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play0:00 / 3:26THE 50-50-90 RULE: ANYTIME YOU HAVE A 50-50 CHANCE OF GETTING SOMETHING RIGHT, THERE'S A 90% PROBABILITY YOU'LL GET IT WRONG What’s so... -
play0:00 / 2:32DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE FEMALE PIG WHO PREDICTED SOME GUY WOULD TRY, YET FAIL TO MAKE A WALLET OUT OF HER BODY PARTS? SHE KNEW YOU CAN’T M...BeesKnees likes this. -
play0:00 / 3:32I GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH A REALLY BIG GUY AND HE SAID, “I’M GOING TO MOP THE FLOOR WITH YOUR FACE.” I SAID, “YOU’LL BE SORRY” AND HE SAID ...
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play0:00 / 4:13This joke came from philosophy professor, Ted Cohen #ESL #ELT #ELL #ELD #ESOL #EFL #TESOL #ESOL #English #language #twinglish #joke #i...
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Whatsofunny AN EXHIBITIONIST WAS THINKING OF RETIRING, BUT HE DECIDED TO STICK IT OUT FOR ONE MORE YEAR. What’s so funny about this? Right now you are probably either laughing or scratching your head. One of the interesting things about the English language is that it reflects the prudery of the cultures which produced it. Prudery refers to being shocked by sexual things, including nudity. In language sexual words are called dirty or vulgar. When used they are very informal. They are not considered proper, especially in mixed company; in other words when men and women are present. I guess the very fact that men and women are together when they hear these words must be dangerous because they might get aroused. Of course, that philosophy or attitude completely neglects gay men and women. Typically, words of a sexual nature are more acceptable when it’s among a group of all women or all men. We’ve talked before about euphemisms, words that stand for less acceptable words. The word “it” is one of the best euphemisms because it can pretty much stand for anything you want it to. Another one of my favorites is “thing”. To figure out what word a euphemism is standing in for, you need to look at the topic, and context of the nearby words. In the case of this joke, the set-up tells us that it’s about an exhibitionist. This word itself is kind of euphemistic because it could refer simply to someone who exhibits stuff, like art. We’ve all heard of art exhibitions. However, that’s not what the word means. It’s actually about a person, in this case a man, who likes to exhibit himself, that is, show himself off. I’m not talking about somebody jumping up on a stage and yelling “look at me!” An exhibitionist does like to show himself off, all of himself, especially the parts that that are normally kept hidden, that is his/her sexual organs. Just hearing this word in the set-up alerts us to the fact that this might be dirty joke, a sexual joke. The second part of the joke tells us that he won’t retire this year, maybe next. “Stick it out” can have at least two meanings. The first is an idiomatic expression meaning that despite not wanting to do something you will do it anyway for a certain period of time – in this instance one more year. BUT “stick it out” can mean literally taking his sex organ out of his pants and showing it to anyone interested in looking. That’s what IT stands for. The exhibitionist really enjoys exhibiting himself because of the shock value, since it’s taboo in our society, except in private. Publically showing off your genitals is not considered acceptable. Can you accept that? And THAT’s what’s so funny!
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play0:00 / 3:32A boo to explain the phrase "bostin" and a couple of others thrown in for good measure. @macolgan #bostin #phrases #languagemacolgan likes this.
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turbostream I would love you to do a boo in your "hame" voice.
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macolgan Great stuff Adrian - or 'stoatin ' :) Worked in Airdrie for a couple of years with British Steel. They dont alf like the Buckie ( Buckfast wine ) out there ! I do love accents - the stronger the better - Brummie ? and Wolverhampton twangs are brilliant :)) Wish I could/would speak in my 'hame' voice here on @audioboo - not sure how many would understand though :\ Keep practising 'cheerie bye the noo' - you'll get there eventually lol - take lessons from @NickHollowayVox on that ...... heh heh.
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turbostream We need a few "aussie" slang words from your good self!
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