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Cyanide smells (and maybe tastes?) like almonds. For people aware of this there is a subversion of expectation. It isn't particularly good joke but taken satirically it's alright.
Smells like bitter almonds, which smell like bleach.
https://youtu.be/WYagO-nup6c?si=WdDJy3PP1yDw8wAl. (I really hope I'm remembering the contents of this video correctly, because if I wasn't, that would be embarrassing, but I don't have the time to check right now)
I have tasted it
it smells like it but it tastes like lye without the sodium taste
but what does lye taste like?
salty cyanide duh
What's the purpose of the grenade then? He poisoned her, then blew up with a grenade. Why?
There was no poison. You're supposed to think she's poisoned, but he meant the grenade.
That's some Nolan shit.
It's supposed to be a one-two punch. You're expecting him to kill her with cyanide, but it turns out you were mistaken! Then he kills her anyway
This kind of joke can totally work in a well-paced comedy, but not a two sentence horror. It's a stretch to do it in two sentences.