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Old 05-31-2010, 10:51 AM   #947
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
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?
Let me try, me being more local.

Spoiler:
Ganja gets you high (slang for stoned, you could say stoned high), as the eiffel Tower, that once was erected.

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.

Spoiler:
Actually when I was much much younger and I went to see my friendly pusher for a bit of it, he would ask me, you want to have fun or you want to f***? As it was well known of the antierctil properties of the stuff.


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