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HELP with the translation of 'The Funniest Joke in the World'

posted 19 years ago by lwc_2001
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I'm doing a presentation for a class on "The funniest joke in the world." I tried translating it with Alta Vista's Babel fish and it shot out a bunch of gibberish (which it often does). I was wondering if anyone knew the translation, or if it is just jibberish, which really wouldn't surprise me considering the source.

Thanks, here's the joke.

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja!... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

[–] mercury982 19 years ago

Well, according to the "trivia" link on the left side of the main page, it means: "If that is git only stucco and Slotermeyer? Yes! Celebration dog that or the Flipperwaldt gersput!"
So pretty much just gibberish.

[–] tipsy-star 19 years ago

well it makes perfect sense to me
but i'm not like most people

[–] dycaite 18 years ago

You should be dead then.

[–] mhspiper 18 years ago

What a senseless waste of human life.

[–] christina_h_3000 16 years ago

it's just silly 'cause it doesn't mean anything... there are a few german words mixed together - sorry, it means nothing at all.

though their german got better when they made the german episode in bavaria.

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