Wear the fox hat!

My wife didn't get it - she asked "What's the fox hat?" :) Thanks for the laugh!

LOL !!!

I liked that :-)

Rich

For a fur'rigner like me. It took a while to get the joke.

Don't feel bad - My wife didn't get it either and she's born in the US.

(On the other hand, my daughter heard it immediately. The twisted gene must be dominant - I am so proud :)

The guy didn't correctly hear what his friends asked him when he said where he was going: Insert a "t" between "fox" and "hat", say it fast and and see if you get it now..

LOL!!!! i get it now!

Karls

Don't feel bad - My wife didn't get it either and she's born in the US.

(On the other hand, my daughter heard it immediately. The twisted gene must be dominant - I am so proud :)

The guy didn't correctly hear what his friends asked him when he said where he was going: Insert a "t" between "fox" and "hat", say it fast and and see if you get it now..

Umm, only a black screen for me...

J.

I could just tell you, but you won't enjoy the joke at all so instead I'll ask you a question: Where do you live?

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Just to let Jorn (I think that's what it is,right?) know we're not laughing at him, here's the explaination of the joke:

Whatever your reply would have been, I would have replied with "where the f*ck's that?". Now imagine having bad hearing, missing the 't' of "that", so it becomes "wear the fox hat".

One might need to be familiar with the english idioms to get the joke immediately - that, and a fairly warped mind :)

Good one!!

J.

I can illustrate this with a true story... A High Court judge apologized to the lawyers in his court: he had inadvertently left a crucial document at his weekend cottage, and would have to go down there to fetch it. One of the lawyers present suggested helpfully "Fax it up, m'lud." The judge replied "Yes, I'm afraid it does, rather."

Andy Lock added:

There's a Kiwi version of this, Larry, in case you need an alternative in another context:

Prince Charles turned up at Eketahuna on his last Royal Tour of New Zealand wearing a baseball cap with a dead fox stuck on the front of it. On being asked by a local why he was wearing such a ludicrous hat, he replied that he had been unsure of what to wear so he had phoned Mummy as to what was appropriate garb in Eketahuna, and she had said 'Wear the fox hat'.

forwarded by Israel "izzy" Cohen

You will be pleased to know that I have managed to get this phrase into the daily language here at work. They're all at it !

Its now joined the old favourites of 'Four Candles', 'Four Coffees', and ' Where's my Fork and Knife ?'

James, the thread killer.

A guy goes to a clock shop and asks for a potato clock. The clerk says, "I never heard of one." The guy says, "Well I have to find one. I am always late for work, and my boss told me I could get to work on time if I get a potato clock!"

Good one - Thanks! It took me a little while to figure out what the boss was actually saying. (hint: say the last part fast, slurring the words together) :)

Thanks for the hint, Remco. I finally understood this one. But I get up at 7 o'clock and still get to work late.

For instructions about how to make a genuine (this is not a joke) potato clock, see:

Four Candles, Four Coffees, and Where's my Fork and Knife? Elaborate?

Usually I get word plays quickly, especially the dirty ones (call it a gift :) This one sounds dirty but escapes me.. Thanks for giving me something to think about..

Of all the folks on this NG, i was sure you were bound to get it ! I am guessing you did, but arseing about !

Four candles references a Two Ronnies Sketch from yonks ago (UK)

Four coffee ( nuff said), no you four coffee...

Fork & knife, asked by my four year old, had me in stitches for days...

James