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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4851 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes  Speaks: Russian* | Message 25 of 33 04 October 2012 at 6:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Me either. What's the essence of the joke? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4639 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 26 of 33 04 October 2012 at 9:30pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Well, if jokes have to be explained they're no longer funny, but here you go:
Just think of the exclamation: "Oh my God!" That's all I'm gonna say. Edited by Josquin on 04 October 2012 at 10:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4502 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 27 of 33 04 October 2012 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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It was a shitty joke anyway.
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| atama warui Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 4496 days ago 594 posts - 985 votes Speaks: German*, English, Japanese | Message 28 of 33 05 October 2012 at 4:32am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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This gives the thread a whole new spin. Is a joke that's not funny still a joke?
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| mashmusic11235 Groupie United States Joined 5294 days ago 85 posts - 122 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese | Message 29 of 33 05 October 2012 at 4:59am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I think so. Sometimes I'll tell a joke, and as I'm sure happens to everybody at some point or another, the "audience" misses it entirely. It doesn't make it any less of a joke, it just makes it a joke that wasn't funny in that particular instance. I think the only instance in which a joke is deprived of its joke-hood is when the punchline doesn't make any sense whatsoever, in any language! Edit: I didn't get the joke immediately either. I said, "what?" immediately followed by "OH!" followed by a sly chuckle :p Edited by mashmusic11235 on 05 October 2012 at 5:00am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5213 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 30 of 33 22 October 2012 at 1:06am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Ha ha, I think it would take quite a silly and pedantic atheist to personally refuse to
respond to a sneeze with "bless you". Like many phrases, it is just something one says in a given situation and not to be taken literally, along with countless other phrases. Some atheists will even say "God bless" as their parting words to someone, all because that is what they were used to hearing being said when growing up. As an atheist I say "bless you" without a second thought, though it sounds more like "bleh shoe". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5176 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 31 of 33 22 October 2012 at 1:37am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I replied to that joke and my comment was deleted. I wasn't sure, so I replied a second time, and it was deleted again... and I can't even remember what I wrote. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5176 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 32 of 33 22 October 2012 at 1:41am | IP Logged | ||||||||
No, it would take an atheist who is frequently faced with intolerance from religious people who consider them low life scum that don't deserve to vote. Norway is not the US. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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