Hilo de Chistes / Joke Thread

[Apalánter]

Originally Posted by wrholt

Groan!!!

Yes, I know, isn't that so funny!

[aleCcowaN]

Espero que a este Billy Bob no le haya pasado lo que a un paisano que también tenía problemas matrimoniales pero resultó al final que la esposa estaba muerta: la vida de pareja era la misma, pero comenzó a sospechar el día que se dio cuenta de que los platos se le iban acumulando en el fregadero.

[chileno]

[Perikles]

Have I already posted this one?

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Have I already posted this one?

I think so.

[aleCcowaN]

that was a classic, like ours with a drunk French sailor getting thrashed for replying "yo no compro pan" when caught peeing on flour sacks .

Is there a type of joke in English like our "era tan..." or "era tal"? I mean:

Era tan amable que dejaba pasar todas las oportunidades.
Era tan bajito que un día, deprimido, quiso colgarse de un bonsái.
Era tan virtuosa que practicaba el celibato con gran moderación.
Era tal el estreñimiento que en lugar de comprar una lavativa tuvo que ir a buscar un exorcista.
Era tal el caos que los pájaros le disparaban a las escopetas.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by aleCcowaN

that was a classic, like ours with a drunk French sailor getting thrashed for replying "yo no compro pan" when caught peeing on flour sacks .

Is there a type of joke in English like our "era tan..." or "era tal"? I mean:

Era tan amable que dejaba pasar todas las oportunidades.
Era tan bajito que un día, deprimido, quiso colgarse de un bonsái.
Era tan virtuosa que practicaba el celibato con gran moderación.
Era tal el estreñimiento que en lugar de comprar una lavativa tuvo que ir a buscar un exorcista.
Era tal el caos que los pájaros le disparaban a las escopetas.

In Soviet Russia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_S...ssian_reversal

[aleCcowaN]

Originally Posted by pjt33

In Soviet Russia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_S...ssian_reversal

Thank you for that (we have our own collections in the "¿en qué se parecen ...?" jokes, where reversal is used to match disparage things instead of contrasting them)

Beginning about 0:02:25, at 0:02:50 there's a joke that instantly got me laughing bone-crashingly, but just a few in the public got it immediately -I think most of them didn't get it at all, including the presenter and the fellow voice over actor-. That was the my closest experience in English to what we consider to be the best in our typical humour, at least in my corner of the world. Any opinion from either side of the pond?

[Perikles]

The joke you refer to has something to do with the cartoon image, which is so fuzzy I can't see what is going on. So I'm not sure how funny the joke it.

The whole thing is hilarious though.

[aleCcowaN]

Originally Posted by Perikles

The joke you refer to has something to do with the cartoon image, which is so fuzzy I can't see what is going on. So I'm not sure how funny the joke it.

The whole thing is hilarious though.

The joke doesn't relate with the cartoon images. It could even have being on the radio as it suffices with being familiar with the looks of the character. The video was banned many times because Fox wouldn't allow it, no matter the cartoon clips are not intended to show nothing, just to hide the looks of the real voice-over artists behind the looks of the characters they give their voices. Some clips with voice were used in the edition to articulate scenes. So they blurred the clips to avoid Fox claims -Bravo seems to be cool with it- but the experience is still similar to that originally intended.

The joke has to do with the intelligent dialogue and the brilliant quips of pretty much an improv and a fantastic retort that includes a theory that explains more hair features than just colour. Chapeau!