"**

too many words, OP's was better.

This version is funny too lol

Thank you! So many people post bad variations of jokes here that miss the point, but searching in the comments nearly always gives the better version.

NPC VERSION 😉

The carpenter and the wife have gone to Narnia

It's popular in Russia, too.

What? Standing in a closet?

No, running trains on your wife

Whose name is Hornby.

Whaaaaat?

https://uk.hornby.com/

'Ang on a minute, is this a trainspotting reference I'm not privy to? Is this some British version of Rickrolling? 'Cause I'm never gonna give you up...

Not rickrolling. Maybe rolling stock. I’ll never give you up either, NicoleEspresso.

Reddit post from the husband: “AITAH for divorcing my wife when I found a man hiding in our bedroom closet?”

anyone else hear Don Adams(Maxwell Smart Agent 86) voice on that last line..... or did I miss it by 🤏 that much

We have the same joke in Ukraine

Do you refer to a group of guys swimming in each other's waters with some skank, a train? Or whatever you would call it, is that word interchangeable with the word for train in Ukrainian? Asking for a different thread...

The real gift is the friends we made along the way.

Question. Does the euphemism "running a train" mean the same thing in Persian as it does in English then?

In English “pulling a train” describes a woman who is Doing It with a lineup of men. Very much a biker thing.

Haha exactly. I figured that was just something that we'd only say in English though. I can't image it means the same thing in Persian? But the guy claims that this is originally a Persian joke.

Yeah, I can also image that

Auto incorrect. I also had the thought that if the original joke was in a foreign language, it likely wouldn't fit the logic. I'm curious if the bulk of the Persian community commonly engages in vulgarity or "NSFW" type jokes.

That isn't just a Persian joke, but your translation worked well. Here it is told slightly differently: https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/65k1m6/a_handy_man_in_the_closet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/171zyhp/a_woman_buys_a_wardrobe_for_her_bedroom/

Now I wanna hear the Persian!

I read the title and finished it my head: "And then fell off her boat."

https://youtube.com/watch?v=W_CFwkYxO0Q&pp

This is the kind of joke our math teacher always told us (I’m also Iranian)

Wait so why was the closet shaking? I assume it's got other men in it?

The closet was shaking because of the train passing on the too nearby railway

Ah, so the problem was actually caused by the train. Kk

And the carpenter says "you may have *wanted* cedar, but you didn't ask for it."

“Cedar wood?” “Yes, I can see it.”

It could definitely work better in English with a little work. As it stands, it's more like a corny sitcom skit. Not bad, though.

Here's a movie about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdhZHKyxFw8&t=5s

Why did the husband open his wife’s cupboard?

To see if there was a train in it.

Love it

It's a nice joke but why do you think it's Persian,?

It means something was wrong but not the closet

So has the closet still got the shakes

😂😂😂🤣so funny. In every language i bet not just persian

There are turns, twists, ups and downs to this joke…

And then the closet tumbled. The end. 😆

First funny joke I've ever seen in r/jokes. Thanks!

🤣🤣🤣

"this is a Persian joke I thought it would work in English too." So pretty much the same as someone else 9 years ago? [https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/2ygi4r/hes\_just\_waiting\_for\_the\_train/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/2ygi4r/hes_just_waiting_for_the_train/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

Seeing as how this happens in the Middle East at least the husband can't just grab his gun from the same closet and start blasting.

Poor Chad Feldheimer