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Can you give me examples of Spanish jokes that can't be translated?

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updated Jun 18, 2012
edited by miliard
posted by miliard
Lol :) - ZAYESHA, May 14, 2012
Very funny! - annierats, Jun 8, 2012

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This is the best I can do for the moment:

Habían tres amigos que se llamaban Tonto, Nadie y Ninguno.

Tonto va y le dice al policía:

Nadie se cayó al pozo y Ninguno lo está ayudando.

Entonces el policía le responde:

¿Usted es tonto?

Sí, ¡Mucho gusto!

updated Jun 8, 2012
posted by annierats
Good Annie! - pmikan-pam, Jun 8, 2012
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Good one miliard: I love the English HumoUr! I watch British comedy it is one of my favoUrite things on the weekend. YoU gave me a challenge on this one, I will get back to yoU!

updated Jun 8, 2012
edited by pmikan-pam
posted by pmikan-pam
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That's a good one in any language! smilesmile

updated May 13, 2012
posted by rac1
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Hahahahaha...love it!

I'm sure there are many in Spanish, but I can't think of one at the moment.

updated May 13, 2012
posted by --Mariana--
the thing with the scorpion was it real or it was a joke? - miliard, May 13, 2012
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I thought that this was funny, in time for Father's Day: WhaT a son said that his ambition was to drive an army tank his father said I won't stand in your way".

updated Jun 18, 2012
edited by pmikan-pam
posted by pmikan-pam
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A European zoo contracted with a man who was given a long list of animals the zoo needed. The contractor and his staff went to Africa with the list and caught all the animals on the list. As they were returning to Europe on a train with all the animals the jaguar (Spanish: jaguar) died and the contractor was distressed about the complication and cost of having to go back with all the animals just to catch one jaguar. Someone in his staff suggested they could take a fox (Spanish: zorro), of which they had one extra, and paint it to look like a jaguar thereby saving the need to go back. So this they did and continued on to Europe where they delivered all the animals to the zoo, including the "jaguar". The zoo promptly put the newly arrived "jaguar" in the same enclosure with other jaguars but they would not mix. The new one cowered in a corner while the old ones looked at it distrustingly. This went on for some time until finally one of the resident jaguars slowly walked up to the new arrival and asked "Jaguar you?" (Pun: How are you?), to which the new arrival responded "I am zorry" (Pun: I am a fox).

updated Jun 8, 2012
edited by pmikan-pam
posted by pmikan-pam