Friday, September 18, 2020

万一

Bさん:「I saw the craziest video on YouTube. This golfer made a hole-in-one shot on a par 5 hole! 万一!」
Zさん:"I don't know about the term 万一。Literally one out of ten thousand. That is not that rare."
Aさん:「I agree. English is a little better with the phrase "One in a million", but still not great.」
Bさん:「Guys... you are missing the point...」
Zさん:"I think a better phrase would be 億一。"
Aさん:「Or even better 兆一。」
Bさん:「If you ask me, the chances you guys will be pedantic in conversation are 一一。」

Friday, September 11, 2020

Double Take and Call Me in the Morning

[At a Hospital]

Zさん:"Hi, I'm Mr. Z, and I'm not feeling well."
看護師:「Ok, Mr. Z, over here is Doctor Joe. Show Joe the symptoms.」
Zさん:"... is the seemingly unnecessary redundancy due to Covid-19 concerns?"


Friday, September 4, 2020

A Table For Some Reason

Zさん:"So what's the deal with the kanji 「卓」? It's like someone had a car, one of the wheels broke, so they made it into a table for some reason"

Friday, August 28, 2020

Harley-Davidson

Zさん:"What do you call it when a biker dude rides his Harley through a quiet residential neighborhood?"
Aさん:「I don't know, what?」
Zさん:"ウルサイクル。"

Friday, August 21, 2020

Wheel Of Fortune

テレビ:"Welcome to Wheel Of Fortune! ... and here is our host... Pat Sajak!"

Zさん:"... I dunno... I think he's really more of a Pat 優しい。"

Friday, August 14, 2020

Hungry Bears

Zさん:"I've got a riddle for you."
Aさん:「Shoot.」
Zさん:"If a grizzly bear has no teeth, how does it get nutrition?"
Aさん:「I don't know.」
Zさん:"魚 fish"
Aさん:「...? oooooh... I get it... clever.」

Friday, August 7, 2020

Beloved Disney Character?

Zさん:"What do you call an alligator that can compact garbage and has a collection of kitschy stuff?"
Aさん:「I don't know, what?」
Zさん:"W...a...n...i..."