Joke of the week [470 = year 10, #2] "Geddit?": (41), idiom 15 (July 18, 2011 - July 24, 2011)

Q: Why are earthquakes great actors?
A: They bring the house down.*       * pun on the literal versus the idiomatic meaning of "to bring the house down"
   http://www.phrasen.com/uebersetze,to-bring-the-house-down,67137,e.html  & http://www.dict.cc/?s=bring+the+house+down 
   cf: 21, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, etc.

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