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WCDT strips 4076-4080 (26th to 30th August 2019)
DSL:
--- Quote from: NemesisDancer on 31 Aug 2019, 18:28 ---
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 29 Aug 2019, 11:20 ---What? No mention of the classic Henway.
(click to show/hide)What's a Henway you may ask?
About a Kilo or 2 pounds for the Imperialists among you :-D
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Reminds me of a similar joke (don't know whether this will make sense outside the UK though given the joke revolves around British slang):
"I'm going to my sister's hen do this weekend."
"What's a hen do?"
"Lay eggs."
--- End quote ---
Here's another joke (an old one) having to do with the incompatibility of American and British slang and the untranslatability of puns:
An American is showing off his backyard vegetable garden to a British visitor, who asks what the American does with all the produce.
"We eat what we can, and what we can't, we can!"
... to which the British visitor draws a polite blank, not getting the pun.
"Well, I mean ..." the American begins to explain, but changes course: "Look, what do you do with the produce from YOUR backyard garden?"
To which the Brit replies:
"Why, we consume what we are able, and tin the balance!"
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: DSL on 02 Sep 2019, 05:49 ---
--- Quote from: NemesisDancer on 31 Aug 2019, 18:28 ---
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 29 Aug 2019, 11:20 ---What? No mention of the classic Henway.
(click to show/hide)What's a Henway you may ask?
About a Kilo or 2 pounds for the Imperialists among you :-D
--- End quote ---
Reminds me of a similar joke (don't know whether this will make sense outside the UK though given the joke revolves around British slang):
"I'm going to my sister's hen do this weekend."
"What's a hen do?"
"Lay eggs."
--- End quote ---
Here's another joke (an old one) having to do with the incompatibility of American and British slang and the untranslatability of puns:
An American is showing off his backyard vegetable garden to a British visitor, who asks what the American does with all the produce.
"We eat what we can, and what we can't, we can!"
... to which the British visitor draws a polite blank, not getting the pun.
"Well, I mean ..." the American begins to explain, but changes course: "Look, what do you do with the produce from YOUR backyard garden?"
To which the Brit replies:
"Why, we consume what we are able, and tin the balance!"
--- End quote ---
Still another example of the word "British" being used as opposed to the actual "English"...
How do I know?
Because the Scotsman's answer would be - "Vegetables? What're they?'
(Hey, now! I'm Scottish.. I'm ALLOWED to make that joke!) ;)
hedgie:
I think that chips are a vegetable. At least up there, they are.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 02 Sep 2019, 10:43 ---I think that chips are a vegetable. At least up there, they are.
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Hedgie, you might want to run. Save yourself! MAKE YOUR ESCAPE ON YOUR LITTLE HEDGEHOG LEGS AS SWIFTLY AS YOU CAN! (Which admittedly won't be very fast. What I'm trying to say is that it was nice knowing you. We'll leave a bowl of dog food out as a tribute)
hedgie:
Or even better, I can do what hedgehogs are best known for: curling into a spiky ball until the problem goes away.
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