The Joke Thread

[Mikey]

Indeed; but without the interweb or your extensive travel experience, would you recognize the term "cotton candy" as candy floss? I'm no dummy, but Lord knows I would have no idea - with context or without - what the hell a "Millwall brick" was without a wiki on the subject.

[Lt. Staplic]

but it's not a language barrier, any more than it's a language barrier if you heard me say that I'm going down to the Casey's to get something to eat. You don't know what a Casey's* is (I'd assume since your from the east coast) but that doesn't mean a language barrier exists between us.

*Casey's is a gas station/convenience store prominent in the Midwest region.

[Sonic Glitch]

but it's not a language barrier, any more than it's a language barrier if you heard me say that I'm going down to the Casey's to get something to eat. You don't know what a Casey's* is (I'd assume since your from the east coast) but that doesn't mean a language barrier exists between us.

*Casey's is a gas station/convenience store prominent in the Midwest region.

But it does. At the very least it's a dialect barrier, and in some places the dialects are so distinct it might as well be a language barrier.

[Mikey]

That example is easily discredited by the fact of context. I know that Casey's is a proper noun, even if I don't know what it is specifically; the rest is easy to determine. Mark's anecdote is a better example: if you had no conversational contact with British folks and a girl told you that she was going to "nip off to suck on a fag," you'd have some pretty ambivalent feelings regarding her morality.

[colmquinn]

... and a girl told you that she was going to "nip off to suck on a fag," you'd have some pretty ambivalent feelings regarding her morality.

Or decide to follow her

[stitch626]

Mark's anecdote is a better example: if you had no conversational contact with British folks and a girl told you that she was going to "nip off to suck on a fag," you'd have some pretty ambivalent feelings regarding her morality.

But it isn't.

Hovis is no different from Wonder, Chrysler, Porsche etc. It has nothing to do with language, because the terms do not change between languages. Just because you don't get the context (because that is all this is) doesn't make it a language barrier, that requires it to be about language.

[Mikey]

But it is. If you're going to continue to ignore the fact that I was making an ironic comment, then fine. You can go ahead and argue the point (which was an ironic comment, in case you haven't heard) in which case the brand-name example is a better example of what you want to discuss. If we're going to discuss what I was talking about (which was an ironic comment, BTW) then Mark's example which I cited above (even though the origin was an ironic comment, if you haven't heard) is a far better example.

[colmquinn]

When I were a lad this thread were nothing but jokes, far as the eye could see. Now its all fancy Hovis ad's and such.

[mwhittington]

but it's not a language barrier, any more than it's a language barrier if you heard me say that I'm going down to the Casey's to get something to eat. You don't know what a Casey's* is (I'd assume since your from the east coast) but that doesn't mean a language barrier exists between us.

*Casey's is a gas station/convenience store prominent in the Midwest region.

Wow, I'd completely forgotten about them. We had one in town when I lived in Cabool, MO. They had really good pizzas, too...for a gas station. They had a pizza oven (not a brick oven, but still) and everything.

And it isn't so much about a language barrier here than it is about a cultural barrier.

[Mikey]

Back to the jokes...

What's the difference between Cro-Magnon Man and Neanderthal Man?
Polychromatic cave paintings and linguistic ability!

(Sorry, my son was watching Curious George this morning.)

[Mark]

Q: How do you know if your a pirate?

A: You just AARRRRRRR

[Mark]

A blonde walks into a library, goes to the librarian and brightly says "I want a cheeseburger!"

The librarian looks at the increduously and says "This is a libraray, Miss."

Looking abashed the blonde wispers "Sorry.....I want a cheese burger."

[Mark]

Did I ever tell you guys the story of how I got my watch?

The two lesbians who live next door got it for me. I admit that it was really very sweet of them, but I think they misunderstood what I told them "I wanna watch."

[Mikey]

What did the octogenarian pirate say on his birthday?

"Aye, matey!"






(Say it out loud.)

[Sonic Glitch]

What did the octogenarian pirate say on his birthday?

"Aye, matey!"






(Say it out loud.)