What is the pun in this joke "The first time I met my wife I knew she was a keeper. She was wearing massive gloves" by Alun Cochrane
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In football / soccer1 (goal)keepers wear oversized gloves:
If a person you are in a relationship with is decribed as a keeper it's someone considered to be held onto, someone "you should keep".
The joke plays with the double meaning, in a classic example of a double entendre.
1 and other sports involving a ball and a goal: (ice) hockey, cricket, lacrosse... Not all sports, though, e.g. water-/handball are played "gloveless".
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5The first sentence leads you to believe that he knew that he would marry her when they first met - a person to "keep". The second sentence reveals that she was literally a goal keeper. Aug 26, 2015 at 20:35
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3@Joe "Goalie" is short for "goalkeeper". "Keeper" is also short for "goalkeeper"... just shortened to a different portion of the word.– CatijaAug 27, 2015 at 3:04
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1you should accredit the image. @Joe "goalie" in my experience is sort of an Americanism, I've more frequently heard "keeper" from the other denizens of the diaspora. Aug 27, 2015 at 13:55
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3This isn't so much a double entendre or a simple pun than it is a Garden Path Sentence or Paraprosdokian. Aug 28, 2015 at 14:07
Possible she's a beekeeper? They have to wear large sets of gear to protect themselves.
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7+1 for good answer, even though it's probably not what was intended by the author of the pun. Aug 26, 2015 at 18:04
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1I'll agree, odds are this is sports related... Soccer isn't big around here. Football (American, not soccer) doesn't use gloves. Baseball only has a glove. Soccer fits, but isn't my first thought. First thing I thought before seeing the soccer answer, oddly enough, was beekeeper. Second was Quidditch, but that's down right silly even compared to Bees.– user3321Aug 26, 2015 at 18:51
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1I don't know what Gridiron Football you're watching, but almost every position uses gloves.– corsiKaAug 27, 2015 at 4:29
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2This is what I thought of as well, though given the joke author is English the other answer is likely correct. Also you should accredit the image. Aug 27, 2015 at 13:55
It is a play on words based on
a) "Keeper" Urban Dictionary Definition
a term used to describe a guy/girl that you love very much and plan to "keep"
b) "Keeper" Oxford English Dictionary Definition See #2
Shorthand for a Goalkeeper (Football [UK]) or Wicketkeeper (Cricket)
who would traditionally wear large gloves:
The first part of the joke leads you to believe that the teller is talking about definition a), but then qualifies it by talking about the gloves to give definition b)
Alun Cochrane is a comedian from the North of England. He is referring to a Goalkeeper in football (soccer) as well as someone to keep forever. Goalkeepers or keepers use large gloves.
