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Message 915 of 1042 (707633)
09-29-2013 5:32 PM
Reply to: Message 914 by Theodoric
09-29-2013 5:27 PM


Theodoric writes:
I guess the salient point here is that creationists have no sense of humour.
I think everything Faith says is hilarious.

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Message 922 of 1042 (708139)
10-05-2013 12:32 PM
Reply to: Message 920 by frako
10-04-2013 1:33 PM


I used to work with a lady from (former) Yugoslavia and a lady from Poland. They both loved the British TV series Are You Being Served? in which the humour often depended on word play.
I think people often appreciate the absurdities in somebody else's language more than native speakers do. Of course, since English borrows words and phrases from almost every other language, it may have a higher proportion of absurdity than most.

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Message 940 of 1042 (708932)
10-16-2013 1:27 PM
Reply to: Message 933 by frako
10-12-2013 6:31 PM


Re: Translation
In light of your immediate failure to financially manage yourselves and also in recent years your tendency to elect incompetent Presidents of the USA and therefore not able to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Speaking on behalf of the Canadian government, which I often do, we would like to offer this opportunity to the former United States of America to become Canada's eleventh province.
Our only requirement is that you build a Tim Hortons on every street corner (and a few in the middle of the block).

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Message 957 of 1042 (709273)
10-23-2013 3:39 PM
Reply to: Message 951 by Dr Adequate
10-21-2013 5:31 PM


Re: Caption Competition
"And thirty pieces of silver for the TV rights...."

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Message 972 of 1042 (709498)
10-27-2013 2:57 PM
Reply to: Message 966 by xongsmith
10-26-2013 4:11 PM


Re: new caption contest
"Redheads have more fun? Come on, notice me!"

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Message 981 of 1042 (709981)
10-31-2013 12:11 PM


From The Fearless Vampire Killers:
[a young woman tries to fend off a vampire with a cross]
Vampire: "Oy vey, have you got the wrong vampire."

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Message 990 of 1042 (711939)
11-24-2013 4:02 PM


Rudolph walked out of Communist Party headquarters and got into the car with his wife who was waiting to pick him up.
"It's snowing pretty hard," she said.
"That isn't snow. It's rain," he replied.
"I really think it's more like snow."
"Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear."
They drove on in silence.

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Message 998 of 1042 (712115)
11-27-2013 10:47 AM


I was bitten by a werewolf but I'm feeling much better nowOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Message 1011 of 1042 (712303)
12-02-2013 11:16 AM
Reply to: Message 1010 by Tempe 12ft Chicken
12-02-2013 11:00 AM


Re: Heard it a different way.
Tempe 12ft Chicken writes:
I first heard this joke a different way from the book, "Dogs Don't Tell Jokes" by Louis Sachar.
I only remembered the punchline and had to make up the rest. It was about a communist named Rudolph though.
I often remember just the punch line or everything but the punchline. It's not hard to reverse engineer a joke from the punchline but it can be hard to fit a good punchline to an otherwise unfunny story.

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Message 1013 of 1042 (713473)
12-13-2013 12:04 PM
Reply to: Message 1012 by Tangle
12-13-2013 5:46 AM


quote:
I decapitated the patron saint of animals. -- Dexter
Ah, the sinister Dexter.

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ringo
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Message 1017 of 1042 (713565)
12-14-2013 12:31 PM
Reply to: Message 1014 by Jon
12-13-2013 2:02 PM


Jon writes:
I see what you did there
I'm glad Mr. Linguist got that one.
On a related note: one of our major Canadian grocery retailers has a house brand called Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookies. I wonder how many people know what "decadent" means. I picture a Hallowe'en cookie in which the chocolate chips are flies.

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ringo
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Message 1020 of 1042 (713684)
12-15-2013 1:44 PM
Reply to: Message 1018 by Theodoric
12-14-2013 2:00 PM


Theodoric writes:
You do know you are confusing it with decedent don't you?
No, decadent. Google it.
I suppose eating decadent cookies might make you a decedent.

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Message 1022 of 1042 (713693)
12-15-2013 2:56 PM
Reply to: Message 1021 by Percy
12-15-2013 2:17 PM


I love to explain the jokes.
Percy writes:
I didn't get the Dexter reference...
Latin "right" = "dexter; Latin "left" = "sinister". The dog Dexter shows sinister behaviour (decapitating saints).
Percy writes:
...nor why it led to Decadent Cookies...
One example of illiteracy reminded me of another.
Percy writes:
...nor why one might imagine Decadent Cookies with dead flies for chocolate chips...
Decadent means "decaying". The Communists used to call Western society "decadent", meaning decaying, but (some) Westerners have taken to using "decadent" as if it was a good thing - i.e. luxurious.
(The flies don't have to be dead.)
Percy writes:
...nor the confusion with decedent.
I have no idea about that either. I meant what I said.

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ringo
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Message 1025 of 1042 (713730)
12-16-2013 10:38 AM
Reply to: Message 1024 by caffeine
12-16-2013 10:21 AM


caffeine
caffeine writes:
'Illiteracy' usually refers with to the inability to read or write, or to a mistake in language usage that implies the former. It does not, as you imply, mean 'using a word in a way that has been commonly accepted usage since before I was born'.
I was refering to the general misunderstanding of the other meaning.

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Message 1027 of 1042 (713738)
12-16-2013 11:16 AM
Reply to: Message 1026 by New Cat's Eye
12-16-2013 10:51 AM


Catholic Scientist writes:
I thought you were referring to that TV show 'Dexter'. Its about a serial killer or something.
I've never seen it. That Dexter would also be sinister.
Catholic Scientist writes:
Decadent means sinful, like, these cookies are so good its a sin to eat them.
That's a secondary definition. Making sin a good thing is also a secondary definition of sin.

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