Questions tagged [jokes]
This tag is for questions about interpreting jokes and understanding humorous wordplay.
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How does the "Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop..." joke work?
On YouTube, there's that famous joke the Dalai Lama didn't understand — and neither did I. It even made headlines in my part of the world, and on some of the sites I frequent, yet nobody ever ...
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“GOD is real, unless declared integer.”
I'm unable to interpret a sentence though searched and read multiple explanations.
“GOD is real, unless declared integer.” a Fortran-based witticism
Real is real number,
What's the idioms it ...
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Why is 7 the most feared number?
I was in a computer programming training. A code executed an output number 7 and the trainer asked ( assuming joking) "Why is 7 the most feared number?" and someone said "Because 7,8,9 ... aho ho ho.."...
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What's the meaning of bee in hand and beauty in eye?
I've seen this riddle.
I have a bee in my hand. What's in my eye?
Apparently, the answer is beauty but I don't get it. What's the play on words here?
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Can you please explain this joke: "I'm going bananas is what I tell my bananas before I leave the house"?
Can you please explain this joke: "I'm going bananas is what I tell my bananas before I leave the house"?
And another one: "I hate it when my friends ask me to do them a solid especially when I've ...
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"The first time I met my wife I knew she was a keeper. She was wearing massive gloves" - Alun Cochrane
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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Explanation for a joke about a three-legged dog that walks into a bar
I came across this joke on the internet:
A three-legged dog walks into a bar and says to the bartender, 'I'm looking for the man who shot my paw'
It is meant to be a "dad joke" but I don't ...
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Follow me, and your urologist will be buying himself a new yacht
The following1 is a retort from the dean of a hospital to her highly insubordinate lead-diagnostician.
In a little place called "follow me, and your urologist will be buying himself a new yacht."
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How many flies does it take to screw in a light bulb?
I encountered this lightbulb joke today, but I can’t figure out why it is funny:
Q: How many flies does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Two, but I don't know how they got in there.
My best ...
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I don't get this joke "Massive Attack On Pentagon Page 14 News", can anybody explain me its meaning?
I was reading an article about the first issue published by the satiric magazine 'The Onion' after the 9/11 attacks. One of the headlines of that issue was
Massive Attack On Pentagon Page 14 News
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Should "cooking" and "cleaning" be taken literally in "...two men at once. One cooking. One cleaning."
Just read a tweet,
My fantasy is having two men at once. One cooking. One cleaning.
Is it a word play in which 'cleaning' refers to a sexual intercourse or, actually, 'cleaning' is there intended ...
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What's the pun in "Clowns divorce. Custardy battle.”?
What is the pun in this joke?
Clowns divorce. Custardy battle
by Simon Munnery
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What's the hidden joke/meaning behind "Don't drink and park - accidents cause people"?
One of the articles in my (Dutch) secondary school newspaper had a long list of funny English quotes, e.g. "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like bananas.". There was one quote for which I couldn'...
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Can someone explain this joke about the Primer movie
There is a question on the Science Fiction & Fantasy SE:
This request comes from a friend of mine...
She has not seen the movie, but only heard somebody describe it to her. Can anybody ...
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What does this joke mean?
Q: What do you call it when Batman skips church?
A: Christian Bale
Does the word 'Bale' have a special meaning in this joke?
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Meaning of "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."
What is the meaning of this quote by Terry Pratchett?
Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and
he's warm for the rest of his life.
I think I understand the first ...
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Does this joke format (of three people doing something in a pattern) exist in English, and if so, who is it about?
In Norwegian, we have a standard template of children's jokes called "Svensken, dansken og nordmannen" ("The Swede, the Dane and the Norwegian"). The template is as follows:
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A joke about owls playing pool
A joke in a student comic:
There are two owls playing pool. One accidentally nudges the white.
Owl 1: That's two hits.
Owl 2: Two hits? Two hits to who?
What does this joke mean?
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What's the meaning of this "updog" joke?
From "The Office" S2E13
Jim: Is it me or does it smell like updog in here?
Michael: What's updog?
Jim: Nothing much. What's up with you?
Where is the funny point?
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When you don't understand a joke right away
In my native language we have lots of ways (some of them very funny) of saying that you, or someone else didn't understand a joke right away. That is, he/she needed some time to figure it out.
I ...
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What does "Get a damn room!" mean?
A moment in a movie went like this:
A woman was sitting on a man’s lap and about to kiss him in her room which has extremely thin walls. Her neighbor shouted suddenly, "Just kiss already! Get a ...
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Meaning of ""I won't let a flat tire get me down," Tom said, without despair""
I've been reading Tom Swifties on a website, and could not understand one of them:
"I won't let a flat tire get me down," Tom said, without despair.
Where is the pun in that?
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How long does an owl live?
I've seen the following joke on Pinterest.
How long does an owl live?
Six and a half books.
I don't get it. Googling gave me no connotations to the context that I recognized as related ...
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I did a gig in a fertility clinic. I got a standing ovulation
Can you explain what this joke means please?
“I did a gig in a fertility clinic. I got a standing ovulation.”
Tim Vine: Timtiminee Timtiminee Tim Tim to You
(Pleasance Courtyard, One)
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What does it mean when the wife in the picture says "I wear the brains in the family."?
