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German joke
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[–] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

Zwei Kamele sitzen im Keller und hacken Petroleum. Sagt das eine zum anderen: "Du, morgen ist Weihnachen!". Sagt das andere: "Ich weiß, ich bin eh mit dem Fahrrad da."

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Sitzen zwei Kamele im Keller und stricken Benzin. Kommt ein Schraubenzieher, läuft ein mal den Türrahmen hoch und wieder herunter und verschwindet wieder. Fragt das eine Kamel: "Du, hast du dat geseh'n?" Sagt das andere Kamel: "Jau, der is öfter hier."

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    Ich lerne noch Deutsch und kann den Witz zwar übersetzen aber ich verstehe er trotzdem nicht.

    Edit: Grammar

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    There is a trope of nonsensically combining statements, e.g. "at night it's colder than outside" (it's called Alogismus - is alogism a proper english word?). It's children humor, most of them find it funny somewhere between 6 and 14 yo.

    This sentence is an example of that:

    • camels don't sit in basements
    • you can't chop kerosene
    • Christmas has nothing to do with the fact that the camel traveled via bicycle
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    Diese Art von Witzen die mit skurrilen Szenarien und Dialogen gearbeitet haben waren im Deutschsprachigen Raum in den 70ern angesagt - Ein bisschen vor meiner Zeit, aber man hat ja Eltern und Verwandte, und der hat sich in meiner Kindheit in mein Hirn gebrannt.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah but what does it mean!? 😂

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    It's somewhat of an antijoke. Translation would be:

    Two camels are sitting in a cellar chopping petroleum. One of them says: "Tomorrow is Christmas, you know?". The other one replies: "Yeah, I came here by bike anyways"

    The whole joke is based on subverting expectations. You don't expect camels sitting in a cellar, a liquid can't be chopped, camels can't speak (and wouldn't care about christmas either), camels don't ride bikes, and noone chooses a bike as a mode of travel especially in expectation of Christmas.

    I personally never found it that funny, but my mother was laughing as if it were the funniest thing ever said.

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