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On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 13:12:56 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
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Which part of the message saying "The Schurter is 18mm long" did you
not
understand ??
I did understand the message. I just noticed that the name "Schurter
is pretty close to the word "shorter" and I thought it was funny that
the shorter one was longer. Sheesh!
Etic

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That was quite clever humour - along the lines of "Don't call me Shirley
..."

But I have to say that it did go over my head until you explained it ...
d;-)

Arfa
Greetings Arfa,
Thanks for the compliment. When I was little I didn't get puns. I was
just too literal thinking. When explained to me I could see the play
on words but the humor escaped me. Then one day I "got" a pun. I must
have been about 10 or 11. Since then I see puns all over the place.
Cheers,
Eric


I think I've become too used to taking stuff literally on here, and not
looking for the humour. You'll notice the different spelling of the word,
as
I am in the U.K. Over the years, I've seen many cases of what was
intended
to be humour being misinterpreted by the time it reached the other side of
the pond, and some pretty violent arguments breaking out as a result, a
few
of which I've been involved in ... :-)

The last such that I can remember was a typically British throw-away
comment
about a Bulova Accutron wris****ch, which was seen by everyone this side
as
tongue-in-cheek humour, but was taken as a proper insult by the American
OP,
and ultimately a number of other regular U.S. posters who pitched in their
two penn'orth. Since then, there doesn't seem to have been much attempt at
humour from either side, and I think that's why it went over my head - I
just wasn't looking for it or expecting it !

Still, good to see some back. Keep it up sir !

Arfa
The British and American slang differences are a great source of
humo(u)r. My brother has a friend who was visiting her husband's
relatives in Britain. These folks were pretty high class, pretty
proper. At the end of a good meal she exclaimed that she was
"stuffed". After comment only silenced ensued. Later that evening her
husband told her why her comment was offensive. This makes me think
about how much fun the Brits must have had when shag carpet was so
popular here in the US.
Eric

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And "bumming a fag" for begging a cigarette and "knocking me up" for
asking for a wake-up call (by banging on the bedroom door, of course ... )
d:-)

( I speak fluent American as I visit quite often ... !)

Arfa
I think the slang terms "Taking the ****" and "He's ****ed" are pretty
funny when I think about how they are used where I live. And I've
always wondered about "Bloody". How it became a bad word. And what
happens when someone or something is covered with blood? What do you
say? I like steak rare. I will order it bloody. In a nice restaurant
in London I suppose it woule be a faux pas to order a "bloody steak".
I think I need to look up the etymology of bloody.
Eric

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