• @[email protected]English
    51•2 years ago

    At the risk of looking like the joke went over my head, the joke falls short on two fronts:

    1. Pho isn’t pronounced like “foe”, more like “fu-“ in “fuck”
    2. The dish looks like ramen, with yellow noodles and bok choy. Pho has white noodles and is served with slices of meat, “meatballs”, and herbs.

    At the end of the day, this is a joke and it really isn’t worth getting too worked up over. I find it funny more so at the ridiculous idea of having a soup compartment on a scooter, than with the pun

    • @[email protected]
      3•2 years ago

      I’m more upset at #2.

      You can clearly see it’s ramen. That’s like calling cheesy macaroni a spaghetti. I’m furious.

    • @[email protected]
      1•2 years ago

      I continue to say Foe because it amuses me how much it annoys everybody.

      I also say Kwin-owe-ah instead of Keen-owe-ah for Quinoa. If they want it to be pronounced “Keen” get rid of the “u”.

      • KOOBO
        5•2 years ago

        “I deliberately mispronounce words because I like being annoying.”

        • NatHaNiel Thomas
    • @[email protected]
      7•2 years ago

      This is fun too. Okay, so what I noticed is that the chopsticks are oriented for a right hander and the moped is standard with the throttle on the right. As soon as you take a bite you lose complete control of the vehicle! I guess you could eat while stopped, but then you are getting droplets of food on your moped. Not ideal. 🤣

    • clif
      1•2 years ago

      8 years ago I passed a restaurant named “Pho Chateau” and I’m still upset about it :D

    • SuperDuper
      15•2 years ago

      Pho isn’t pronounced like “foe”, more like “fu-“ in “fuck”

      I once saw a Vietnamese restaurant called “Pho King Good Vietnamese Restaurant”

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
      7•2 years ago

      I’m guessing the photo and caption were two different people. I noticed the pronunciation thing too, but I still chuckled at the pic.