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- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!pyotr
- From: pyotr@halcyon.com (Peter D. Hampe)
- Subject: them bi-lingual puns
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.055138.15771@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Summary: that inside statement that the natives won't understand they will
- Keywords: air lingus, lingam, oy is my face red
- Sender: sso@nwnexus.WA.COM (System Security Officer)
- Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 05:51:38 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- After wading through inumeral posts by the sensitive
- on the non-native speakers grasp of the local language
- I was remined of the story of a dear friend who
- was taking to friends to meet a plane in Boston.
- They, being native Indians (that's Injah Indians,
- not 'woo-woo' Indians) spying an Irish 'Air Lingus'
- plane commented to his friend in Hindi 'Air Lingam'.
- Sue did not crack up, or laugh, but she smiled enough
- that the poor man was mortified that his tasteless
- remark had been over heard by her.
-
- Sue never said which was more 'amusing', his initial
- pun or his subsequent embarrassment about being caught.
-
- chus
- pyotr
-
- p.s. for those not in the know 'lingam' is hindi
- for the totem of masculinity, aka the penis.
-
- --
- Pyotr aka Peter D. Hampe : eka pyotr@halcyon.com
- Next Months Panel Topic: Graft - boon or blessing?
- EOF
- --
- Pyotr aka Peter D. Hampe : eka pyotr@halcyon.com
- Next Months Panel Topic: Graft - boon or blessing?
- EOF
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