What's the difference between a pizza and a Jew?

A pizza is an oven-baked, flat, generally round bread that is usually 
covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and often mozzarella 
cheese, with other toppings added according to region, culture or 
personal preference, whereas a Jew is a follower of the religion Judaism.

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On 9-6-2009 18:39, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:34:20 +0200, andrel wrote:
> 
>> On 9-6-2009 18:21, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:03:33 +0200, andrel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Even if I did, why do you suppose
>>>> that I (i.e. anybody in this group) knew that, which I didn't?
>>> Well, I'd never heard of it before, but the joke had some context
>>> ("down the hill") which made me think of a car.  That plus my best
>>> guess at the pronunciation identified it as a play on words.
>> Sure but even when I plugged that all in, I still did not find it funny,
>> so I assumed something else was going on. Then again, the subject was a
>> warning.
> 
> Well, yeah, there is that too. :-)
> 
> Along the same lines:  
> 
> Q.  Why are you carrying that fish?
> 
> A.  Just for the halibut.
> 
You mean like Clive Anderson asking in the last episode of Have I got 
news for you after an explanation of a new cloud type: 'Are you cirrus'.

Or Stephen Fry out of character on QI with
Q: How does a chimpanzee makes toast
A: he puts it under the gorilla.

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On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:51:33 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 9-6-2009 18:39, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:34:20 +0200, andrel wrote:
>> 
>>> On 9-6-2009 18:21, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:03:33 +0200, andrel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Even if I did, why do you suppose
>>>>> that I (i.e. anybody in this group) knew that, which I didn't?
>>>> Well, I'd never heard of it before, but the joke had some context
>>>> ("down the hill") which made me think of a car.  That plus my best
>>>> guess at the pronunciation identified it as a play on words.
>>> Sure but even when I plugged that all in, I still did not find it
>>> funny, so I assumed something else was going on. Then again, the
>>> subject was a warning.
>> 
>> Well, yeah, there is that too. :-)
>> 
>> Along the same lines:
>> 
>> Q.  Why are you carrying that fish?
>> 
>> A.  Just for the halibut.
>> 
> You mean like Clive Anderson asking in the last episode of Have I got
> news for you after an explanation of a new cloud type: 'Are you cirrus'.
> 
> Or Stephen Fry out of character on QI with Q: How does a chimpanzee
> makes toast
> A: he puts it under the gorilla.

Pretty much, yeah. :-)

Jim

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Invisible wrote:
>>> Try saying it out loud. It becomes obvious. ;-)
>>
>> Spelling it properly would probably have helped, too.
> 
> Meh. It's a linguistic joke. Apparently it doesn't work so well written 
> down...

Yes. But the actual model of Rolls Royce car was spelled "Canardly."

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>>>> Try saying it out loud. It becomes obvious. ;-)
>>>
>>> Spelling it properly would probably have helped, too.
>>
>> Meh. It's a linguistic joke. Apparently it doesn't work so well 
>> written down...
> 
> Yes. But the actual model of Rolls Royce car was spelled "Canardly."

Really? I wasn't aware there *was* such a model. I thought it was just a 
made-up name that sounded plausible...

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Really? I wasn't aware there *was* such a model. I thought it was just a 
> made-up name that sounded plausible...

In the 1920s.  GIYF.

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Tim Cook wrote:
> http://www.instantrimshot.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXj97stbG8


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On 9-6-2009 20:03, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>>> Try saying it out loud. It becomes obvious. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Spelling it properly would probably have helped, too.
>>>
>>> Meh. It's a linguistic joke. Apparently it doesn't work so well 
>>> written down...
>>
>> Yes. But the actual model of Rolls Royce car was spelled "Canardly."
> 
> Really? I wasn't aware there *was* such a model. I thought it was just a 
> made-up name that sounded plausible...

If it disn't exist it would not be a joke, not even a lame one.

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"andrel" <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> a écrit dans le message de 
news:4A2### [at] hotmailcom...
> If it disn't exist it would not be a joke, not even a lame one.

A lame duck actually.  Andrew is right, there was no Rolls-Royce model 
called that. "Canard" means "duck" in French and "fake story" in English, so 
I guess that joke is in using a foreign but posh-sounding name (like the 
actual "Corniche" and "Camargue" RR models) and making a pun out of it.

G.

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On 9-6-2009 22:08, Gilles Tran wrote:
> "andrel" <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> a écrit dans le message de 
> news:4A2### [at] hotmailcom...
>> If it disn't exist it would not be a joke, not even a lame one.
> 
> A lame duck actually.  Andrew is right, there was no Rolls-Royce model 
> called that.

If you say so. Your Googling skills are way beyond mine.

> "Canard" means "duck" in French and "fake story" in English, 

Derived from the French newspaper if I am not mistaken.

> so I guess that joke is in using a foreign but posh-sounding 
> name (like the actual "Corniche" and "Camargue" RR models) and making a 
> pun out of it.

My verdict: what a terrible 'joke'. Not even remotely funny, but 'de 
gustibus non est disputandum' or the equivalent for humor.

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