• @[email protected]
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    206 months ago

    «done is done said the moose and walked over the river and became a reindeer.»

    in norwegian done rhymes with deer, and reindeer rhymes with clean.

    • Fushuan [he/him]
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      56 months ago

      It kinda works because a moose and a deer are similar if not for the size, and both rain and rivers have water. It became a rain-deer.

      Terrible pun, sue me.

  • 5ibelius9insterberg
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    The farmer and the farmhand are out in the field working. Suddenly the sky closes in and it looks like rain. The farmhand says to the farmer: “If we don’t hurry now, we’ll get soaked here.” The farmer says to the farmhand: “Then go into the house and get my wellies!” The farmhand says: “Why me? Why don’t you get your wellies yourself?” The farmer looks at the farmhand angrily and asks: “Who’s the farmer? Who’s the Farmhand?”

    The farmhand goes into the house in a rage. The farmer’s wife and her pretty daughter are sitting at the kitchen table. The farmhand says to the two of them: “The farmer said you two should get naked so I can fuck you.” The two women look at each other. The farmer’s wife is surprised: “No, I don’t believe that. The farmer would never say something like that, would he?” “Yes, he would,” says the farmhand. “But I can ask again just in case.” He goes to the kitchen window and opens it. The farmer’s wife has followed him and is standing next to it. The farmhand shouts out into the field: “Farmer, both of them?” The farmer looks at the window and shouts back: “Both of course, you idiot!”

  • @[email protected]
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    566 months ago

    Oh I can do German-style comedy too, but as an American.

    A Democrat and a Republican walk into a bar. They fight and both die in the hospital. Their families have to each pay $80,000 for medical expenses, then both families sue the bar. The bar closes, the owner divorces, spirals into alcoholism, and commits suicide. Then the funeral director buys a new house.

    • DankOfAmerica
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      96 months ago

      A European man at his favorite vacation/holiday destination on the Mediterranean goes into a bar and says, “One pint of beer.” The bartender brings him the pint, and the man pays him the price of the beer without leaving a tip. The man drinks the beer. He falls into alcoholism again. When he returns home, he discusses with his doctor options for treating alcoholism. The man is sent to a rehabilitation facility for a few months and recovers. When he returns home, he still has his job. lmaooooo Europe is so much better than USA 🤣🤣🤣

            • DankOfAmerica
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              36 months ago

              Fuck it. I’m down. Sounds like fun. Can’t wait to aggravate Germans with my immature German bullshit. Achhh duven shneider volkwagens nien schaft vida zein!! Get your train pass and speedo ready. I’ll bring over some BBQ, debt, and assault rifles. Let’s do it 🏖🚈

              • Echo Dot
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                You only need Speedos if you’re going to France. They have a weird thing about Speedos

            • Echo Dot
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              66 months ago

              I’m pretty sure that’s just how Barcelona operates.

      • @[email protected]
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        86 months ago

        I thought this was turning into a Latvian joke.

        The man drinks the beer. He falls into alcoholism again. His children go hungry. His wife succumbs to tuberculosis. The man drinks to forget, but the beer runs out. Now the man can never forget.

  • Queen HawlSera
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    That’s sadly the funniest German joke I’ve ever heard, I mean the punchline is there, but the set-up isn’t, meaning it’s closer to what I recognize as a joke than most Germanic Humor.

    Edit: Nope, funnier German jokes are in this comment chain, I’m in a good mood today

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    These two are from Romania, specifically about people from Ardeal (the region encompassing Transylvania) - which means they’re aimed at the fact that people from Ardeal are slow (haha, so funny, Southerners…):

    1. John and George were out on the field reaping all day and were heading back to the village. Suddenly, it starts raining fiercely, so they huddle under some walnut trees and decide to spend the night there in case it wouldn’t let up.

    Later on, while sleeping, George is suddenly woken up by a foul smell. “John,” he said softly, “did you fart?”

    “No, George, must’ve been the dog.”

    “Oh, ok.”

    A couple of minutes pass, then George suddenly has a realisation: “John, the dog isn’t here, though…”

    “Oh, don’t worry,” says John half asleep, “I’m sure it’ll turn up eventually.”

    1. John, George and Mary were at the bus stop, waiting for the bus. They’ve been there for half an hour, sitting.

    “The bus isn’t coming,” John says softly.

    After a couple of minutes, George replies matter-of-factly: “it’ll come, I’m telling you.”

    A few more minutes pass, then Mary chimes in: “if you two keep arguing, I’m walking home.”

  • @[email protected]
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    Girl goes to a store and asks: “do you sell pantyhoses?”. The salesman replies: “why? Do you have half an ass?”

  • datendefekt
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    This is a kids pun joke that got lost in translation. Treffen can mean either to meet or to hit (like with a bullet).

    Want a funny German joke? Why don’t ants go to church? Because they’re insects!

    • comfy
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      It’s neat that the ant joke’s pun translates into English, good pick.

    • @[email protected]
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      As an immigrant in Germany, that’s the reason people think Germans aren’t funny. A lot of the humor is pun-based (and sometimes there are many, many more layers, making them actually very good jokes), which just doesn’t translate well.

  • @[email protected]
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    One translated from Norwegian:

    “Once upon a time… But now it’s a corridor”

    I’ll supply the original and an explanation:

    “Det var en gang… Men nå er det en korridor”

    “Det var en gang” is literally “It was a time/an instance”, and it’s the main way every fairytale starts in Norwegian. But “gang” could also mean hallway.

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        They showed that with their first translation. The second, more literal, translation is to explain the pun.

  • optional
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    It’s a bit like the shortest joke: A woman comes at the doctor…

    Or in German: Kommt 'ne Frau beim Arzt…

    This one works well in German and English, but I assume it’s untranslatable in many other languages.

    • @[email protected]
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      Stupid question

      Does it play on the double meaning of “come” being “to arrive” and “to orgasm”?

      • optional
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        That. And the fact that doctor jokes have a well known scheme that’s broken here, as you’d normally expect the joke to continue after the sentence.

        A woman comes to the doctor and asks “Can I take a bath with my diarrhea?” The doctor answers: “Sure, if it’s enough to fill the tub.”

  • @[email protected]
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    66 months ago

    Like 90% the “jokes” I heard growing up I couldn’t translate without getting banned for racism.

    Like automodded, racism. Basically the “punchline” was often the n-word.

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    In the early 80s, American scientists and engineers produced the smallest precision drill bit ever created. With great pride and fanfare, they sent it to their West German colleagues for study and reproduction.

    Just days later, the engineering team received a parcel. In it, a note: “Thank you for letting us test our equipment” and the original drill bit with a hole drilled through its center.

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      I know a variant ending of this:

      I messed up a bit. They were sending the thinnest wire they could build.

      Just days later, the engineering team received their drillbit wire with a note attached: „The description got lost on the way. We didn’t know what to do with the rod you sent us, so we cut an internal threading into it. Best regards!“