r/AskReddit 29d ago

What is the worst US state and why?

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u/lethal_sting 29d ago

Two Italian men get on a bus... They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting behind them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say the following:

"Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come once-a-more. Two asses, they come together again. I come again and pee twice. Then I come one lasta time."

"You foul-mouthed swine," retorted the lady indignantly. "In this country we don't talk about our sex lives in public!"

"Hey, coola down lady," said the man. "Who talkin' abouta sexa? I'm a justa tellin' my frienda how to spella 'Mississippi'."

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u/Macien4321 28d ago

This joke reminds me of a real life conversation I had with an interpreter while stationed in Afghanistan. I had been partially trained in Pashtu and so I was on pretty good terms with most of the interpreters. So he came to me one day asked me, “What means phallus?” I was taken aback because it was such an off the wall question. I shit you not I spent about 5 min with a bottle of Frank’s red hot sauce trying to explain what a phallus is. He listen very patiently but still seemed confused. He then asked, “ So what does it mean when Commander says, “What’s up phallus.”” My favorite story by far from Afghanistan.

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u/Higgs-Boson-Balloon 28d ago

Commander obviously saying “what’s up? Phallus!” that interpreter must have thicker than black bean soup.

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u/Macien4321 28d ago

The commander was saying, “what’s up fellows” but the interpreter’s accent made it sound like he was saying phallus.

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u/wetwater 28d ago

I'm usually pretty good at figuring theses things out, but I'd never have guessed that.

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u/Macien4321 28d ago

It’s harder over text. It’s an easier one to get when spoken. Phonetically it it would have been like foullus but no one would know what I meant if I typed that. It didn’t sound exactly like phallus but it was closer to that than fellows.

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u/wetwater 28d ago

I get it and I spent some time saying it with different accents and finally got it. I think the PH was throwing me off when I was just reading it.