English Reversal anyone?
Sunday, July 15, 2007
After burying the done-to-death meme, the Russian Reversal, The Loony Lampoonist now presents the world's first English Reversal joke.
In the US, you kick ass.
In England, asses kick you!
While the Russian Reversal jokes were supposedly a "social commentary" on the political conditions of Soviet Russia, the spanking new English Reversal theme has a more practical purpose. That of parodying the American dialect of the English language.
On a visit to the Northern Americas, you might overhear a native exclaim "I kicked his ass!" very often. You might then wonder why the aforementioned native would so proudly proclaim such a thing. Surely the act of booting someone's donkey wasn't a feat to be proud of.
After a few discreet enquiries you learn that the bloke was actually referring to the other person's bottom (and not a farmhouse donkey) and the metaphorical action of kicking someone's bottom implied that you defeated him in sport or debate. A busybody starts explaining the history of the idiom, but you politely inform him that you are not interested in the etymology of the word.
For, you know that as a citizen of the Commonwealth, the word "Ass" only brings up images of the Equus asinus and it's defence mechanism : A swift double heeled kick in the direction of it's natural enemy. The hare-brained human who happens to be annoying it.
posted by foogarky @ 12:00 PM,
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