The New Joke Thread

[socaldmax]

Originally Posted by sailorphil9

More on the subject of pedantry:


My girlfriend is fed up of my constant wordplay jokes.
I asked her, "What can I do to stop my addiction?"
She said, "Whatever means necessary."
"No it doesn't," I said.

Your girlfriend is fed up WITH your constant wordplay jokes.

Real pedantry.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by socaldmax

Your girlfriend is fed up WITH your constant wordplay jokes.

Real pedantry.

As the man with a wooden leg* said: "It's a matter of a pinion"
Merriam Webster
Definition of fed up of.
informal, British
: very tired of (something) : angry about (something that has continued for a long time)

Cambridge(example under "interfere")
I'm fed up of him interfering in my love life

MacMillan:
The usual preposition following 'fed-up' is 'with', but among younger people, 'of' is becoming increasingly common. Some people think this use is incorrect.

But:
Oxford:
Some people say ‘fed up of something’ in informal British English, but this is not considered correct in standard English.

*
I once knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith.
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I don't know what the other one was called.

[Pelagic]

Originally Posted by socaldmax

If that story about the kid was true, it would have been from the early 50's, which was the last time anyone under 75 used the term "cool off."

"Chill out" replaced that term by the 60's.

Another example of social climate change.... (Cool.......to Chill)

[Pelagic]

Originally Posted by ArmyDaveNY

Good joke, although technically we haven't combined guns with jokes. A gun is a crew served weapon.

This is a gun:

Thanks for that. Always wondered if there was a formal distinction

So what are small hand guns generically called?

[Pelagic]

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[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

Thanks for that. Always wondered if there was a formal distinction

So what are small hand guns generically called?

Small hand guns??

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by StuM

This is my rifle, this is my gun....

Stop it or you will go blind.......

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

Thanks for that. Always wondered if there was a formal distinction

So what are small hand guns generically called?

I've just gone the 'full pundit'

Mouse gun, pocket pistol, Saturday Night Special......

'Gunshot wounds'... it seems care not whether the gun was rifled or not....

Anyone got any knew jokes? No? who new....

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

Thanks for that. Always wondered if there was a formal distinction

So what are small hand guns generically called?

They're handguns, not hand guns.

A small handgun is often called a "pocket pistol"

[StuM]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

Small hand guns??

Guns for people with small hands?

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by dfelsent

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[GordMay]

Five out of six people agree that Russian Roulette is safe.

[socaldmax]

Except the ones who play with a semiauto.

None of them have answered the questionnaire.

[CaptTom]

Originally Posted by GordMay

At least it didn't say "ATM Machine."

THAT would have brought out all of us pedants!