tonyw Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I think IFI needs a Humor Section. Wouldn't it be great to have a place to collect jokes, puns, and stories of funny incidents? Some of you guys are absolutely hilarious. I wonder how many untold jokes there are floating around. What do you think, guys? Or maybe this thread could just be a Humor Thread? Don't think I have any jokes myself, just wanted to hear from you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawnJockey Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Don't get me going.... Anyway, I have always believed Wavy Gravy had it just right when he said "Without a sense of humor life isn't funny". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarry Dog Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I'm pretty sure it already exists...the whole site is almost founded on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) IForgeIron is visited and viewed by over 150 world wide countries and humor does not translate well at all. If you add local language, local sayings, their local humor, it is either not understood or is misunderstood outside the local area where it is used.-----------------------The chat room has several folks visit from Australia. We in America had to have much of what they said translated to English, and they were speaking English already !! For instance "The cook is putting a chook on the barbie for Chrissie". We can guess at barbie and cook, but what about the rest ??Cook (noun) : One's wife. Chook : a chicken. Barbie : barbecue (noun). Chrissie : Christmas. Reference: click here--------------------------Rhyming slang is a form of phrase construction in the English language that is especially prevalent in dialectal English from the East End of London; hence the alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. The construction involves replacing a common word with a rhyming phrase of two or three words and then, in almost all cases, omitting the secondary rhyming word (which is thereafter implied), in a process called hemiteleia, making the origin and meaning of the phrase elusive to listeners not in the know.Spider: "That Apple Cider has 'orrible 'airy Scotch Eggs"Boots: Daisy roots Reference: click hereLaugh: 'Yer 'avin' a Giraffe, pal!'--------------------------Red Neck and Southern Slanggussied up – cleaned up and dressed very nicely (perhaps formally)If I had my druthers – if I had my way/my preferenceknee-high to a grasshopper – very young and small, as in, “The last time I saw you, you were knee-high to a grasshopper, and look at you now!”skedaddle – to leave hurriedlyTar: He got him a flat tar!Water. Water you doing. (what are you doing?)y’all – a contraction of you + all. This is the informal 2nd person plural in Southern English.------------------------------Puns: a play on words.There was a post recently on a chicken footed trivet that went sideways (off course) and into the world of puns. Unless you understand the word play, you can easily get lost. Puns do not translate well.The other day I was standing in the park wondering why Frisbees get bigger and bigger the closer they get. Then it hit me. (While he was wondering about the size of the incoming object, it hit him in the head.)------------------------------- IForgeIron is a blacksmithing and metal working that tries to use English as a standard language. This way it CAN be translated into other languages. The blacksmithing names for tools or terms used may not translate well, so we encourage people to use photos when ever possible. Photos translate VERY well across all languages. Edited June 15, 2015 by Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I think IFI needs a Humor Section. Wouldn't it be great to have a place to collect jokes, puns, and stories of funny incidents? Some of you guys are absolutely hilarious. I wonder how many untold jokes there are floating around. What do you think, guys? Or maybe this thread could just be a Humor Thread? Don't think I have any jokes myself, just wanted to hear from you all.Blacksmiths are grumpy; they have no sense of humor.Blacksmith's shop dog - kick him once and he'll make a bolt for the door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 There was a post recently on a chicken footed trivet that went sideways (off course) Did you mean "of course"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyw Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Good post there, Glenn. You are right, humor doesn't translate well across different languages. I hadn't thought of that. I guess I will have to content myself with the humor that pops out in the course of regular discussions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 "You might be a black smith if""you might be a redneck knife smith if"we have "humor posts" lol. Then as Glenn points out we get "sideways" on posts. Heck the every one gets in on it. Some times it's even fun to have to have a 3 paragraph explanation of a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I tell a joke and people get mad at me, like It has gotten so bad, OSHA has had to determined that the maximum load limit of my back is 3 persons, unless I install hand rails and safety belts, and seeing how your post here is the 4th in line, you will have to wait your turn. lets see how that translates now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I tell a joke and people get made at me, like It has gotten so bad, OSHA has had to determined that the maximum load limit of my back is 3 persons, unless I install hand rails and safety belts, and seeing how your post here is the 4th in line, you will have to wait your turn. lets see how that translates now.....I'm not sure just how much of a joke it was meant to be but I couldn't help but chuckle thinking about all the grief youve been given lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 hopefully this latest effort should resolve a lot of the grief.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Did you mean "of course"?Good one Yves. Does it matter what he really meant?While it's a good point jokes don't necessarily translate well, I can't think of a better way to learn a language than learning to laugh in it.