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play0:00 / 3:55This spoonerism was inspired by Owen McMahon, from the land of the Aucks. #ESL #ELT #ELL #ELD #ESOL #EFL #TESOL #ESOL #English #langua...
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Whatsofunny The Beatles remind us what to do: http://youtu.be/MjDVEp7HVxk
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Whatsofunny WHEN AIRPORT SECURITY SAW THE GUY’S MUG DROOL, THEY REALIZED HE WAS A DRUG MULE What’s so funny about this? After telling the joke about donkeys killing more people than sharks and airplanes, I had a comment by a facebook buddy from Auckland, New Zealand. Isn’t it amazing how we’re all connected these days? It also made me think, what the hell are Aucks that they should get a whole land just for themselves? For that matter, what the hell are Zeas, the land where the Aucks apparently live? A quick internet search gave me the answers which are not nearly as funny as the questions. New Zealand got its name from a Dutch map-maker and refers to Zealand in Holland. “Zee,” means “river” in Dutch, so Zee, spelled z-e-e, or Zealand, spelled z-e-a-l-a-n-d, means land of the river. BTW. We have a Zee right here in New York. It’s the Tappan Zee, which is the Dutch name for the Hudson River and we still have a very large bridge called the Tappan Zee. As for the Aucks, well Auckland was named for a British colonial officer who had been the Viceroy of Auckland. “Auck”, a-u-c-k is an Old English term that can be traced back to the word “Oak,” o-a-k, so it’s the land of oak trees. Pretty boring, huh? Of course, this has nothing to do with the joke, so you can skip that part if and when you re-listen to this audioboo. OK, so in the joke we have some guy whose mug is drooling. “Mug” can by a synonym for cup, but it’s also an old slang term meaning “face.” This latter is the meaning in the joke. “Drool” is saliva that comes out of your mouth when you can’t control your mouth’s muscles. The spoonerized term “drug mule” is slang for someone who smuggles drugs from one country to another, usually by ingesting, or swallowing the drugs, which are in plastic packets. If the plastic tears open, the person, or mule, can get sick or even die from an overdose. Possibly one of the packets ripped and that’s why the guy was drooling. Naturally this revealed his true identity as a smuggling drug mule. Hopefully, they pumped his stomach. For the guys sake let’s hope they don’t turn him over to the Aucks and the Zeas. And THAT’s what’s so funny
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