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A good collection of ancient jokes is the Philogelos (written in 4th century Greece). Here are a couple of gems: #45. An intellectual during the night ravished
by fs_tab 5y ago
A good collection of ancient jokes is the Philogelos (written in 4th century Greece). Here are a couple of gems:
#45. An intellectual during the night ravished his grandmother and for this got a beating from his father. He complained: “You’ve been mounting my mother for a long time, without suffering any consequences from me. And now you’re mad that you found me screwing your mother for the first time ever!”
#69. An intellectual checked in on the parents of a dead classmate. The father was wailing: “O son, you have left me a cripple!” The mother was crying: “O son, you have taken the light from my eyes!” Later, the intellectual suggested to his friends: “If he were guilty of all that, he should have been cremated while still alive.”
#73. The same intellectual said that the tomb of Scribonia was handsome and lavish, but that it had been built on an unhealthy site.
#234. A man with bad breath asked his wife: “Madame, why do you hate me?” And she said in reply: “Because you love me.”
Source: https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/greek/45-jokes-from-the-laughter-lover/ https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/greek/45-jokes-...
- bambax 5y ago#45 is a classic French song! Incredible to see that it's 2000+ years old! Ma mère m'a donné cent sous pour m'acheter des bretelles J'ai gardé mes cent sous pour aller au bordel Chemin faisant, j'ai rencontré grand-mère Où vas-tu mon enfant, je m'en vais au bordel Garde donc tes cent sous, je ferai bien l'affaire J'ai gardé mes cent sous et j'ai baisé grand-mère Chemin rentrant j'ai rencontré mon père D'où viens-tu mon enfant, je viens de baiser grand-mère Enfant de salaud, tu viens de baiser ma mère Salaud toi-même, t'as bien baisé la mienne losely translated: My mother gave me a fiver to buy suspenders I saved the money to go to the whorehouse instead Along the way, I met Grandma Where are you going she said; I said I'm going to the whorehouse Keep your money, I'll do it for free I kept the money and fucked grandma On the way home I met my father What's up said my father; I just fucked grandma, said I Son of a bitch! you fucked my mother SOB yourself, you fucked mine
- gadders 5y agoReminds me of the graffiti I saw in a toilet once. The first person had written "I shagged your Mum." Underneath in different handwriting was "Go home Dad, you're pissed" [drunk].
- moonchild 5y agoWhat's the meaning of 'sous'? Some form of currency? Also: I'm curious why you translated 'bordel' as 'whorehouse' rather than 'brothel', as the latter seems etymologically related.
- tremon 5y agoYes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_sol#The_sou_in_French_expressions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_sol#The_sou_in_French_e...
- bambax 5y agoYes, sous were an old monetary unit; 100 sous amounted to 5 francs; see https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cent_sous https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cent_sous I translate by fiver because of this, but 5 francs 150 years ago were a lot more money than $5 today. Then the word sous evolved to be synonymous with money, but in the song it doesn't mean "money" generally, it means a specific amount of money. Whorehouse sounds more idiomatic to me than "brothel", especially in a popular song like this one; brothel to me is a more refined/scholarly word maybe? But I may be wrong, I'm not a native English speaker.
- dotancohen 5y ago> #234. A man with bad breath asked his wife: “Madame, why do you hate me?” And she said in reply: “Because you love me.” Sounds like my own situation at home... How does one check his own breath?
- isoprophlex 5y agoCan you do a "french inhale" / smoke like a waterfall? Push out the volume of air in your mouth slowly while inhaling through your nose.[0] I've found this pretty effective to check my own breath. For max discernability: Breathe some fresh outside air to clear your nose, go to a non windy area and do a french inhale of your own breath (sans cigarette smoke of course). Nevertheless... Asking my wife "do i smell from my mouthhole" works best. [0] https://cdn.buttercms.com/nJjPWSySOecPQKUha9Qc https://cdn.buttercms.com/nJjPWSySOecPQKUha9Qc
- mafuy 5y agoLick your wrist or arm, wait a second, smell it to check.
- ggambetta 5y agoWhat do they mean by "an intellectual" in this context? Seems to be used in the jokes where they say something witty as a punchline, but it feels like mentioning it explicitly doesn't add anything? Or am I missing some nuance? On re-read, it seems that it might be even ironic - a supposed intellectual saying something dumb?
- psyc 5y agoI’m tickled that 4th century Greece had the “[me,] an intellectual” meme.