Re: Language-based humor

pikatxu wrote:
>
> Lee Sau Dan wrote:
> >>>>>>"Marc" == Marc Frisch <marcfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >
> > >> Or the Franglais one: De quel couleur a ete le cheval blanc de
> > >> Napolean? Gris.
> >
> > Marc> I don't get it. Any hints, please?
> >
> > Maybe, "un cheval blanc" is an idiom that means something other than
> > just a white horse?
> >
> >
>
> When you ask "Quelle est la couleur du cheval blanc d'Henri IV ?" to a kid,
> he says "No idea" without noticing that the answer in the question.
> Everybody
> heard it at school at least a thousand times.

But the answer to "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" isn't "General Grant."

It's either "General Grant and Mrs. Grant" or "No one, they're in
above-ground sarcophagi."
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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