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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Friday humour
Well, it's actually "nearly Friday humour" in this time zone. I attended a dinner tonight, and the after-dinner entertainment consisted of a fellow who calls himself "Steve Stubblejumpski". He does rural prairie humour, farm oriented for the most part. He had this gem, though... Did you see President Bush in his State of the Union speech? He was going on about how great things were, when someone approached him, and leaning close, told him that there had been an uprising in South America, and that three Brazilian soldiers had been killed. The President paled, looking very shaken. With obvious emotion, he turned to one of his aides and asked "How many is a brazillion, anyway?" > Well, it's actually "nearly Friday humour" in this time zone. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > turned to one of his aides and asked "How many is a brazillion, > anyway?" Since 'bra' seems somehow related to the number two, it appears that a brazillion should be equal to two zillions. My big blue dictionary says 'zillion' is a 'very large but indefinite number.' That could make a brazillion either twice as large as a zillion or twice as indefinite. > Well, it's actually "nearly Friday humour" in this time zone. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > turned to one of his aides and asked "How many is a brazillion, > anyway?" You should cob your tip back from Steve's hat; that joke is old. It might even be a first-termer. Hell, it might even date back to someone else. The TakenEvent entity posted thusly: >> Well, it's actually "nearly Friday humour" in this time zone. >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >You should cob your tip back from Steve's hat; that joke is old. It might >even be a first-termer. Hell, it might even date back to someone else. No matter. It was new to me. |
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