today's dad joke
[first date] Her dad: I want her home before midnight. Me: But you already own her home. Her dad: (turning to daughter) If you don't sleep with him, I will. Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous. - - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897 |
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So, which of them did you...?
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Confused
Please explain this. |
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"(I want her) (home)" vs "(I want) (her home)".
The expected interpretation of "I want her home" in the context is "I want her (to come) home", but the alternative interpretation "I want (to own) her home" is linguistically equally valid. [EDIT:] Oh, and in case it was the last bit you didn't get: Dad's telling the daughter he loves such a wonderful candidate for son-in-law, equipped as he already is at a tender age with such a marvellous sense of dad humour. [/EDIT] -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi |
today's dad joke
- (lincoln)
- (3)
- Oct. 1, 2021, 12:40:25 PM EDT
So, which of them did you...?
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 1, 2021, 06:45:30 PM EDT
Confused
- (crazy)
- (1)
- Oct. 2, 2021, 07:34:28 PM EDT
"(I want her) (home)" vs "(I want) (her home)".
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 4, 2021, 02:34:34 PM EDT
