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Ha, ha! Very good indeed, Harry! The American and the Englishman were out-wished!
I'm rather isolated here in Yokohama, but I'll keep my eye out for a good American joke for you-- which will more likely include whisky instead of vodka. (The two drinks of course have the same Indo-European root-- the word for water!)
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| #18 (permalink) Mon Jul 30, 2007 14:11 pm Difference between "to a foreign country" and "abroad"? |
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Do you suppose there's any causal connection?
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A Joke for Mister Micawber.
Do you know what women do with their old stockings all over the world? They simply throw them away. But do you know what Russian women do? They mend them and wear under their trousers first and when they see it's impossible to wear them any longer they dry onions in them. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Now let me answer your question.
Do you suppose there's any causal connection?
Yes, sure. When they drink it becomes easier to speak English. :wink: |
And what do you think about this one? Look at the above joke of mine. Maybe you haven't seen it. :D |
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| #19 (permalink) Mon Jul 30, 2007 14:25 pm Difference between "to a foreign country" and "abroad"? |
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Oh! I missed that one! So Russian women are very frugal, eh? Or is it a comment on the state of the economy?
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| #20 (permalink) Mon Jul 30, 2007 15:12 pm Difference between "to a foreign country" and "abroad"? |
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Oh! I missed that one! So Russian women are very frugal, eh? Or is it a comment on the state of the economy?
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It has nothing to do with the economy. It's just a habit and also shows how inventive they can be. Some homorists are proud of them. :wink: |
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| #21 (permalink) Mon Jul 30, 2007 15:45 pm Difference between "to a foreign country" and "abroad"? |
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Tell us a Russian joke, would you, Harry?
(I'll read it tomorrow morning, though-- I'm going to bed now.)
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Hi, Mister Micawber
I dont think Russian jokes differ from English ones too much. I've read a lof of both "types" of jokes and found that very often a Russian joke has its English brother :) There are of course jokes which are about language stuff (i.e. language specific) for which you cannot find the analog in the Russian language and otherwise.
Here goes one I've heard a lot of:
A guy got into a car accident and is lying by the curb bleeding. He raises his left hand and says with a hoarse voise to a policeman walking by
---Call me 911, please
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| #22 (permalink) Mon Jul 30, 2007 23:09 pm Difference between "to a foreign country" and "abroad"? |
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Haw! That's like:
Husband: 'Make me a sandwich, dear.'
Wife (waving her magic wand): 'OK-- you're a sandwich!'
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| #23 (permalink) Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:20 am Difference between "to a foreign country" and "abroad"? |
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Lol, that's a new one for me :)
In russian you would have to use 2 diferent pronouns instead of me (мне and меня) and you also would have to decline the noun (sandwich) in 2 different ways, so in russian your joke would not be funny
this one is cool too (I just read it the other day and it stuck to my mind)
A little ponny walks into the bar, comes up to a cowboy and asks him to order her a drink, to which the cowboy replied:
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| #24 (permalink) Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:05 am Difference between "to a foreign country" and "abroad"? |
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< groan... >
That sort of short, punning joke is called a 'groaner', LS.
What did the mayonnaise say to the refrigerator?
'Close the door-- I'm dressing!'
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| #25 (permalink) Tue Jul 31, 2007 13:29 pm Difference between "to a foreign country" and "abroad"? |
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Lol
Why are they called "groaners"? Because people not laugh but groan at them?
Here's another groaner.
What begins with "t", ends with "t" and is full of "t"? (The answer is written in small print below)
a teapot |
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