What Makes People Laugh

Humor from the languages of the world

Artificial

In a clinic… “Em…all right, your pulse is normal.” “But, doctor, please check my left hand – the right is an artificial one.” Source Liang, Yanmin. 幽默汉语 ( Humorous Chinese). 让烹诗玄 包出版社 (Beijing Language and Culture University Press), 2004

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Vodka

Two Finnish guys are sitting in a ferry, drinking vodka.. After a few hours of drinking one of the Finns says “This was fun”The other one replies:“Are we here to drink, or are we here to chit-chat?”          Kaksi suomalaista miestä istuu lautassa ja juo vodkaa.. Muutaman tunnin juomisen jälkeen yksi suomalaisista sanoo “Tämä oli hauskaa”

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Old Finnish WWII Joke

Finnish general Adolf Ehrnrooth was visiting in England after the World War II.British general asked him how many Russian troops were stationed in Finland.“A few hundred thousand” answered Ehrnrooth.“Where in Finland are they stationed?” The British general asked.      Ehrnrooth answered: “Two meters underground around the border.” Suomalainen kenraali Adolf Ehrnrooth vieraili Englannissa toisen

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