Illuminati-R-Us

So I went to a funeral recently, and asked the widow if I might say a word. She said that would be OK. So I said, "Plethora".


She said "Thanks, that means a lot."

It took me way too long to get this. And ow, does it hurt.

Arneb wrote:It took me way too long to get this. And ow, does it hurt.

Yeah, now I just have to figure out who to have set that one up at Enzo's.

I still don't get it.

one definition of plethora= a lot

I liked that one as it was working on a few levels. Firstly, the expression 'say a word' and then just saying one word, that is funny on it's own. Then the play on the definition is just brilliant.

When I was maybe 10, I heard an ad for Chicken in the Rough, and I made up "Chicken in the rough is when you slice it badly". That was the earliest joke I remember writing. That works at a couple levels too.

I was not aware at the time, but the CITR restaurant chain has a chicken with a gold club as its logo.

Plethora = a lot


Chicken in the rough - a restaurant chain

When you slice it badly. Implies bad slicing results in rough cut chicken

BUT If you slice a chicken badly, it will wind up in the rough - as in out of bounds on a golf course.

g-one wrote:I liked that one as it was working on a few levels. Firstly, the expression 'say a word' and then just saying one word, that is funny on it's own. Then the play on the definition is just brilliant.

When Gordon Strachan was the Celtic manager he was walking past a reporter after a game and the reporter said: "Gordon, can we have a quick word?" Strachan said : "Aye, velocity" and walked off.