It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped, And whirr when it stood still. I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.”

                       -  The Marvelous Toy  (Tom Paxton)

“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

      The furrow followed free;

      We were the first that ever burst

      Into that silent sea.”

                       - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

Just a fool to believe

I have anything she needs

She’s like the wind.

                                            - She’s like the Wind (Patrick Swayze)

Maybe you've told a joke only to get deafening silence in response.