I can't get these funny puns. Are they hilarious? Anyone could explain them?
I'm Chinese. and I just watched an English teaching program. The teacher seemed to burst out laughing. but I didn't catch them? Could anyone try to explain the funny jokes? Appreciating it!
1. The past, present, and future all walked into a bar. It was tense.
2. -Why is six afraid of seven? - because seven eight nine.
3. Two fish are in a tank.One fish turns to the other fish, and says,"how do you drive this thing?"
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1. We use the word "tense" to refer to grammatical timeframes. "Tense" also means a feeling of tension.
2. "Eight" and "ate" are pronounced exactly the same way.
3. "Tank" can mean an aquarium or a military vehicle.
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1. The past, present and future, are all tenses. (past tense, present tense, future tense)
2. Seven ate nine. Seven (eight) nine.
3. Tank(armoured military vehicle) substituted for tank(fish tank)
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The past, present, and future all walked into a bar. It was tense.
The past , present and future refer to the past , present and future tenses in English grammer.
All of them walked into a bar . It was tense > Yes , there are all tenses , but tense also means a situaion with a nervous atmosphere or full of anxiety . One word two meaning joke
Why is six afraid of seven? - because seven eight nine.
Six is afraid of seven because seven ate nine > here ate sounds like eight > A play with pronunciation joke.
Two fish are in a tank. One fish turns to the other fish, and says, " how do you drive this thing?"
Two fish are in a fish tank or tank for short . When one fish asked the other how to drive this thing, it was referring to a tank which is a military vechicle > One word two meanings joke.
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They are not hilarious, but mildly cute, seems like little jokes a 9 year might say.
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