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Wowenglish Posted 17 years ago
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Joke?
I would like to know why the next writing is a joke.
While on a car trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, the elderly woman left her glasses on the table, but she didn't miss them until they were back on the highway. By then, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place to turn around. The elderly man fussed and complained all the way back to the restaurant. He called his wife every bad name he could think of. When they finally arrived at the restaurant, as the woman got out of the car to retrieve her glasses, the man yelled to her, "While you're in there, you might as well get my hat, too."
While on a car trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, the elderly woman left her glasses on the table, but she didn't miss them until they were back on the highway. By then, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place to turn around. The elderly man fussed and complained all the way back to the restaurant. He called his wife every bad name he could think of. When they finally arrived at the restaurant, as the woman got out of the car to retrieve her glasses, the man yelled to her, "While you're in there, you might as well get my hat, too."
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Because her husband kept complaining, and insulted her all the time on their way back to the restaurant, like she was extremely stupid for forgetting something and having him turn the car around. -- While you're in there, you might as well get my hat, too. But that sentence implies her husband had actually forgotten something too (his hat), and he had probably just realized it, and that makes him just as stupid, if not more so.
- Because her husband kept complaining, and insulted her all the time on their way back to the restaurant, like she was extremely stupid for forgetting something and having him turn the car around.
- -- While you're in there, you might as well get my hat, too.
- But that sentence implies her husband had actually forgotten something too (his hat), and he had probably just realized it, and that makes him just as stupid, if not more so.
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Because her husband kept complaining, and insulted her all the time on their way back to the restaurant, like she was extremely stupid for forgetting something and having him turn the car around.
-- While you're in there, you might as well get my hat, too.
But that sentence implies her husband had actually forgotten something too (his hat), and he had probably just realized it, and
-- While you're in there, you might as well get my hat, too.
But that sentence implies her husband had actually forgotten something too (his hat), and he had probably just realized it, and
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