Germans: A tough audience
In Germany stores that sell alcoholic drinks are called Getränke (pronounced Geh-trangh-ke).
Said fast enough, the word kinda sounds like a person with a thick German accent saying, ‘Get-Drunk.’ I mean it’s not exact, but for the purpose of jokery, it’s close enough.
I’ve tried this gag more than a few times.
“Hey everybody, it’s Friday night! Let’s get-ränke!”
Usually this is met with concerned stares and a very friendly explanation as to why such a phrase is not grammatically correct, and is therefore not funny. But, I mean sheesh. C’mon.
Am I wrong? Click below to for the answer, as well as the less-funny Polish version of the same joke.
Alternately, a drunken Polish person might find themselves in an alco-hole. Not nearly as funny, but worth mentioning I think
The Polish isn’t funny for the pun so much as for the various gutters it pulls your thoughts into
No, this is very clearly funny. I laughed, and so did Luke… and he’s German.
Definitely funny.
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haha… definitely funny… germans have a weird sense of humour so not surprised they didn’t get it… for example, the humour of jackbooting all over europe in the 40′s was totally lost on me…