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[–] [email protected] 166 points 1 day ago (18 children)

In case people are wondering: it's indeed a german joke.

It's a pun. "meet" and "hit" are using the same word in german

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Girl goes to a store and asks: "do you sell pantyhoses?". The salesman replies: "why? Do you have half an ass?"

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 day ago (7 children)

To explain the joke, as is tradition in Germany. "To meet" translates to "treffen" in German. Which can also mean "to hit something or somebody".

Once had a multicultural family gathering where we translated the same joke into several languages.

A man knocks at a door. A woman opens and he says: "Hello, my name is Toulouse. I'm here to fuck your daughter." The woman screams: "To what?!?" He answers calmly: "Toulouse."

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[–] [email protected] 184 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Another one from Saxony.

A man drives his car to the junkyard, looking for replacement parts. He greets the owner and asks:
"Windshield wiper for a Trabant?"
The junkyard owner thinks for a moment, then replies:
"Sure, sounds like a fair exchange."

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

These two are from Romania, specifically about people from Ardeal (the region encompassing Transylvania) - which means they're aimed at the fact that people from Ardeal are slow (haha, so funny, Southerners...):

  1. John and George were out on the field reaping all day and were heading back to the village. Suddenly, it starts raining fiercely, so they huddle under some walnut trees and decide to spend the night there in case it wouldn't let up.

Later on, while sleeping, George is suddenly woken up by a foul smell. "John," he said softly, "did you fart?"

"No, George, must've been the dog."

"Oh, ok."

A couple of minutes pass, then George suddenly has a realisation: "John, the dog isn't here, though..."

"Oh, don't worry," says John half asleep, "I'm sure it'll turn up eventually."

  1. John, George and Mary were at the bus stop, waiting for the bus. They've been there for half an hour, sitting.

"The bus isn't coming," John says softly.

After a couple of minutes, George replies matter-of-factly: "it'll come, I'm telling you."

A few more minutes pass, then Mary chimes in: "if you two keep arguing, I'm walking home."

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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Zer ver zwei peanuts walking down der Straße. Von vas assaulted .... peanut.

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the early 80s, American scientists and engineers produced the smallest precision drill bit ever created. With great pride and fanfare, they sent it to their West German colleagues for study and reproduction.

Just days later, the engineering team received a parcel. In it, a note: "Thank you for letting us test our equipment" and the original drill bit with a hole drilled through its center.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know a variant ~~ending~~ of this:

I messed up a bit. They were sending the thinnest wire they could build.

Just days later, the engineering team received their ~~drillbit~~ wire with a note attached: „The description got lost on the way. We didn't know what to do with the rod you sent us, so we cut an internal threading into it. Best regards!“

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What's yellow, and waiting? Jonathan.

e: i promise it's not racist

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In french, Jonathan sounds like 'jaune attend' (yellow waits)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

omg

I was trying to make it work with German

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah, a while ago they tried that in france as well

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago

German humour is no laughing matter!

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