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Besthunter

#429973 Fri, 12 Oct 07 05:15 AM

I do not understand this joke, please help me

http://www.manythings.org/jokes/9965.html

A: "Excuse me. Do you know the way to the zoo?"
B: "No, I'm sorry I don't."
A: "Well, it's two blocks this way, then one block to the left."

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YoHf

#430041 Fri, 12 Oct 07 12:33 PM

I reckon Mr. A is suggesting that Mr. B should be kept captive in a zoo (probably because of the way he looks/behaves) and providing him with some pieces of information about the location of the zoo, so that Mr. B can get to it.

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nona the brit

#430384 Sat, 13 Oct 07 12:55 PM

The joke works on the idea that normally you ask directions to a place because you don't know how to get there yourself. This is funny as it reverses that idea - A has gone up and told a complete stranger, who doesn't care where the zoo is, the directions - the complete opposite of the real situation.

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Arowana

#431349 Tue, 16 Oct 07 12:43 PM

I agree with Nona's explaination, that's the whole idea of the joke.
On the other hand YoHF's version is more ' imaginative' .... Big Smile [:D]

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Dew 2007

#431395 Tue, 16 Oct 07 03:49 PM

I just remembered another one like that:

A couple was waliking along the dark street - Suddenly a group of youngsters surrounded them,

-Have you got a tin-opener?
- No, - said they
- Then stay here! Or you will suffer! (and the youngters ran away)
The couple stood scared for a quarter of an hour - then the boys appeared, gave them a tin-opener and said,
-Now you may go!