Don't drunk and knock
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Do not drink and knock
A man came late at home, and begun knocking on his front door, shouting "Open the door, Darling ! I am not drunk today !"
His wife, who was already sleeping, got up from bed and went to open the front door. To her surprise, her husband was knocking on the neighbour's door. She closed the door and went back to bed.Mmmmhh.. No, even so, it is not funny. I suppose it got lost in translation, but I'd be surprised to know in which language such a story can be funny.
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Rage wrote:
Mmmmhh.. No, even so, it is not funny.
Maybe if you try with correct grammar as well as correct spelling? ;P Just kidding, but I'm pleased to see that you didn't understand the meaning of "She shocked..." either! :doh:
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Do not drink and knock
A man came late at home, and begun knocking on his front door, shouting "Open the door, Darling ! I am not drunk today !"
His wife, who was already sleeping, got up from bed and went to open the front door. To her surprise, her husband was knocking on the neighbour's door. She closed the door and went back to bed.Mmmmhh.. No, even so, it is not funny. I suppose it got lost in translation, but I'd be surprised to know in which language such a story can be funny.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Rage wrote:
Mmmmhh.. No, even so, it is not funny.
Maybe if you try with correct grammar as well as correct spelling? ;P Just kidding, but I'm pleased to see that you didn't understand the meaning of "She shocked..." either! :doh:
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
aybe if you try with correct grammar as well as correct spelling?
Did I miss a m in MMmmmmh ?
Johnny J. wrote:
you didn't understand the meaning of "She shocked
I suppose she was "surprised". I do not think she choked, though.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I think this lost something in the translation... But maybe if I drunk tonight, I'll get the joke... :doh:
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You'd be shocked.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
So will my neighbour apparanetly... :laugh:
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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You've to imagine that there're two houses located very nearly (Next to Next within the same floor). I wonder that you didn't got it. :laugh: :laugh:
I think we guessed that bit. It's not funny - or at least it appears not from Western eyes. In your native language it may be hilarious, but that may be like being crowned "Top German Comic"... :sigh:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I think we guessed that bit. It's not funny - or at least it appears not from Western eyes. In your native language it may be hilarious, but that may be like being crowned "Top German Comic"... :sigh:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
OriginalGriff wrote:
that may be like being crowned "Top German Comic"
Are you kidding? They're GREAT! They made The Funniest Joke In The World[^]! :doh:
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Man came late to home, Knocking the door and shout "Open the door dear! I didn't drunk today!" The Wife came from bed and open the door. And saw her's husband knocking neighbour's door. She shocked and close her door, returned to her's bed! :-D
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OriginalGriff wrote:
that may be like being crowned "Top German Comic"
Are you kidding? They're GREAT! They made The Funniest Joke In The World[^]! :doh:
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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We do not have to worry about dying with jokes you see in the Soapbox. :-D
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Man came late to home, Knocking the door and shout "Open the door dear! I didn't drunk today!" The Wife came from bed and open the door. And saw her's husband knocking neighbour's door. She shocked and close her door, returned to her's bed! :-D
I am afraid it is not a very funny joke. I don't know if it will help, but let me see if we can jazz it up a bit. A man came home late at night. He was knocking loudly on the door, shouting "Open the door honey! I didn't have anything to drink today!" The noise woke up his wife. She stumbled out of bed half asleep and half-naked. She opened the door and saw her husband relieving himself off the side of the porch. She looked at him and said "What are you doing and why are you making all that noise?" The man replied "Sorry, I really had to go. Why doesn't my stupid key work?" From the bedroom behind the wife, a man shouted "That's because you live next door. Now stop pissing on my roses!" Soren Madsen
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We do not have to worry about dying with jokes you see in the Soapbox. :-D
Hey come on guys , why this much of consequences! :doh:, Just a sense of humor is enough to laught at this post. :)
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Hey come on guys , why this much of consequences! :doh:, Just a sense of humor is enough to laught at this post. :)
bluesathish wrote:
Just a sense of humor is enough to laught at this post.
No, not really. That's what Griff was telling you in his post: To Westeners, this is not funny, it's not even a joke. I've commented on it before (and normally get flamed by people who don't understand my thinking): It is my experience that in India you have an entirely different sense of humour than most of us in Europe and the US. There's nothing wrong with that, I'm NOT trying to be racist, just explaining so that you know. I don't have anything to back my claim, just my personal experience. On occasion, I have suggested that people post such jokes in GIT, and then I normally get flamed by other Indians, but I don't mean any harm, simply that a joke that is not found to be funny in the Lounge might receive a much better response in GIT. So now I need to go put on my flame proof suit! :sigh:
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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bluesathish wrote:
Just a sense of humor is enough to laught at this post.
