8月 21 2012
Top 10 jokes Edinburgh Fringe 2012
每年8月份的爱丁堡边缘艺术节已经成为英国乃至世界各地喜剧演员竞赛的舞台。在边缘艺术节上，每年都会评选10个最佳笑话，由专业人士提名，由观众投票选出。以下是2012年的十大笑话，看看你能看懂那几个？
1) “You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks.” – Stewart Francis
提示：give a bad name 的双关含义
2) “Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. Luckily I was the one facing the telly.” – Tim Vine
提示：这个笑话可能现场听比看句子更好笑，看到“back to back”时，我已经觉得笑点会是在这里
3) “I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister.” – Will Marsh
4) “You know you’re working class when your TV is bigger than your book case.” – Rob Beckett
5) “I’m good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet … I don’t know Y.” – Chris Turner
6) “I took part in the sun tanning Olympics – I just got Bronze.” – Tim Vine
这个其实挺好，还应景
7) “Pornography is often frowned upon, but that’s only because I’m concentrating.” – George Ryegold
8) “I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!” – Stewart Francis
9) “I waited an hour for my starter so I complained: ‘It’s not rocket salad.” – Lou Sanders
10) “My mum’s so pessimistic, that if there was an Olympics for pessimism … she wouldn’t fancy her chances.” – Nish Kumar
这个比较有趣
没明白give a bad name的双关语？
对问句中的 give a bad name 一般理解是”谁败坏了小孩们的名声”，但回答是指Posh and Beck他们爱给自己孩子起怪名，取的是 give a bad name 的直接含义。