Jokes you didnt get,

[Reply #640 on:]

 

Originally posted by Zeep:
in bend her, when 'coilette' and calculon are hottubbing in the oil, there's something written on the side of the tub. "10W40" or something like that. does anyone know what that means?

10W40 is a kind of motor oil.

[Reply #641 on:]

Bender: Drop another barnyard bomb on us Vanilla corn!
DJ: Yo, fool! It's mix master Festus!
(Where the buggalo roam)
Is this meant to be funny or what?

[Reply #642 on:]

Yeah, they're parodying the way rappers talk. Just with added spice of using hillbilly names (no offense to anyone named Festus).

[Reply #643 on:]

I'm probably the only one that noticed this but Mixmaster Festus, if that is his real name, had no mixer between his two turntables and thus, the way he scratched his records, whilst amusing, was completely wrong.

Although I'm sure Teral can make up some kind of "It's the future" excuse for that one. 

[Reply #644 on:]

I could, if I cared enough about rap music. As it is pre-recorded MP3 should suffice.

Every time I hear the words scratch and record, I always see John Cleese for me saying "I will not buy this record, it is scratched."

[Reply #645 on:]

Perhaps it's intended as a parody of hick rap-rockers like Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker.

[Reply #646 on:]

I haven't gone through the whole topic, but someone explain to me the meaning of the "Bunk! Bunk I say!" line in Spanish Fry.

[Reply #647 on:]

No.

[Reply #648 on:]

I'm not sure what there is to explain, except perhaps for the word bunk. So, here it is, courtesy of Dictionary.com:

bunk n.
   Empty talk; nonsense.

Does that help? If not, what exactly is your problem with the line?

[Reply #649 on:]

I've never heard "bunk" used that way before. Thanks!

[Reply #650 on:]

In A Big Piece of Garbage Farnsworth says he wants everyone to be alive for the Academy of Inventors annual symposium. To this fry responds: "Wow, I love symposia!"

Wow, another joke I didn't get . The shame...

[Reply #651 on:]

It's been discussed before in this thread, but the joke is that Fry is usually really dumb, yet he knows the correct plural form of a symposium.

[Reply #652 on:]

If bender is mexican why is he blonde when he turns human in tales of interest

[Reply #653 on:]

 

Originally posted by defiantgiant:
If bender is mexican why is he blonde when he turns human in tales of interest

1. There are blonde Mexicans.  They just aren't that common.

2. Just because Bender was born (i.e. built) in Mexico, that doesn't mean that he's of Mexican ancestry.

3. He's a freaking robot, for crying out loud.

4. In case no one else has said so, welcome to PEEL, defiantgiant.

[Reply #654 on:]

Bender also can't pronounce Spanish words.

[Reply #655 on:]

Maybe he was just made in Mexico, but programmed to speak English.

[Reply #656 on:]

Or if he was made in Mexico for the American market, he would presumably be programmed to speak English and... to... turn into a blonde human...

[Reply #657 on:]

Bender probably stole his chest door and has lied about being Mexican ever since.

[Reply #658 on:]

Bender's full name is Bender Bending Rodriguez

[Reply #659 on:]

Two jokes I don't get from Bicyclops Built for Two:

"They'll come in handy if I need to cover any tiny manholes."

I'm pretty sure I get this one, though:

"Leela: Come on Al, can't you let the little guy out?
Alkazar: Jeez Leela, twice in one day? I'm not Superman!"

Am I just not thinking dirty enough?

[Reply #660 on:]

They're both references to "Married With Children" were inuendos, badly concealed insults and sex jokes flew through the air.

For the last one, yes you need to think more dirty. The little guy Al is thinking about is his lower horn.

[Reply #661 on:]

if bender is mexicain why is he from another planet on antholigy of intrest 1

[Reply #662 on:]

Because Earthican companies don't build robots 500 feet tall (for reasons seen in the episode), therefore he had to be build by aliens.

[Reply #663 on:]

Either that, or because it was a parody of The Iron Giant.   

[Reply #664 on:]

Yeah, my mistake. I was thinking in "Re-check/Weird Scenes" mode, not explaining the joke.

[Reply #665 on:]

All you need to do to understand "married with children" is to get a lobotomy.

[Reply #666 on:]

in insane in the mainframe, bender tells roberto "wait, dont kill me, i think i might be coming down with stolkhoms syndrome... handsome!"

what's stolkholms syndrome?

[Reply #667 on:]

Stockholms syndrome is when a hostage or kidnapp victim starts to feel empathy, even love, for their captors.

I'm sure there's a better explanation out there, but near enough is good enough.

[Reply #668 on:]

now i get it! i assumed it was some sort of syndrome that made you homosexual, or something!   

[Reply #669 on:]

I have always wondered what Stockholm Syndrome was too. Now I know, Wahh-ooo! 

[Reply #670 on:]

Leela:'I think I may be a few years younger'
Amy:'Hey me too'. *wink*

Is there any particular reason why she winked, or am I just trying to read too much into the episodes...?

[Reply #671 on:]

its just that Amy hasnt decreased in age but is just saying she has because women like to lie about their age. that and house work.

[Reply #672 on:]

In "War is the H-world" , robot surgeon says: "it's not a war, it's a murder". Then he switch his manner of talking to "irrelevant" and say the same thing with the different pronunciation. What that change of pronuciation means?

[Reply #673 on:]

It's a refrence to the TV Show "M*A*S*H".  The robot surgeon's name is "iHawk", a parody of Alan Alda's character on the show Hawkeye.  Some of the things Hawkeye was known for was Groucho Marx impressions and (especially in the later seasons) switching from light comedy to over-sentimentality.  So the joke is iHawk switched from his serious mode to a Groucho Marx impression.

[Reply #674 on:]

Wasn't it Irreverent, not Irrelevant?

[Reply #675 on:]

Yeah, Irreverent and Maundlin(or something.) 

[Reply #676 on:]

Words on screen were small, thats why I made that mistake. 

[Reply #677 on:]

 

Originally posted by missBender:
Yeah, Irreverent and Maundlin(or something.)   

Maudlin: (adj.) Effusively or tearfully sentimental.

[Reply #678 on:]

Here's a joke I don't get:
Bender: Just as well. I think he comes from a dimension that's big on musical theatre.

[Reply #679 on:]

He's implying that M-5438 is gay.  It's a stereotype that gay men like musicals.