Hilo de Chistes / Joke Thread

[irmamar]

Yes, very clearly... (can you see the emoticon I've used?)

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Yes, very clearly... (can you see the emoticon I've used?)

Yes. (Edit: Just read the other thread. Now I get it!) How about this joke, which is as old as I am. It's from the days of the 'Music Hall' where people sang and told jokes on stage. The joke would be told as a conversation between two people, and would start "I say, I say, I say" which signalled a joke:

"I say, I say, I say" - I have a dog with no nose!

No nose? How does he smell?

Terrible !

[vita32]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Vita, ya verás cuando te vean... Te van a juntar todos los mensajes.

No puedo ir dormir asi leo los chistes

[irmamar]

Los chistes te despejarán. Tienes que leer algo aburrido.

Perikles, I understand the joke . But I didn't understand "I say, I say,...".

[vita32]

It has no mind so it cannot think. It has no physical body but yet it moves swiftly. It has no physical appearance and therefore cannot be seen. It is not a king or someone in high authority and yet men follow its whims. Man needs it for everything he does. Man will not exist without it. What is it? And please translate it in Spanish. Thank you.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by vita32

It has no mind so it cannot think. It has no physical body but yet it moves swiftly. It has no physical appearance and therefore cannot be seen. It is not a king or someone in high authority and yet men follow its whims. Man needs it for everything he does. Man will not exist without it. What is it? And please translate it in Spanish. Thank you.

No tiene mente, por lo que no puede pensar. No tiene apariencia física, aunque se mueve con rapidez. No es un rey ni nadie con gran autoridad y, sin embargo, los hombres siguen (¿obedecen?) sus caprichos. El hombre lo necesita para todo lo que hace. El hombre no existiría sin él/ello. ¿Qué es? Y, por favor, que alguien me lo traduzca al español. Gracias.

No sé. ¿El aire?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Perikles, I understand the joke . But I didn't understand "I say, I say,...".

It is just a formulaic expression (without meaning) with the message "Here comes a joke" from the days when a joke needed to be announced.

[irmamar]

Do you mean that the jokes don't need to be anounced? We say: ¡Eh! ¡Me han contado un chiste más bueno...!

Por cierto, otro:

¿Qué le dice un lobo a una loba?
I love you.

[vita32]

@Irmamar, thank you for translating the riddle. Your guess is close but it is not the answer. Another clue: People are always anxious to know what it is even though they know what it is and what it does.

[irmamar]

Duplicado y corregido

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by vita32

@Irmamar, thank you for translating the riddle. Your guess is close but it is not the answer. Another clue: People are always anxious to know what it is even though they know what it is and what it does.

La gente siempre está ansiosa de saber qué es, incluso sabiendo qué es y qué hace.

¿El pensamiento?

[vita32]

Originally Posted by irmamar

La gente siempre está ansiosa de saber qué es, incluso sabiendo qué es y qué hace.

¿El pensamiento?

You are using it even as you think. Quiere que dar la repuesta ahora o te dan mas pistas?

[irmamar]

Pistas, pistas...

[vita32]

You try to hurry to keep up with it. People say it flies but it has no wings. People ask: "where did it go" when it is always here.

[Perikles]

Time flies. Tempus fugit.

[vita32]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Time flies. Tempus fugit.

I did not want to give this "flies" clue because it's easily associated with time, at least in English. I wonder if this saying "time flies" is common in many languages, is it a saying also in Spanish? and what about the phrase, "where did the time go?" Is there a similar saying in spanish or Italian?
Thanks

Originally Posted by irmamar

Pistas, pistas...

Thank you for playing the guessing game with me, I'm very sure that you would have guessed it with my last clues. Now it's your turn to let me guess your riddle, if you would like.

[Perikles]

OK - what is made by somebody for somebody he does not know, and who does not want it, and does not know it when he is using it?

[poli]

Carbon dioxide? --but that's not made for somebody.

How about a casket?

[vita32]

Originally Posted by poli

Carbon dioxide? --but that's not made for somebody.

How about a casket?

I think you are right, Poli!

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by poli

Carbon dioxide? --but that's not made for somebody.

How about a casket?

Is that the same as a coffin? Dang - you are not supposed to get it so quickly.