Hunter mistakenly took a cigarette of his son.
An hour later he shot three giraffes.

Something went awry in translation!

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Originally posted by The Dane:
Something went awry in translation!

No/ Translation is perfectly right

NO, it is not...

Vashper, don't hold out on us. Where's the rest of that joke!

Vashper,

Americans have no sense of humour. If this is the whole joke and properly transalted, you are going to have to explain it to us.

Babblefish cant even translate this one....

I'll give it a try...
perhaps the cigarette he took from his son was not the long thin type, but a hand rolled short "fatty", and after an hour the father just thought he shot 3 of anything.
Bill

And that solved anything?!!!!

Yes, the secret of it is in cigarettes. They apparently had a special chemical composition. Father did not know that after using them you can see not only giraffes, but the pink elephants and flying alligators.

Any joke requiring that much explanation is not truly a joke.

vashper, you need to ratchet up your game, comrade.

Having grown up on French humour and wit, I got that one immediately...

But, watching American comedies or jokes, one can understand why they don't get subtle humour.

Lack of training, basically.

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Originally posted by Philip A.:

Lack of training, basically.

So I try this deficiency to make up

Vashper,

There was nothing wrong with your joke. I got it immediately - but the I don't smoke pot - maybe the rest of these yahoos should quit smoking and exercise their minds a bit.

I got it immediately too. I don't smoke either, do you think I should start?

Impala- you only have to go a bit North to be in the weedy state of Colorado. Shouldn't be hard to get started...

Ok. I think I understand it. But it's still not funny.

Here's something similar that may help explain the gist of it:

A boy who lives with his grandmother can't find his missing drugs so he goes to her and asks, "Grandma, have you seen my pills labeled LSD?"

She replies, "SCREW YOUR PILLS, HAVE YOU SEEN THE DRAGONS IN THE KITCHEN?"

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Originally posted by Mark:
"SCREW YOUR PILLS, HAVE YOU SEEN THE DRAGONS IN THE KITCHEN?"

Yes, but grandma hasn't rifle in her hands