No, not really. That's what Griff was telling you in his post: To Westeners, this is not funny, it's not even a joke. I've commented on it before (and normally get flamed by people who don't understand my thinking): It is my experience that in India you have an entirely different sense of humour than most of us in Europe and the US. There's nothing wrong with that, I'm NOT trying to be racist, just explaining so that you know. I don't have anything to back my claim, just my personal experience. On occasion, I have suggested that people post such jokes in GIT, and then I normally get flamed by other Indians, but I don't mean any harm, simply that a joke that is not found to be funny in the Lounge might receive a much better response in GIT. So now I need to go put on my flame proof suit! :sigh:
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
To Westeners, this is not funny, it's not even a joke
Got your point ;) Thanks. Then what made you people to laugh? Adultary or some X? what? :confused:
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Johnny J. wrote:
To Westeners, this is not funny, it's not even a joke
Got your point ;) Thanks. Then what made you people to laugh? Adultary or some X? what? :confused:
That's a fair question but very hard to answer. There's (as far as I know) no established recipe for writing a joke. I'll try to explain why your joke doesn't seem to a joke in our eyes, but it might be hard; A joke as most of us sees it is built like this: There is a text that explains the situation, and that doesn't necessarily have to be funny in itself. Then it ends with a punchline that makes everything clear and makes people see the fun. in your case, you had the situation, a man knocking on the wrong door, and it might have led to a funny situation. And your punchline COULD have been funny if the wife had reacted in some unexpected way, but merely being shocked and simply closing the door is not funny (to us at least). You see, the last line, which is supposed to be the climax - isn't, making the whole joke pointless. If you llok at SoMad's attempt of a rewrite, it might not be the BEST joke in the world, but it's MORE like what we expect a joke to be: The fact that he's knocking on the wrong door is revealed to us in the last line, AND SoMad added a little peeing on the roses, which could also be considered a funny situation (if it is not your roses that are being peed upon). So you see, there's nothing basically wrong with the situation you describe, it soen't have to be adultery or peeing or whatever, it's all in the way it's told.
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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That's a fair question but very hard to answer. There's (as far as I know) no established recipe for writing a joke. I'll try to explain why your joke doesn't seem to a joke in our eyes, but it might be hard; A joke as most of us sees it is built like this: There is a text that explains the situation, and that doesn't necessarily have to be funny in itself. Then it ends with a punchline that makes everything clear and makes people see the fun. in your case, you had the situation, a man knocking on the wrong door, and it might have led to a funny situation. And your punchline COULD have been funny if the wife had reacted in some unexpected way, but merely being shocked and simply closing the door is not funny (to us at least). You see, the last line, which is supposed to be the climax - isn't, making the whole joke pointless. If you llok at SoMad's attempt of a rewrite, it might not be the BEST joke in the world, but it's MORE like what we expect a joke to be: The fact that he's knocking on the wrong door is revealed to us in the last line, AND SoMad added a little peeing on the roses, which could also be considered a funny situation (if it is not your roses that are being peed upon). So you see, there's nothing basically wrong with the situation you describe, it soen't have to be adultery or peeing or whatever, it's all in the way it's told.
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeThank you John! Thanks for your lengthy explanation! :thumbsup:. Since I'm new to your Soapbox, may be I'll try my best in the future. :)
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Thank you John! Thanks for your lengthy explanation! :thumbsup:. Since I'm new to your Soapbox, may be I'll try my best in the future. :)
Oh, it's not MY soapbox... We're all in it together. So give it your best shot! :thumbsup:
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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That's a fair question but very hard to answer. There's (as far as I know) no established recipe for writing a joke. I'll try to explain why your joke doesn't seem to a joke in our eyes, but it might be hard; A joke as most of us sees it is built like this: There is a text that explains the situation, and that doesn't necessarily have to be funny in itself. Then it ends with a punchline that makes everything clear and makes people see the fun. in your case, you had the situation, a man knocking on the wrong door, and it might have led to a funny situation. And your punchline COULD have been funny if the wife had reacted in some unexpected way, but merely being shocked and simply closing the door is not funny (to us at least). You see, the last line, which is supposed to be the climax - isn't, making the whole joke pointless. If you llok at SoMad's attempt of a rewrite, it might not be the BEST joke in the world, but it's MORE like what we expect a joke to be: The fact that he's knocking on the wrong door is revealed to us in the last line, AND SoMad added a little peeing on the roses, which could also be considered a funny situation (if it is not your roses that are being peed upon). So you see, there's nothing basically wrong with the situation you describe, it soen't have to be adultery or peeing or whatever, it's all in the way it's told.
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeI agree with you
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That's a fair question but very hard to answer. There's (as far as I know) no established recipe for writing a joke. I'll try to explain why your joke doesn't seem to a joke in our eyes, but it might be hard; A joke as most of us sees it is built like this: There is a text that explains the situation, and that doesn't necessarily have to be funny in itself. Then it ends with a punchline that makes everything clear and makes people see the fun. in your case, you had the situation, a man knocking on the wrong door, and it might have led to a funny situation. And your punchline COULD have been funny if the wife had reacted in some unexpected way, but merely being shocked and simply closing the door is not funny (to us at least). You see, the last line, which is supposed to be the climax - isn't, making the whole joke pointless. If you llok at SoMad's attempt of a rewrite, it might not be the BEST joke in the world, but it's MORE like what we expect a joke to be: The fact that he's knocking on the wrong door is revealed to us in the last line, AND SoMad added a little peeing on the roses, which could also be considered a funny situation (if it is not your roses that are being peed upon). So you see, there's nothing basically wrong with the situation you describe, it soen't have to be adultery or peeing or whatever, it's all in the way it's told.
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeI agree with you
