I’ve got one of those stories from my brother. Well, sort of. I’m still not entirely sure about it. You know the age-old joke, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” It occurred to him one day that “the other side” said chicken was apparently trying to get to may have a more macabre interpretation than the literal other side of the road. You know, like death? By fast-moving vehicle. He explained it to me and it makes perfect sense, but I don’t know, maybe he was reading too much into it. Or maybe this is the more widely-accepted interpretation of the joke and we’re both just exceptionally thick.
Along the highway that I routinely drive to work, for several months there was a billboard that showed a large bowl of ice cream with the caption “Desert Dessert,” and the emblem of a local dairy.
I saw that and thought, “They’re telling people to avoid dessert? Nice health message, but kinda bad for business.”
It was literally months later that I realized both I and the dairy are in … you guessed it … a desert.
I must admit I still don’t quite get the chicken crossing the road joke. I think it’s a joke that’s not a joke but it took me years to even get that far.
I just heard “Smoke of a Distant Fire” and while I think I knew she was cheating, I was very literal-minded and pictured her having bloodshot eyes or something from having been near a fire with some other dude.
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Originally Posted by bundykala
…a more macabre interpretation than the literal other side of the road. You know, like death? By fast-moving vehicle…
Well gee…
That completely makes sense to me now…Holy crap, maybe I and everyone I know are completely clueless and have been for decades.
I’ve heard variants of the chicken joke for thirty years or so (Why did the duck cross the road? It was stapled to the chicken. And a million other unfunny variants), and of course all of them are contigent on knowing the original. Only today have I realised what the hell the joke in the original is. God I’m so clueless.
It took me until about three years ago to notice that Anaheim’s own No Doubt’s 1995 album “Tragic Kindom” was a play on Disneyland’s “Magic Kingdom.” Yes, I even heard the “Remain seated please” bit at the end of the title track.
An aside to add: My Uncle, who worked in Disneyland as a musician back in the day, said the musicians used to refer to it as “Mousewitz”, and “Duckau”, due to some sad work policy.
But the more important question is what does the porn version’s title mean?
Good Will Humping -
Does it mean Humping with Good Will to others?
Does it mean **Will **is Good at Humping?
Does it mean “Good! Will is Humping!” because the poor guy was having a dry spell? [sub]snerk dry humping[/sub]
Or does is mean that a guy named Will, who is a Good guy, is Humping?