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Did anyone else count 25 jokes?

posted 17 years ago by elmocoloco
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In the scene at the bar in which C.D. has to come up with 20 jokes better than "big nose," did anyone else count 25 jokes? Either I'm mistaken, or the people in Nelson just can't count. (Maybe it's a Canadian/metric system thing?)

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[–] Isaac5855 17 years ago

I wass too busy laughing at CD's jokes to actually be counting them, jeez, lighten up.

[–] brc_ferguson 17 years ago

Yes, there are 25 jokes (actually 24 and the insult 25th)

I wonder if they filmed 25 and were going to drop the worst five?

[–] Danukian 17 years ago

I always took it as the guys wanting more - he is on joke 19 when he asks how many he's done, and they yell 15 - I always assumed that the guys just wanted him to come up with a few more so that they could keep laughing - knowing full well that CB lost count by that point...

[–] GreyCadillacs 16 years ago

I thought he was drunk or just stupid

[–] 16 years ago

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[–] planetmutty 16 years ago

Yeah the guy actually yells out "14!" I always just thought he yelled out a number at random without really knowing. As someone else said, CD was up to 19 when he asked.

Here's the clip here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWNLhptltBg&feature=related

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[–] WPP-author 15 years ago

I counted 25 as well.

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[–] mcfly-31 15 years ago

Yeesh, Martin (as the screenwriter) obviously came up with more than he could fit in the span of 20. So he had a character holler out an incorrect number so he could include them all. That's all it is.

[–] Captain_Bob 15 years ago

1 obvious
2 meteorological
3 fashionable
4 personal
5 punctual
6 envious
7 naughty
8 philosophical
9 humourous
10 commercial
11 polite
12 melodic
13 sympathetic
14 complementary
15 scientific
16 obscure
17 inquiries
18 French
19 pornographic
20 religious
21 disgusting
22 paranoid
23 aromatic
24 appreciative
25 dirty

[–] jamasian_man 14 years ago

Well remember CB said he could come up with more than 20. So its okay if he went over.

[–] shonoffilm 12 years ago

I wasn't really counting but I thought they only did 19. I was waiting for number 20 at the end of that scene.

[–] stuffic 12 years ago

Just a theory:

I think they filmed more than 20 jokes because when the movie is shown on regular network TV there are probably a few jokes that wouldn't get past the censors; this way there would still be at least 20 jokes in the edited version.

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