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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
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Please explain me this joke...please

0Hi my EF friends,02br
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00This time I need you to explain me this joke..:-).....Situation: Man is standing in the front of the restaurant audience and he is telling them, how his father had been beating the hell out of him...When he was a child. And here comes the joke, he said:02br
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01i00He really nailed it, you know just... (he really knew, howto punch..)02i02br
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01i00Any more would have been barbaric. (this is clear)02i02br
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01b01i00And yet any less, I wouldn't be seeking02br
00the approval of you drunks. (???? Here the audience started to laugh...)02i02b02br
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01i00So, thanks, Dad.02i02br
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00Please what is so funny on this joke???? ...:-)02br
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00many thanks in advance02br
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00regards02br
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00JCD0-
  

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0JC, I watched CSI last night too, and I found 01b 00NOTHING02b 00 funny about what this guy was saying about being beaten as a child. It's just not a funny topic, in any situation. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0JC, I watched CSI last night too, and I found 01b 00NOTHING02b 00 funny about what this guy was saying about being beaten as a child.
  • It's just not a funny topic, in any situation.
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0JC, I watched CSI last night too, and I found 01b00NOTHING02b00 funny about what this guy was saying about being beaten as a child. It's just not a funny topic, in any situation. But what he's saying is that by beating him, he created just enough mental trauma that instead of living a normal life, he continues to try to seek approval from people, even drunk people in a co
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0Many thanks GG for absolutely clear explanation! The problem was the right meaning of the word approval. But now I understand what this guy said and I agree with you...It wasn't funny...Hey, these guys from the comedy clubs have sometimes really weird sense of humor...05002br
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00I'm in the middle of the episode and I couldn't get this joke out of my mind, that's why I
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