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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
Another example of cross-cultural jokes/puns not translating well.
[Oops - had to step out - cat just clawed me in the butt to let me know her food bowl was empty]
Lets see: Ganja wood > ganja > weed > apocryphal effect on male anatomy > slang term for said effect on male anatomy > notorious tendency of males to equate said effect on male anatomy with tallest/longest object in the world. Clear as mud? 
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Let me try, me being more local.
That's why when we see a big monument with a plaque with written on it: Erected in 1989. We say, what an erection!
Like in Latin the strongest man in the world Caesar Caio Sulpicio ferens. Sulpicio in italian means on the .. you know.
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