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[Iduno]

I texted a coworker "Do you think Tiger Woods ever caught the golf clap?" today, so it's safe to say my fever (or whatever illness this is) isn't entirely gone.

[Kagus]

Whatever it is, hold off on curing it for a while. For our sake.

[Iduno]

Whatever it is, hold off on curing it for a while. For our sake.

Fine. I'm considering an avatar, but I can't tell if the joke is too stupid, because my brain doesn't go today.

[Kagus]

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean, sadly. Is that a (rather young) Richard Garriott?


What's the coolest way to answer a phone in Spanish?

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"Hielo"

[Iduno]

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean, sadly. Is that a (rather young) Richard Garriott?

Yeah, I'll have to check it with Tineye or similar next time I'm at a computer with something like that installed.

[Bumber]

Yeah, I'll have to check it with Tineye or similar next time I'm at a computer with something like that installed.

0 results on Tineye.

[Iduno]

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Yeah, I'll have to check it with Tineye or similar next time I'm at a computer with something like that installed.

0 results on Tineye.

Aw, poor crystal guy. Nobody remembers. Not even Internet.


Edit: It gives me confidence at work, home, social situations, etc.

[Kagus]

So I learned last night that the "Euripedes, Eumenides" joke doesn't work at all when you're telling it to someone who's actually Greek.

Just a heads up for everyone.

[pisskop]

the what joke

[Iduno]

the what joke

Looks like it's from Frasier. Fraiser told a listener that she needed to fix a dress she had torn, because, as the old saying goes, "Euripedes, Eumenides".

In so much as it is a joke, you'll need to read it aloud to understand.

[pisskop]

lol or read it.

[Kagus]

A Greek fellow brings his torn coat to a tailor. The tailor asks "Euripides?"

The man replies "Yes, Eumenides?"



It's a phonetic pun based on the English pronunciation of those names (Euripides was a Greek tragedian, and Eumenides is another name for the Erinyes/furies, as well as the name of a major act in a Greek tragedy). YOO-rippa-deez (you ripped this/these) and YOO-menna-deez (you mend this/these).

However, that's not at all how either of those names are spoken in Greek! So it's a joke that only works on those who know enough about Greek history/drama to recognize the names, but ignorant enough to not know how anything's actually pronounced in Greek.

Naturally, it featured in Impression Games' citybuilder Zeus: Master of Olympus. And also earlier in this thread.

[pikachu17]

What do you call it when an unmarried man forges a weapon?

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A bastard sword.

[hector13]

Illegitimate children are bastards, unmarried men are bachelors.

I guess it still fits the thread though.

[pikachu17]

Illegitimate children are bastards, unmarried men are bachelors.

I guess it still fits the thread though.

The sword is the illegitimate child, because its father is not married.