“A guy tried to sell me a coffin today. I told him that’s the last thing I need”

The expression “that’s the last thing I’ll need” usually means that the person has no need for that thing. Jokes about a coffin take the “last thing” literally.
 
“The last thing I need is a coffin” was posted on X/Twitter by aaron on December 20, 2011. “A coffin? That’s the last thing I need!” was posted on X/Twitter by Moose Allain Ꙭ on August 30, 2012. “A guy tried selling me a coffin today.  I told him that was the last thing I need #hah” was posted on X/Twitter by Mason Allen on February 22, 2013. “A man tried to sell me a coffin today. I told him that’s the last thing I need” was posted on X/Twitter by John Garland on February 22, 2013. “Someone tried to sell me a coffin. I told him that’s the last thing I need” was posted on X/Twitter by Jon On February 27, 2013.
 
“I saw an ad for burial plots and I thought, that’s the last thing I need” was posted on X/Twitter by John Lyon on Octobev 5, 2012. “I saw an ad for a coffin today and thought, well that’s the last thing I need” was posted on Facebook by Colin Davidson on November 29, 2017. “I saw an ad for a coffin and I thought… ‘That’s the last thing I need…’” was posted on Facebook by Michael Palmer on September 27, 2019.
 
     
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Spencer McCarty
July 21, 2011 at 10:05 PM ·
“the last thing they need is a coffin. up top!!!” hahaha wilfred is funny show
 
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Jesse King
July 22, 2011 at 1:09 AM ·
“These people are old and ready to die, the last thing they need is hope.”
“Nope, the last thing they’ll need would be a coffin!”
lol I love Wilfred.
   
X/Twitter
aaron
@BlitznBeans
The last thing I need is a coffin.
11:06 AM · Dec 20, 2011
 
X/Twitter
Hugh Mongouspoop
@Hugh_Mongouspoo
RT @BlitznBeans:  The last thing I need is a coffin.
8:05 PM · Aug 14, 2012
   
X/Twitter
Moose Allain Ꙭ
@MooseAllain
A coffin? That’s the last thing I need!
4:30 PM · Aug 30, 2012
 
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Gary Day-Ellison
@GaryDayEllison
RT @mooseallain: A coffin? That’s the last thing I need!
4:31 PM · Aug 30, 2012
 
X/Twitter
AUWALU ADAMU ALIYU™
@davazee
A coffin? That’s the last thing I need.
7:49 AM · Sep 16, 2012
     
X/Twitter
John Lyon
@JohnLyonTweets
I saw an ad for burial plots and I thought, that’s the last thing I need.
6:28 PM · Oct 5, 2012
 
X/Twitter
Mason Allen
@MasonCAllen
A guy tried selling me a coffin today.  I told him that was the last thing I need #hah
9:45 PM · Feb 22, 2013
 
X/Twitter
John Garland
@Jgarland1995
A man tried to sell me a coffin today
I told him that’s the last thing I need
Haha
10:23 PM · Feb 22, 2013
 
X/Twitter
Jon
@v_wildflower
Someone tried to sell me a coffin. I told him that’s the last thing I need.
1:37 PM · Feb 27, 2013
   
X/Twitter
Charles Thompson
@chuckpeps
Somebody tried to sell me a coffin, but that’s the last thing I need.
6:41 PM · Mar 1, 2013
 
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Him Djarin
@MysteryLam
A guy on the street tried to sell me a coffin today. I told him that’s the last thing I need
8:42 PM · Jul 21, 2013
   
X/Twitter
♔KING
@OGShoq
I saw an ad for burial plots and I thought, that’s the last thing I need.
12:55 AM · Nov 6, 2015
 
Reddit—Jokes
musichatesyouall—March 12, 2016
Someone tried to sell me a coffin today.
I told him that’s the last thing I need.
 
X/Twitter
Harsh Patel
@harshiscoolguy
I saw an ad for burial plots and I thought, that’s the last thing I need.
7:32 AM · Apr 8, 2016
 
Reddit—Jokes
xagesz—June 22, 2016
A man tried to sell me a coffin today.
I said, “That’s the last thing I need.”
     
Reddit—Dadjokes
AF-firm—July 24, 2017
I saw an ad for burial plots and thought to myself
That’s the last thing I need.
 
X/Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I saw an ad for burial plots and thought to myself …
That’s the last thing I need.
4:54 PM · Aug 28, 2017
   
Facebook
Al Octognome is with Trina Laymon and 16 others
September 13, 2017 at 12:29 PM ·
I saw an ad on Craigslist for a coffin ....
and I thought to myself, geez that’s the last thing I’d ever need.
 
X/Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
A man tried to sell me a coffin today.
I told him that’s the last thing I need.
4:48 PM · Oct 27, 2017
   
Facebook
Colin Davidson
November 29, 2017 at 12;23 PM ·
I saw an ad for a coffin today and thought, well that’s the last thing I need.
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
brookscorbs—September 21, 2018
A man tried to sell me a coffin today. I told him that’s the last thing I need.
     
X/Twitter
Walt Larimore, MD
@WaltLarimore
I saw an ad for a coffin and thought, yeah that’s the last thing I need!
(unknown punster)
7:52 AM · Jul 10, 2019
     
Facebook
Michael Palmer
September 27, 2019 at 2:02 PM ·
I saw an ad for a coffin and I thought… “That’s the last thing I need…
 
X/Twitter
Jim
@pastorbarr
I saw an ad for a
coffin and I thought…
That’s the last thing I need.
10:11 AM · Oct 5, 2019
 
Joke Explainer
A man tried to sell me a coffin today…
- November 23, 2019
A man tried to sell me a coffin today. I told him that’s the last thing I need.

This joke is a pun. The humor lies in the fact that “the last thing I need” is a phrase that means “something that I do not want”, but could also mean (if taken literally) “the thing that I need last”.
   
X/Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
A guy tried to sell me a coffin.
I told him that’s the last thing I need.
8:44 AM · May 12, 2022
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
bear_bear-—July 14, 2022
A guy tried to sell me a coffin today.
I told him that’s the last thing I need.
   
iFunny
kawttonkandii
18 sep 2022
PUNS @ThePunnyWorld I A man tried to sell me a coffin today. I told him that’s the last thing I need. 25 Tl 458
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I saw an ad for a coffin and I thought…
“That’s the last thing I need…”
6:18 PM · Nov 17, 2024