Question #41565
posted on 12/17/2007 3:01 a.m.
Q:
Dear 100 Hour Board,
You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish!
Is there more to that joke than meets the eye? Or is there an extended version? I remember laughing out loud the first time I heard this, but I can't remember if it was the context or the joke in context that was funny. Is that really the whole joke?
-Out of context
A:
Dear Out of Context,
As I recall, the beginning of the riddle is "What's the difference between a piano and a fish?" Otherwise, yeah, that's the entire joke.
- Katya
As I recall, the beginning of the riddle is "What's the difference between a piano and a fish?" Otherwise, yeah, that's the entire joke.
- Katya
A:
Dear Context,
FYI, it's also an album by REO Speedwagon.
...it was the first thing I thought of.
-Claudio
FYI, it's also an album by REO Speedwagon.
...it was the first thing I thought of.
-Claudio
A:
Dear Jokester:
The joke relies on internal open juncture ambiguity, for what it's worth.
I once laughed uncontrollably for several minutes at a friend describing the Incredible Hulk going on a rampage in Mafia . . . yeah, I'm betting on the context.
---Portia
The joke relies on internal open juncture ambiguity, for what it's worth.
I once laughed uncontrollably for several minutes at a friend describing the Incredible Hulk going on a rampage in Mafia . . . yeah, I'm betting on the context.
---Portia