No-el, No-el

   / No-el, No-el #11  
Wagtail said:
Took me a moment but I got it, Ebenezer.

Merry Christmas! :wreath::eek:rnament::xmastree:
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Aha! I guess I should have gotten it especially with this clue! We do have those here theyæ±*e just not very common. But thatç—´ no excuse.
Happy holidays to all.🍻
 
   / No-el, No-el #12  
k0ua said:
Its an Aussie thing we are not meant to understand it... Humbug indeed... :)
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I never would have gotten it. I have never seen those striped candies, let alone know what they are called...and I still can't see how it connects to a sheep...Oh,...Well, I do now, but I didn't at first. I guess that goes in the same category as the joke about the plastic surgeon who hung himself...:rolleyes:
 
   / No-el, No-el #13  
   / No-el, No-el #15  
drssg said:
Thank you. I had never heard of a humbug. I *finally* figured out the significance of the sheep. Cute!
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It is like any other "shared experience" type of joke. I am sure in the countries where that candy called a "humbug" is common the majority of the people there had no trouble putting 2 and 2 together to get the joke. We do it all the time, and I enjoy making jokes from movie lines and other shared experiences. But the joke falls flat when we don't have those shared experiences. We are very close to our other english speaking friends on other continents, but there are a few things we just don't understand. And a few things about our culture they just don't get. What is amazing is just how close we actually are and how similar our lives and experiences come together.

Merry Christmas to all.
 
   / No-el, No-el #16  
k0ua said:
It is like any other "shared experience" type of joke. I am sure in the countries where that candy called a "humbug" is common the majority of the people there had no trouble putting 2 and 2 together to get the joke. We do it all the time, and I enjoy making jokes from movie lines and other shared experiences. But the joke falls flat when we don't have those shared experiences. We are very close to our other english speaking friends on other continents, but there are a few things we just don't understand. And a few things about our culture they just don't get. What is amazing is just how close we actually are and how similar our lives and experiences come together.

Merry Christmas to all.
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"England and America are two countries separated by a common language." Attributed to Winston Churchill, et. al.
 
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