Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·2 days ago[off topic?] Yiddish. Does not translate to Christian. Old man goes to the same lunch counter every day and orders the exact same meal every time. Tuna fish salad on rye toast and tomato soup. One day he walks in and orders his meal. The waiter brings it. “Waiter, I want you to try this soup.” “I’m sorry sir, I’ll get you a different bowl.” “No, I want you to try this soup!” “I’ll get the manager.” “No, I want you to try this soup!” This goes on for five minutes and finally the waiter gives up. “Okay, I’ll try the soup. Where’s the spoon?” “Aha!”
minus-squareTipRing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoThis works better when spoken with the appropriate inflections.
minus-squareVeryVito@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·2 days agoI mean, Christians eat soup, too. It just comes from cans instead of waiters.
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Yiddish. Does not translate to Christian.
Old man goes to the same lunch counter every day and orders the exact same meal every time. Tuna fish salad on rye toast and tomato soup.
One day he walks in and orders his meal. The waiter brings it.
“Waiter, I want you to try this soup.”
“I’m sorry sir, I’ll get you a different bowl.”
“No, I want you to try this soup!”
“I’ll get the manager.”
“No, I want you to try this soup!”
This goes on for five minutes and finally the waiter gives up.
“Okay, I’ll try the soup. Where’s the spoon?”
“Aha!”
This works better when spoken with the appropriate inflections.
Nu?
I mean, Christians eat soup, too.
It just comes from cans instead of waiters.