I saw this picture on the internet, and I can't really understand the meaning of "I wear the brains in the family" used by the wife in the picture. I know the husband said "I wear the pants in the ...
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What is the meaning of this famous Groucho Marx joke? "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know."
Can anyone interpret the meaning of this quote:
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.
This famous Groucho Marx joke has many explanations given ...
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That which doesn't kill you
This is a "Hot Network Question" from another site that I thought would make a great question here.
The Joker: "I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger." (Clip from The Dark ...
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Jesus had to move back in with his dad at age 33
Jesus had to move back in with his dad at age 33
I read this meme on facebook. What does it mean?
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Meaning of "keep your worms warm"?
What does it mean when someone says "keep your worms warm" in the following context?
I came across this when I was reading the following:
A fisherman had out-fished his companion all morning ...
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the hidden comic effect in one limerick
There was a young rustic named Mallory,
who drew but a very small salary.
When he went to the show,
his purse made him go
to a seat in the uppermost gallery.
Can you explain to me the point ...
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Using quotation marks in direct speech
My native language allows omitting quotation marks in sentences containing direct speech when the borderline between the "wrapper" sentence and the quoted speech is obvious and does not produce ...
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"Roll a 40 down the street" meaning
I have stumbled across the following joke in the Fallout 4 video game:
What is the best way to start a parade in South Boston?
Roll a 40 down the street.
I have no idea what roll a 40 down the ...
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What is the woman trying to say in the following context?
A woman got pulled over for speeding by a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer.
When he walked up to her window and opened his ticket book she said, "I bet you're going to sell me tickets to ...
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Starting a sentence with "would that..."
In one of my favorite episodes of the TV show Community, "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design", one of the characters says the following line:
Would that this desk were a time desk.
In the ...
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I don't get this cartoon! Pem"broke"?
This question wants you to choose the correct aspect based on the (supposedly funny) cartoon.
Oddly enough, I don't have a problem answering it, I just don't understand what it's asking!
Where is ...
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"I don't even know what comedians read! Comic books?!" What does this joke mean?
What does this joke mean?
"I don't even know what comedians read! Comic books?!"
This is a quote from the famous manga "Dragon Ball Z". It is from the scene where the ...
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Dispute around the word "snatch" in movie TED
Below is an extract from the movie TED, between sophisticated Lori and trailer trash Tami-Lynn:
Lori : Ted's very handsome, so I'm always interested in meeting the lady that can snatch him up.
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Understanding "What in pollination?" meme
I came across many images on Twitter like this
update 1
Original link.
Does the hat resemble nation? If yes then what's the reason?
I came to know that everything that ends with nation or sounds ...
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What does "DUNKIN DOUGH" mean?
DUNKIN DOUGH
It was in a comic book typed in capital and in the book there was a part talking about riddles in English (American English).
There was a plump man having a large sum of money and this ...
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What is the meaning of Lisa's words?
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Lisa & her male friend Michael are discussing her
meeting with young man.
Lisa: The other day at the car wash a young man looked me up and down
and asked me if I was a natural blond.
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“Going to branch left minus” joke
I am reading this article about Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who wrote code for the Apollo program.
Being a computer scientist (and probably also a geek to some degree) I’m afraid I don’t ...
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Meaning of a joke in the Big Bang Theory: "when your locus coeruleus sits around the house, it sits around the house"
In the Big Bang Theory, Season 5, Episode 16, The Vacation Solution:
Amy: Okay, smart guy. I'm about to remove the locus coeruleus, which is incredibly delicate work. Have at it.
Sheldon: All right. ...
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What does "go with huge to block" mean?
A dialogue from 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001):
Man 1: Do you like women with large breasts? Or women with huge breasts?
Man 2: I'm going to go with huge to block.
Is this some kind of ...
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What does "We've been fooled by our tool" mean?
Today, I watched the TED video "Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile".
In the video, the speaker quoted an Abe Maslow saying:
If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything ...
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What does "I'm obligated to pick you up. Is seven ok?" mean?
I saw this joke somewhere and couldn't get.
I searched the words smooth seven and everything on urban dictionary but still couldn't figure out!
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meaning of "residents of Hare’s Breath, Nebraska"
I'm reading Step by Step : A Pedestrian Memoir by Lawrence Block and the following paragraph mentions a place in Nebraska called "Hare’s Breath":
The business of walking substantial distances in ...
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You made the cut?
Here's from a TV show "3rd Rock From the Sun S1E06 Green Eyed Dick".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgBb9-xaV3Y
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Hey! It says "men" on the door.
You made the cut?
(Laugh)
I ...
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What is a "middle class injury"?
From Buzzfeed I found the following article
36 Truly Terrifying Middle-Class Injuries
I spent the morning reproofing our Barbour jackets and now my forearm is sore #middleclassinjuries
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Joke about catching a tame rabbit
I can't understand this:
How do you catch a tame rabbit?
The tame way
I found that tame means:
not dangerous or frightened of people; domesticated.
But how does this fit into the joke?
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What's "wheelchair" in a vegetable?
Somewhere on the net I saw this joke.
- What's the hardest part of a vegetable to eat?
- The wheelchair.
I don't get it. I googled a bit but I suspect it might be a play on the words, possibly ...
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