Oct-14-2010, 11:17 AM (UTC)
(Oct-14-2010, 08:44 AM (UTC))Nuytsia Wrote: Knock knock? Who's there? Mango. Mango who? (in indeterminate yet hilarious accent) Man go craaaazy when I knock on his door!
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Liquid Icechanger 120 Posts: I lol'd 
Nuytsiabeloved 1,083 Posts:
Oct-14-2010, 03:33 PM (UTC)
(Oct-14-2010, 11:17 AM (UTC))Liquid Ice Wrote:(Oct-14-2010, 08:44 AM (UTC))Nuytsia Wrote: Knock knock? Who's there? Mango. Mango who? (in indeterminate yet hilarious accent) Man go craaaazy when I knock on his door!I lol'd Bwahahha ...... a victim!!!!  Wow my first joke, maybe I have an upcoming career in comedy? 
MerviAdmin 733 Posts:
Oct-14-2010, 05:49 PM (UTC)
*totally hi-jacks the thread* I don't know what's wrong with me, but I've never really understood the knock-knock jokes. Could it be because I heard my first of the kind when I was about 20? They're usually told by kids right? I *do* get other kinds of kids' jokes, but I guess I just missed the initiation for these... 
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'thullord of the three realms 2,739 Posts:
Oct-14-2010, 07:29 PM (UTC)
as far as 'thul knows, there is no useful point to them.
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Nuytsiabeloved 1,083 Posts:
Oct-15-2010, 11:24 AM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Oct-15-2010, 11:26 AM (UTC) by Nuytsia.)
Mervi yes they are definitely for kids! The stupider the better is the general idea... Oh not the kid, the joke!! But maybe it doesn't hurt either way...... I don't recall hearing one that was particularly spectacular humour, but I have laughed at them many a time. Not sure if it's a cultural thing.... 'sick' jokes..... not in bad taste but 'not actually funny but you laugh because they are so lame' ... sorta ...
MerviAdmin 733 Posts:
Oct-15-2010, 12:32 PM (UTC)
I've nothing against stupid humour.  Or kid's jokes. But there's usually something you have to figure out about a certain set of jokes. Like once you crack the "how do you know a banana has gone swimming" riddle you can answer many more "how do you know" jokes.It's just that I don't "get" the knock-knock ones. I suspect it's a language barrier thing.
"Green nubs on the dry sticks of the clematis promised that the appearance of death was not death itself." - Ship of Destiny
Nuytsiabeloved 1,083 Posts:
Oct-15-2010, 02:09 PM (UTC)
Hehehe the banana one is cute. Yeah, what I was trying to say is the sort of humour where there is NOTHING to figure out, that's it exactly. I think the classic example is 'Why did the chicken cross the road?' But some knock, knock jokes probably DO have a an actual 'joke' to them, and that IS often (always?) a play on words of some sort. So it's possibly a language barrier? It's hard for me to even remember English isn't your native language when you are perfectly fluent in it, but I suppose there ARE some weird little sayings and nuances in English. Especially the Australian version! (or so I am told)
MerviAdmin 733 Posts:
Oct-15-2010, 02:32 PM (UTC)
(Oct-15-2010, 02:09 PM (UTC))Nuytsia Wrote: But some knock, knock jokes probably DO have a an actual 'joke' to them, and that IS often (always?) a play on words of some sort. So it's possibly a language barrier? It's hard for me to even remember English isn't your native language when you are perfectly fluent in it, but I suppose there ARE some weird little sayings and nuances in English. Especially the Australian version! (or so I am told)  Err I'm really not! I'm just relatively good at not using words and phrases I don't know! But I just saw a knock-knock joke I thought I understood. It went - knock knock - who's there? - you know - you know, who? - yes! AVADA KEDAVRA! It's just that I think it would have worked better like this - knock knock - who's there? - You Know Who - YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
"Green nubs on the dry sticks of the clematis promised that the appearance of death was not death itself." - Ship of Destiny
Nuytsiabeloved 1,083 Posts:
Oct-20-2010, 05:59 PM (UTC)
Hmmm how ironic, I don't get it! I guess someone is known as 'you know who' and I don't know who that is!
MerviAdmin 733 Posts:
Oct-20-2010, 08:11 PM (UTC)
Most of the characters in the Harry Potter books absolutely refuse to say the Evil Overlord's name (which is Voldemort), instead substituting it with "You-Know-Who". "Avada Kedavra" is one of the "unforgivable curses" in the story - it is used to kill your opponent. Uh, I don't think I should try to explain this further. What I think I SHOULD do is to split all this jokes talk to a new conversation.
"Green nubs on the dry sticks of the clematis promised that the appearance of death was not death itself." - Ship of Destiny
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