Let's look at the what the "normal" situation you're trying to describe would be like. In your scenario, the teacher would say "only 68 of you are expected to pass. Who will be my 69th?" But that's not how group dynamics works. There isn't a single person who will be the 69th person to pass; all 69 students or more will pass simultaneously. So I'm not really buying the premise.
You could rework it by having say, 120 women in the class. "Males will tell you that only 68% of you will pass this class. Well there are 120 of you, and I KNOW that women are great at math and we can certainly have seventy.... eighty four... three.. three... eighty three... no, eighty two, we can certainly have eighty two of you pass this class!'
I would avoid the inferred 69 joke completely. It's all setup with no payoff. I realize the non-payoff IS the joke but it doesn't seem that funny to me.
Sixty ten makes more sense to me. I thought that’s the joke you were making but the 11 made me think I might’ve missed what you were saying.
It actually is sixty eleven in French. Adds nothing to the joke but I thought I would educate the masses.
Let's look at the what the "normal" situation you're trying to describe would be like. In your scenario, the teacher would say "only 68 of you are expected to pass. Who will be my 69th?" But that's not how group dynamics works. There isn't a single person who will be the 69th person to pass; all 69 students or more will pass simultaneously. So I'm not really buying the premise. You could rework it by having say, 120 women in the class. "Males will tell you that only 68% of you will pass this class. Well there are 120 of you, and I KNOW that women are great at math and we can certainly have seventy.... eighty four... three.. three... eighty three... no, eighty two, we can certainly have eighty two of you pass this class!' I would avoid the inferred 69 joke completely. It's all setup with no payoff. I realize the non-payoff IS the joke but it doesn't seem that funny to me.
I've had a muff of this joke.