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Anon experiences German humor (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I used to work with a couple Czech dudes. One day my coworkers and I were badgering the one dude to tell us a Czech joke. He was pretty reluctant because he said he could only really think of one joke but wasn't sure it would translate well. When he finally told us the joke he got us with this masterpiece.

Two balloons are floating along, one says to the other and hey look a cactus.

All of us were confused by this, he told us it was much funnier in Czech because balloon and cactus sound similar so it's a pun. So we had him tell us the joke untranslated in Czech and balloon and cactus sound nothing alike.

I'm still not sure if this dude was fucking with us.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a silly joke for little kids of preschool age and it only makes sense if you include the right sound effects. It's supposed to go like this: Two balloons are floating along, one says to the other: - Hey look a cactussssssssssss! - Where isssssssssss it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

One that works in English:

A superconductor came to a bar and ordered a beer. The barman said - I'm not giving you a beer! Get the fuck out of my bar! The superconductor left without any resistance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

An argon atom walks into a bar. The barman says: "We don't serve your kind here. get out". The argon atom doesn't react.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A neutron walks into a bar and asks: "How much for a beer?" The barman says: "For you, no charge".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh hey the German version of this joke is also one that doesn't translate! "A neutron walks into a bar. The bartender says: Sorry, only invited guests." In German, "geladen" means both "invited" and "charged".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

A neutrino walks into a bar. The bartender asks what it wants to drink.

"Oh, nothing, I'm just passing through."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Come to think of it, that's a thing in Swedish as well - we could make the pun work there as well:

Två jägare träffades. Båda dog.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Works in Dutch too.

Twee jagers treffen elkaar. Beiden zijn dood.