“Wife comes home late at night and quietly opens the door to her bedroom. From under the blanket she notices four legs instead of two! She reaches for a baseball bat and starts hitting the blanket as hard as she can. Once she’s done, she goes to the kitchen to have a drink. As she enters, she sees her husband there, reading a magazine. I didn’t expect the ending at all 🤣🤣👇”

## **I Didn’t Expect the Ending at All 🤣🤣 — A Joke That Perfectly Plays With Assumptions**

Some jokes don’t rely on clever wordplay or complicated setups. Instead, they work because they tap directly into our instincts—fear, suspicion, imagination—and then flip everything upside down at the last possible second.

The joke that starts with:

*“Wife comes home late at night and quietly opens the door to her bedroom. From under the blanket she notices four legs instead of two…”*

is one of those jokes.

You think you know exactly where it’s going.
You tense up.
You brace yourself.
And then—boom—the ending lands in a way you absolutely did not expect.

Let’s break down why this joke works so well, why it makes people laugh out loud, and why it continues to be shared again and again.
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