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Nanay began radiation treatments tonight. During the day she was seen by a great many nurses and doctors. Here's one conversation.
Neurosurgeon Nurse Practitioner- "Why are you here?"
Nanay- "Well, my daughter married an American."
I think everyone can figure out why that exchange is so funny. My wife certainly thought so.
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Maybe it is USA humour ???
I don't understand what is so funny. Now - IF - she had said; "My parents knew each-other in the 'biblical' sense." I might have chuckled.
with love - but - confusion,
Hope
with love,
Hope
Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.
Re: Maybe it is USA humour ???
Maybe if the question was rephrased as "Why are you here in hospital", the humour might be more obvious?
Regards,
Dave.
Nah
Hey Amrad,
Then the answer posted would just be weird and I still wouldn't get it. (But it could be that I'm just dense or have no sense of hunour, Let me think about that for a bit ...................... Ok, the sense of humour is a strong possibility but the density thing isn't. I'm soft and fluffy, probably a first cousin to a marshmallow.)
with love,
Hope
with love,
Hope
Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.
Explaining a joke
Rarely helps.
Cheers,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
I don't get it
LOL. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Thanks Puddin' - I chuckled at your response
And yes I know I would have appeared much more intellegent if I had only sat back and allowed everyone to think I was smart enough to understand the humour. Actually asking the question about it let you all know that my IQ is in the single digits and you wouldn't even need all the fingers of one hand to calculate it.
with love,
Hope (There's always hope, well for MOST people anyway.)
with love,
Hope
Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.
Literalism
Every situation is the result of the confluence of many decisions in life.
The nurse asked, specifically but unclearly, "Why are you here (in hospital)?"
The woman (who was evidently not born in the USA, but rather came here from halfway around the world) answered, generally, "Well, it's a long story... Have you got a few minutes?"
The joke depends upon exactly what here means, and is not at all dependent on taking place in the USA. One could tell the same story about an Australian woman in the UK whose daughter married a Brit.
The confusion is implicit in the words "married an American," because this phrase strongly implies that at one time neither she nor her daughter were Americans, so if she's in a US hospital, there's a long and complicated story behind it.
The nurse wanted only the most recent bits of the story, whilst the patient saw a much larger context.
Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Well it all began
with this police box on the corner, where there hadn't been one before, and someone running around shouting, "Forty Two!" Don't forget your towel.
Hugs
Carla Ann
here is one for you
A hospital here, has a sign in admitting that says if you cannot read this then please ask for a translator. (another Homer simpson moment in time)
Hugs,
Jenna From FL
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Jenna From FL
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