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Post by aquaduct on May 23, 2022 8:30:59 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on May 23, 2022 10:22:17 GMT -5
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Post by kenlarsson on May 24, 2022 10:17:30 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on May 24, 2022 11:26:54 GMT -5
I don't get it. Explain, please.
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Post by Marshall on May 25, 2022 10:15:20 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on May 25, 2022 10:17:04 GMT -5
I don't get it. Explain, please.
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Post by epaul on May 25, 2022 11:52:39 GMT -5
Ok, so you don't get it, either. Really, I'm lost on this one. Is it a "the humor is in the non-sensical absurdity of it" (like the penguin in a tux jokes) is there a pun I'm missing? Something to do with the alphabet? Phonics? Any help, even a hint? It has become a puzzle and I want to solve it, even if imperfectly. I don't make that many requests. This is one. OK, so you don't get it either.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on May 25, 2022 12:26:32 GMT -5
Ok, so you don't get it, either. Really, I'm lost on this one. Is it a "the humor is in the non-sensical absurdity of it" (like the penguin in a tux jokes) is there a pun I'm missing? Something to do with the alphabet? Phonics? Any help, even a hint? It has become a puzzle and I want to solve it, even if imperfectly. I don't make that many requests. This is one. OK, so you don't get it either. I just thought it amusing that if you abbreviate Sweden as SWE on a scoreboard you leave off the DEN. If their opponent is Denmark and you abbreviate it as DEN you leave off MARK. Put the left off letters together and they spell DENMARK. That doesn't work with France and England (NCELAND) or Canada and Mexico (ADAICO). That's all there is to it. Some find it humorous and some don't. Apparently Norwegians don't.
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Post by John B on May 25, 2022 12:31:11 GMT -5
Ok, so you don't get it, either. Really, I'm lost on this one. Is it a "the humor is in the non-sensical absurdity of it" (like the penguin in a tux jokes) is there a pun I'm missing? Something to do with the alphabet? Phonics? Any help, even a hint? It has become a puzzle and I want to solve it, even if imperfectly. I don't make that many requests. This is one. OK, so you don't get it either. Scoreboards generally show three letters to represent each team. So the scoreboard will list SWE for the Swedish team and DEN for the Danes. Or them together and your have SWE DEN, which happens to be the name of one of the countries. And the letters not used spell the name of the other country.
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Post by james on May 25, 2022 12:37:50 GMT -5
It's an observation about the way that the country name abbreviations for Sweden and Denmark that are displayed on screen during eg. football matches (SWE 0 - 0 DEN) spell out the name of one of the countries, SWEDEN whilst unusually, DENMARK is the word that's formed from the letters not displayed on the screen.
Not particularly 'funny haha' but 'funny peculiar'. Stewie and Brian from Family Guy pictured to add something a bit smileworthy.
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Post by james on May 25, 2022 12:40:11 GMT -5
Oops! I was too slow. Answer is now tripled which made me laugh a bit. 🙂
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Post by Marshall on May 25, 2022 12:43:18 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on May 25, 2022 18:06:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the help, guys. I needed it, but now I do get it and I will be able to sleep tonight. (and it is a fine Meme, I just did not get it... until now).
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Post by epaul on May 25, 2022 18:12:30 GMT -5
Part of the problem was we Norwegians have long learned to never use abbreviations around Swedes, they just get too confused. So I just never made the scoreboard/abbreviation connection as we would never use abbreviations during any game involving Swedes; always spell it out with nice big letters (and pictures, when possible).
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Post by kenlarsson on May 28, 2022 9:53:36 GMT -5
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Post by jdd2 on May 29, 2022 23:56:32 GMT -5
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Post by Cornflake on May 30, 2022 10:05:21 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Jun 1, 2022 8:07:13 GMT -5
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Post by millring on Jun 2, 2022 5:43:16 GMT -5
Bacitracin Clumberspaniel
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Post by jdd2 on Jun 2, 2022 7:02:35 GMT -5
caption contest?
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