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I tell a joke and people get mad at me, like It has gotten so bad, OSHA has had to determined that the maximum load limit of my back is 3 persons, unless I install hand rails and safety belts, and seeing how your post here is the 4th in line, you will have to wait your turn. lets see how that translates now.....Good one Steve but won't OSHA fine you for halving the safe load limit like that? And don't try telling me those are ears not safety rails! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) I think the world's a better place if you get to smile once in a while!Humor often sits in your 'mind_frame at the time, it can often change it for the better too. The reality though is through nurture ,not nature we often derive pleasure at another's misfortune (think of the chap on the skateboard/bicycle on the roof/handrail coming a cropper) quite funny. And often thinking 'there but for the grace of God go I' yet................. NO! ' I would NEVER have been that dumb as to try that jump from the house roof ( I would have tried it from the garage roof, or a tree or riverbank etc!) Every now and then for some form of perverse pleasure I watch 'The science of Stupid' and you say to myself " what were they thinking" and then it dawns on me ...The probably weren't ! I don't have a problem when folk have a dig(think 'Mom, Frosty and Allan are picking on me again') at me (I think I'm old ,ugly and smart enough to defend myself) yet there are those that take offence easily so I try to be weary as to whom I take a friendly jab at. Often it's cultural too South Africans, Aussies and Kiwis tend to have friendly jabs at their own and others imho anyway. Then too there are those with whom, were you to challenge them a duel. You then knowingly chose wit & intellect as weapons, thus leaving them totally defenseless.Often when things are 'lost in translation ' especially with English to English I ask myself 'didn't you watch movies, TV or read comics and books when you were younger?' but it's probably more about comprehension too. Here I have to thank Mrs. Holmes my std.5 English teacher who placed the emphasis on comprehension rather that just reading skills. And I recon my parents too for encouraging questions too like " why are those guys putting a flatty on the Barbie" when its obviously a "N'kuku on the braai" and them explaining than in England on a summers day at 16 degrees C when you would be wearing a jersey (jumper/cardigan) the Poms would have their shirts off and putting a spatchcock chicken on the BBQ/grill 16 Celsius = 60.8 Degree Fahrenheit Edited June 17, 2015 by Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Frosty, is there some confusion "up North" between 'safety rails' and 'impact bars' ? Love ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Frosty, is there some confusion "up North" between 'safety rails' and 'impact bars' ? Love yaIt's a matter of perspective. If you slip and have to catch yourself they're "safety rails." If you trip and slam into one it's an impact bar. Of course if you smack into it but it keeps you from going over the edge then you impacted a bar of the safety rail. Of course I suppose an impact bar could be what you clout a lout with if the situation warrants.No, no confusion here, form follows function.Hey wait a second are you confusing impact bars with crash bars? Crash bars help keep the shiny parts on your motorcycle from getting marred if you lay it down. Nope, entirely different things.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 " why are those guys putting a flatty on the Barbie" when its obviously a "N'kuku on the braai"Heres a good example of lost in translation. I could guess what it means and probably if I was to comment on something like this I'd find my foot in my mouth. Now I have to look up a couple words so I don't feel like a fool. Just to make my point, when I first read that I read, 'why are those guys putting a (clothing item) on a Barbie (doll).' I quickly realized however that the Barbie in question might be a barbecue meaning a 'flatty' is a type of food. That give me the impression it might be a hamburger. The 'n'kuku on the braai' I won't even hazard a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I did some lookin online and it looks like I might be lost. Whenever someone has time please help me feel less stupid lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Regional slang for BBQ grills: South African = braai, Austrailia = barbie. (As in 'shrimp on the barbie') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 But Shrimp is an American term.... why would they say shrimp on the barbie , or shimp anything? its prawns, ya daft Yank. ( Even that close to Mason/Dixon line you ARE a Yank ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Thanks for helpin clear that up, John.truth be told, Steve, we are all 'yanks' here. I hate being called such since I'm a southerner but truth hurts sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) I tell a joke and people get mad at me, like It has gotten so bad, OSHA has had to determined that the maximum load limit of my back is 3 persons, unless I install hand rails and safety belts, and seeing how your post here is the 4th in line, you will have to wait your turn. lets see how that translates now.....Like the curate's egg, it was good in parts...I understand the gist of the joke but not the acronym...is that your equivalent of our HSE (Health and Safety at Work department)? Alan translation: An apprentice vicar was invited to tea at the big house in the village and was given a boiled egg which was addled. When asked how the egg was he politely said "it is good in parts"... Edited June 17, 2015 by Alan Evans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Impact bars? Aren't they the pubs where the motorcycle riders congregate. There was a famous song about the "Leader of the Pact"Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawnJockey Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) I tried to copy and paste a joke I received by email this morning but the pasted part didn't transfer. Edited June 17, 2015 by LawnJockey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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