"Cigarette?" "Yes, it is"
"Is this some kind of a bust?" "Yes, that is very impressive but that is not why we are here"
I laughed cause I thought its of her boobs but I'm not sure.
Could someone make these jokes clear? Thanks
Cigarette: He was asking if she wanted a cigarette, but she replied as if he was asking "(is this a) cigarette?"
Bust: yes, her boobs. He replied as if she was asking for approval of HER bust, not asking if the police were busting her.
Seriously?
shareA lot of ZAZ humour is based on the English language and its idioms. If you are not a native English or American speaker, a lot of the jokes will fall flat.
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Dude. I'm not a native speaker and i get the jokes, like gazillions of similar people.
Don't always judge from whatever pitiful place you may be.
"If you are not a native English or American speaker, a lot of the jokes will fall flat.
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How arrogant of you.
I am neither, and I get the jokes. All you need is 'enough cultural understanding'.
Also, no matter what YOU are, the jokes won't 'fall' anywhere, they remain exactly where they are.
I didn't get the jokes regarding the locksmith:
"Who are you and how did you get in here?"
"I am a locksmith, and I am a locksmith."
"Who are you?" "I am a locksmith."
"How did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith (that's how I got in here)."
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Okay, first joke is Frank offering someone a cigarette and instead of the person taking it and smoking it, they acknowledge it is one and Frank is correct.
Second joke is about the person asking if the cops are trying to arrest or "bust" her for something and they take the word bust as a body part and compliment that it is very impressive since it is a sexy woman saying it.
The best part in the second scene comes when the brunette lady asks Drebin:'Shall I change' and then the person itself changes to a blonde.
I didn't notice that in my first or second view!!
If you saw any of the movies they made before they got to make "Police Squad!", you can see many of the same gags: "The hospital?! What is it?" "It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."
I agree with the other poster who said that you need to be a native speaker of English, but I'll go one further--you need to be an American, to get the jokes. They're really rooted in our humor from the 30's or 40's to the 80's.
The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.
...and they said to her, "Delilah, hat gut gemacht."
shareNo, you don't have to be American to get the jokes. I get the jokes, and I'm Canadian.
shareCanada is in America...
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I'm From Brazil and I get almost all jokes... the jewish ones and the german ones are the harder...
Canada is in America....
Canada is in NORTH AMERICA. Big difference, but you wouldn't understand because you consider North America and South America to be ONE continent.
shareand the problem is???
shareand the problem is that you think Canada is part of the United States. Your ignorance is amazing.
shareI said that Canada is in the America... not USA... (usa people tend to say they live in america, altough they live is a small part of it...)
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Your lack of understanding of english baffles me...
Your lack of understanding of political boundaries doesn't surprise me, given where you are from.
And what exactly is "the America"?
Tell you what, learn Engrish* first: then you might be able to start to debate me.
*http://www.engrish.com/
"I agree with the other poster who said that you need to be a native speaker of English, but I'll go one further--you need to be an American, to get the jokes. They're really rooted in our humor from the 30's or 40's to the 80's."
Wow, even MORE arrogant attitude than the already arrogant one I replied to.
How can you think that? Why would you think only americans can know american culture, or native speakers are the only ones that can learn idioms?
Anyone can learn ANYTHING, regardless of what or who they are, as long as they just expose themselves enough to the culture and idioms. I know english idioms, so I get the jokes. I am not an american, never lived in USA, etc.
PLEASE try to learn to be a bit less arrogant, people of the 'number one' country, ok? Learn that other people CAN LEARN all kinds of things without HAVING to be americans or native speakers. Sheesh.
I have been learning japanese, and you can't really learn a language without learning the culture and cultural usage of it. So when you learn english, you learn english idioms and american tropes; when you lean japanese, you lean japanese idioms, sayings and cultural history and historical tropes and such.
It's not difficult, everyone can learn all this stuff, and anyone can thus appreciate and understand the jokes.
If you arrogant cretins were correct, I would not understand the jokes or know english idioms. Try to think before you write stupid posts next time.