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What did that joke mean

posted 17 years ago by JOHNNYALLRIGHT
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You know the Halloween joke "why is there no Halloween in India? Cause they took away the Gandhi" What does that joke mean.

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[–] pibble 17 years ago

It's a pun... "gandhi" kinda sounds like "candy"

[–] beaconite_88 17 years ago

know one I know got that joke just because its pronounced gaaa-ndhi (as in car) not GA-ndhi (as in can)
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[–] CelinaJaitley 16 years ago

It's a pun... "gandhi" kinda sounds like "candy"

No, it doesn't lol.

"Gandhi" is pronounced Gaahn-dhee.

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[–] michaelward15 11 years ago

I kind of wondered if it was meant to be a pun on Gandhi/candy but I've never been sure because the two words have so little in common and if that's the joke it make no sense.

[–] Mr_McLaurel 15 years ago

It's hilarious if you're stoned out of your mind on Pakistani hash.

What's the Spanish for drunken bum?

[–] Pulp63 15 years ago

Of course it's supposed to be a play on words, its just ridiculous that Albert's "character" thinks that it will translate properly and that they would find it funny. The only crowd that seemed to appreciate it at all was the group in Pakistan but as fingomania said, it was the hash .

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

I suspect that joke would fail with most Indians on two accounts:
A) They wouldn't know the word "candy."
2) They wouldn't think making a joke about a revered leader being "taken away" is funny.

[–] razman1983 14 years ago

Indian's don't know the word 'candy'? Are you *beep* retarded? lol...they have better vocabulary than many parts of the world...of course they know what candy is..

and to the retarded guy who made this thread..it isn't ghandu..it's ghandi..jesus christ go open a history book you dumb *beep* and yes it's meant to sound like 'candy' ..that was the joke.....WAY OVER YOUR HEADS.

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[–] alangalpert 14 years ago

I didn't get it at first, either. I had to replay it in my mind several times until it hit me. When you say "candy" the way an Indian might say it, it is supposed to sound like "Gandhi".