A Deadly Funny Python Joke ; Answers to Correspondents [Edition 3]
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QUESTION In the Monty Python sketch about a joke so funny it is deadly, we are never told the joke in English, but a group of soldiers recite it across the trenches in German. Has anyone translated this? THE 'German' version of the joke used in the sketch is: 'Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer?' 'Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!' Of this, only a few words are German; most of it consists of nonsense. The sentences don't make sense, though they give the impression of following a standard joke construction. The first three words mean 'When is the ...' to which the answer is 'Ja' -- yes.
In the sketch, the Germans try to fight back with a 'V-joke', which is broadcast on the radio, but without success. The script reads: 'By December their joke was ready, and Hitler gave the order for the German V-Joke to be broadcast in English.' Cut to a Forties wartime radio set with couple anxiously listening to it.See the full content of this document
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A Deadly Funny Python Joke ; Answers to Correspondents [Edition 3]
Radio: (crackly German voice) 'Der ver zwei peanuts, valking down der strasse, and von vas assaulted ... peanut. Ho! Ho! Ho!' The couple look at each other and, in blank amazement, at the radio.
John Bowden, Sheffield.QUESTION At what height is it lifethreatening to jump into water? THE world record for a high dive is held by Oliver Fa...See the full content of this document
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