Pepito joke

Question

En un examen de zoología, el profesor le entrega a pepito una pata de pájaro y le dice: "A la vista de esta extremidad, ha de decirme la familia, el género y la especie del animal, así como sus costumbres migratorias y el número de crías por nidada." Y pepito le responde: "Pero, ¿cómo le voy a decir todo eso con apenas ver una pata?" El profesor le dice: "Está usted reprobado. A ver, dígame su nombre y apellido jovencito." Y entonces Pepito se quita un zapato, le enseña el pie desnudo al profesor y le dice: "A ver, adivine..."

Answer 1

Yes, pepito jokes are very popular in Mexico. I wish I knew a few, but I don't. I am going to ask a few friends from Mexico to post a few more here in this thread.

you can always google them - Rey_Mysterio, Apr 12, 2012

Answer 2

Como dice nuestro amigo gringo los chistes de pepito son muy populares en Mexico. Aqui les coloco un link con varios de ellos.

Pepito jokes

Slds. desde Mexico

Thanks for the website - it's great! And funny. - RedLine55, Apr 12, 2012

Answer 3

Thanks for the jokes, guys. The construction of the dialogue (like in English jokes, too) is a bit different from what I usually see and seems like the way real people talk, so it's nice to study them.

I have a couple questions on some sentence construction, though. I thought that I knew just about all uses of "que," but then some new ones popped up. Also, I hear it in this manner a lot, too, but I can't quite peg down the meaning. Here is an example

-No me da la gana. -¡Que te pegaré!

What's the meaning here? Is it kind of a way of insinuating "you better" in English? I'm looking for more examples but can't find them right now. Annnnnd, sorry for slightly hijacking the thread. Gracias!

hijacking??? - Rey_Mysterio, Apr 12, 2012

its like saying..you better stop...im going to hit you!!!! - Rey_Mysterio, Apr 12, 2012

This "que" i believe is the same as in "que lastima" or other exclamations. And as Hecho says above, "that I will hit you" in english "or I will hit you". - gringojrf, Apr 12, 2012

Gracias para las respuestas, hombres! I know the world of "que" is gigantic, but I gotta keep learning! Hecho, "Hijacking" es decir "secuestrando" a thread in a different direction from the main point. Como un avión, ja. - RedLine55, Apr 12, 2012