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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
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Please what's so funny on this story?

0Hi EF guys,02br
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00Could someone please explain me, what is so funny on this story? This story tells old man to his daughter.02br
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00(old man) So he tells his passengers, "I've been turning left at this light for 14 years. Today, I'm turning right and we're all going to the boardwalk." 05002br
00(daughter) So what happened?02br
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00(old man) When he got back, my boss fired him.02br
00(old man) But at least he got a tan.02br
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00...big smile....:-((((02br
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00What is confusing me:02br
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001) "01i00I've been turning left at this 01b00light02b00 for 14 years....02i00"....Did "01i01b00light02b02i00" here mean "01i01b00traffic-light02b02i00"? 02br
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002) "01i00Today, I'm turning right and we're all going to the 01b00boardwalk02b02i00" ....Did he mean:" 01i00we're all going to walk down01b00 the beach02b00" ?02i02br
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01i003) Got a tan.....Probably to have brown skin from the sun lights?02i02br
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00Ok, even if my tips are correct, I still don't understand what's so funny..:-( There wasn't other context....02br
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00thank you in advance.010id1
  

Top answer

0My guess would be that the old man is telling this story to his daughter as if it's just about a bunch of guys. But when he says, "01b 01i 01u 00My02u 02i 02b 00 boss fired him," it becomes clear that the father who's telling the story was in fact the driver of the car who decided to play hookey from work. 02br 02br 00light = traffic light02br 02br 00boardwalk = a typical elevated board sidewalk at very commercialized beaches, where people stroll and gain access to the amusements and restaurants etc.

— Avangi

  • 0My guess would be that the old man is telling this story to his daughter as if it's just about a bunch of guys.
  • But when he says, "01b 01i 01u 00My02u 02i 02b 00 boss fired him," it becomes clear that the father who's telling the story was in fact the driver of the car who decided to play hookey from work.
  • 02br 02br 00light = traffic light02br 02br 00boardwalk = a typical elevated board sidewalk at very commercialized beaches, where people stroll and gain access to the amusements and restaurants etc.
  • There's a very famous one in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  • 02br 02br 00I can't comment on how funny it is.
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0My guess would be that the old man is telling this story to his daughter as if it's just about a bunch of guys. But when he says, "01b01i01u00My02u02i02b00 boss fired him," it becomes clear that the father who's telling the story was in fact the driver of the car who decided to play hookey from work. It sounds like the others in the car wer
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