I get that one, but this one has me completely confused. Supposedly people in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and NZ found this joke involving word play extremely funny. For the life of me, I can't even understand it.
PATIENT: "Doctor, I've got a strawberry stuck up my bum."
DOCTOR: "I've got some cream for that."
Can anyone explain why it's funny? I don't get it at all. Are there alternate meanings of "strawberry" not used in North America?
Thanks!
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
Double entendre. Strawberries and cream vis a vis medicated creme for treating uncomfortable rectal conditions.
--Jonah
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Thanks, Peregrinus. A hemorrhoid joke. Ha ha.
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
If I recall my Python, the world's funniest joke has military applications as well.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
The Pythons' "Funniest Joke" was funnier than the one the scientists came up with. And it was just mock-German gibberish.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
Yes, and it was deadly too...
Strange, I have heard it several times, but unlike the German soldiers shown in Flying Circus I am still in excellent health.
On the other hand, we Germans are well known for our missing sense of humour... Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :
Cream is also slang for semen here in the UK. So its an anal sex reference too.
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Maybe where you live... Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
PATIENT: "Doctor, I've got a strawberry stuck up my bum."
DOCTOR: "I've got some semen for that."
HAHAHA.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Wraith: Maybe where you live...
Certainly not where I live. Spunk, jizz, yes. Cream, no.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I hope you dont drink coffee....
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
Good lord, people. Where do you think the rock group 'Cream' took their name from? It wasn't an excessive interest in dairy products!
--Jonah
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Not that anyone cares abut them anyway...
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus: Good lord, people. Where do you think the rock group 'Cream' took their name from? It wasn't an excessive interest in dairy products!
--Jonah
And Pearl Jam.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Not that anyone cares abut them anyway...
I think they suck, anyway.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Not that anyone cares about them anyway...
I think they suck, anyway.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I'm sure they're crying into their royal silk pillows as we speak.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Those would be the pillows stuffed with cash from all their mopey songs.
I just have a tough time accepting agnst from multi-millionares these days.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
The cash thing was implied in the "royal silk" part. But well done for removing all the subtlety. You rule.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
But Vedder told Boys Life magazine that they were named after a grandmother named Pearl who made good jam. BOYS LIFE.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Well, it is an authority paper. Or would be, if you were (unfortunate enough to be) a member of its target audience.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Sol....why are you reading Boy's Life?
Mabye it's a tale best left untold....
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
More band names in that vein.
10 cc The Lovin' Spoonful
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Surely I wasn't the only one to have Boy Scout membership forced upon him as a youth?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
10cc? Geez. Does that take some kind of special training, or something?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sol System: Surely I wasn't the only one to have Boy Scout membership forced upon him as a youth?
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