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Title: A real life joke story
Post by: Chazzler on July 13, 2008, 09:49:38 AM

So, this is from the time when my grandma was young, and there were no radios or TV's or even parlour dances around, and their family sat together in the kitchen telling riddles to each other.

The riddle goes as such "What is long and hard and good for the bumm?", now for this to make sense to the english folk, a little dictionary thing: "Pylly = bumm" "Hylly = shelf" in finnish, and my grandma's sister Vieno heard the riddle wrong of course, and looked around the room for an answer in confusion and looked to he bookshelf, and then yelled: "Candle!"

The correct answer of course would have been "Penkki = Bench"

:D

Title: Re: A real life joke story
Post by: ShiffDrgnhrt on July 13, 2008, 05:24:01 PM

I don't get it...  Whats Pylly Hylly have to do with a Candle, a Bookshelf, or a Bench?

Title: Re: A real life joke story
Post by: Link092 on July 16, 2008, 03:08:14 PM

Quote from: ShiffDrgnhrt

I don't get it...  Whats Pylly Hylly have to do with a Candle, a Bookshelf, or a Bench?

when translated, the similar finnish words caused a switch-up, and she mistook the riddle for, "what's long hard and good for the shelf?" so she said candle. (she saw it on the shelf.)

Title: Re: A real life joke story
Post by: ShiffDrgnhrt on July 16, 2008, 03:52:12 PM

Oh...

Title: Re: A real life joke story
Post by: s0ulz on July 16, 2008, 04:11:10 PM

Finnish humour = mad pwn jokes. Got to love that. I bet you were in tears Chazz, you comic you ;)

Title: Re: A real life joke story
Post by: Link092 on July 16, 2008, 04:48:29 PM

I might question the family friendliness of this. :D I found it hilarious.