When the Titanic cinq, I was glad oui were not on board.
Anyone have any better bilingual puns?
I have a little punny joke:
Un, Deux, Trois cat went for a boat ride, boat sprang a leak and Un, Deux, Trois cat sank! (Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq= 1,2,3,4,5 in French)
It's not nearly as clear or funny in written form lol
Works for me!
My favorite cartoon, ever, Is some fancy French speaker, underneath a HUGE, falling, chandelier. He's starting his speech with, "Je serais bref".
A Spanish-speaking customer walks into a department store to buy some socks. He knows no English. A salesperson asks him "How can I help you find what you're looking for today?" The customer points to his legs. The salesperson walks him over to where the pants are. The customer shakes his head and points again to his legs, but lower. The salesperson walks him over to where the shoes are. The customer shakes his head, grabs one of his pant legs, and points to his bare ankle. The salesperson walks him over to where the socks are. "¡Eso sí que es!" cries the customer and beams with joy. The salesperson cheers him on, "Yes, that’s it! S-O-C-K-S! Socks!"
That's awesome!
This is entirely in Spanish, but I like it:
"No me gusta la música de B-11. Me gusta la música de B-12."
I can only think of Juan.
That's ok. Sometimes Juan is enough.
According to my dad, the guys he worked with in the oil field when he was younger used to greet each other with big grins and "Como esta frijole?"
"How've you bean?"
😂😂😂
An old poem .... it makes no sense in Latin, but try reading it out loud as if it were English.
Brutus et sum iam forte Caesar et arat Brutus sic in omnibus Caesar sic in at
Oh, I've seen that one! Ha. I confess I still don't understand what was so bad about the jam, though. Is British jam notoriously bad, or is there something else I'm missing?
@DaringSprinter No .... it's just a crap poem.
Slightly off topic, but this reminds me of Ladle Rat Rotten Hut, which the story of Little Red Riding Hood using similar sounding but nonsensical words.
The first sentence says: "Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle cordage, honor itch offer lodge, dock florist" -- being translated meaning, "Once upon a time, there was this little girl who lived with her mother in a little cottage, on the edge of a large, dark forest." If you can make sense of the rest of it, well done!
It appears in a book called Anguish Languish ("English Language").
@CuddleDuncan: Funny, though. And I feel better knowing I'm not missing anything.
@respectful: They predicted voice recognition autocorrect. Impressive.