Joke of the week [320 = year 7, #8] Chinese
confusion or "Tendjewberrymud"
(September 1, 2008 - September 7, 2008)
Tendjewberrymud
To be read aloud for best results (and some semblance of comprehension). This
was nominated "best email of 1997".
The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and
room-service, at a hotel in Asia which was recorded and published in the Far
East Economic Review:
Room Service (RS): "Morny. Ruin
sorbees."
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed
room-service."
RS: "Rye.. Ruin sorbees.. morny! Djewish to
odor sunteen??"
G: "Uh.. yes.. I'd like some bacon and eggs."
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow July den?... pry, boy, pooch?"
G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry,
scrambled please."
RS: "Ow July dee bayhcem... crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine."
RS: "Hokay. An San tos?"
G: "What?"
RS: "San tos. July San tos?"
G: "I don't think so"
RS: "No? Judo one toes??"
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't
know what 'judo one toes' means."
RS: "Toes! toes!... why djew Don Juan toes? Ow
bow singlish mopping we bother?"
G: "English muffin!! I've got it! You were
saying 'Toast.' Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RS: "We bother?"
G: "No.. just put the bother on the side."
RS: "Wad?"
G: "I mean butter... just put it on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Sorry?"
RS: "Copy... tea... mill?"
G: "Yes. Coffee please, and that's all."
RS: "One Minnie. Ass ruin torino fee, strangle
ache, crease baychem, tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy....
rye??"
G: "Whatever you say."
RS: "Tendjewberrymud."
G: "You're welcome."
more Chinese jokes: #138,
#139,
#140,
#315,
#316, 317,
318, 319
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