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turtle777
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May 30, 2008, 10:50 AM
 
Originally Posted by Mithras View Post
Umm, I still don't get the dyslexic tomato joke.
Same here.
Originally Posted by design219 View Post
That's why it's funny. In fact, it's hysterical.
Uhm, no, not really.

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May 30, 2008, 11:38 AM
 
Kenneth = dyslexic version of Ketchup.


Joke that makes perfect sense in Danish, yet is amazingly nonsensical when translated into English:

Q: How do you know if there’s brawn in the fridge?
A: The jam is left on the chair outside.
     
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May 30, 2008, 12:14 PM
 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You're right, I don't get it.
     
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May 30, 2008, 12:16 PM
 
What do you get when cross an owl with a bungie cord?
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May 30, 2008, 01:04 PM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Kenneth = dyslexic version of Ketchup.
Our understanding of dyslexia must be different...

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May 30, 2008, 07:34 PM
 
Dictionary
dyslexia |disˈleksēə|
noun
a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.

DERIVATIVES
dyslectic |-ˈlektik| adjective & noun
dyslexic |-ˈleksik| adjective & noun
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: coined in German from dys- [difficult] + Greek lexis ‘speech’ (apparently by confusion of Greek legein ‘to speak’ and Latin legere ‘to read’ ).

How is your interpret any different?

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