Works a lot better, but does the Spanish guy sudenly get smarter half way through?
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Quote: sootyj @ February 21, 2008, 9:01 AMWorks a lot better, but does the Spanish guy sudenly get smarter half way through?
I don't think it matters. If Manuel's a genius he could just be ignoring the interviewer at the start when he's asking obvious questions. I'm more concerned about the punchline if people think the existing one's a bit of a let-down. Any suggestions welcome.
Suspect I'm opening my self up for a kicking on this one.
1 Another famous author eh, what do you know of Joist and Gurter?
One was an Irish nobel writer, the other was a german writer?
No joists and girders you're building my extension.
2 I don't care if your an author, if you want in UK you're building my bloody extension
5 am tomorrow look for the foreman, carl, carl castanedez.
If not try Dostoyevsky, he's a lazy bugger, but his 3 brothers are ok.
Interesting. Clever. Are they appropriate? I don't know. I feel like I need the equivalent of the interviewer's trousers falling down, if you see what I mean. A big smack in the face.
Well an Irish friend of mine suggested this kind of joke, where you move to a surprisingly intellectual punch from a crude background. Some call it bathetic humor, as in the move from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Often the idea being that English silly arse, thinks foolish Irish rustic, ah ha he has outsmarted for he is educated, and I am bloody fisted, simpleton, empire builder.
Of course the immigration could say my back passage needs clearing, and Spanish naiv pulls out rubber gloves and ky, what ever works.
Quote: sootyj @ February 21, 2008, 2:28 PMWell an Irish friend of mine suggested this kind of joke, where you move to a surprisingly intellectual punch from a crude background. Some call it bathetic humor, as in the move from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Often the idea being that English silly arse, thinks foolish Irish rustic, ah ha he has outsmarted for he is educated, and I am bloody fisted, simpleton, empire builder.
Of course the immigration could say my back passage needs clearing, and Spanish naiv pulls out rubber gloves and ky, what ever works.
Peculiarly enough though, the punchline as it stands employs bathetic humour. Maybe I should make that more pointed:
INTERVIEWER
That was beautiful. Life affirming. I need to ring the wife - tell her a few things. Thank you. (STAMPS PAPERS) You start on Monday.
MANUEL
Que?
INTERVIEWER
I've got a wall that needs putting up. Be there by 5am.