Would NTs get this joke I made up?

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Girlwithaspergers
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06 Mar 2014, 3:57 pm

You know, I don't get why we call pirated copies of movies "bootlegged" They look a lot more like pegs to me. Haha.

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06 Mar 2014, 4:02 pm

I don't think I get the joke. why peg?

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06 Mar 2014, 4:05 pm

because of the mpeg file format.

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06 Mar 2014, 4:09 pm

lol

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06 Mar 2014, 4:11 pm

Girlwithaspergers wrote:

because of the mpeg file format.

oh right, well in that case I suppose getting the joke does depend on how much you know about films, I have no idea whether NTs would get it, some would I am sure but it does depend on knowledge about the subject

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06 Mar 2014, 4:13 pm

I think most people would think you were making a simple "peg-legged/pirate" joke and not catch on to your second pun. I certainly didn't.

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06 Mar 2014, 4:19 pm

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06 Mar 2014, 4:19 pm

I have to say I think it is a corny joke, it might be funny to a computer nerd but not to me.

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06 Mar 2014, 4:19 pm

The_Walrus wrote:

I think most people would think you were making a simple "peg-legged/pirate" joke and not catch on to your second pun. I certainly didn't.

Yeah, all I got was the peg/ peg-legged pirate pun.

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06 Mar 2014, 4:19 pm

The_Walrus wrote:

I think most people would think you were making a simple "peg-legged/pirate" joke and not catch on to your second pun. I certainly didn't.

yes, it is not really that NT's are the target but computer nerds

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06 Mar 2014, 4:22 pm

I don't think it matters if a person is NT or AS in this case to get the joke. There's a far better chance the person gets the joke if they know about mpeg format movies, regardless if they are NT or not.

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06 Mar 2014, 5:25 pm

Even if the listener gets that 'peg' means 'mpeg' file it still doesnt really work as a joke.

You might say something along the lines of:

"Why do they call bootlegged movies 'pirated movies'?

ARrrrrrrrrr! Because theyre 'mpeg legged' ...me hardy!"

Go into rough pirate talk when you say the second line.

Might work with the right audience of IT geeks.

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06 Mar 2014, 5:29 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

That's not bad.

I wouldn't have got it though, if it hadn't have been explained in all the other above posts.

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06 Mar 2014, 5:37 pm

Thanks.

But yeah...even in my version you still have to be a computer geek (NT vs AS doesnt matter) to have the knowledge to get it without it being explained.

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06 Mar 2014, 5:41 pm

I was thinking about clothes pegs. :lol:

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06 Mar 2014, 11:40 pm

The_Walrus wrote:

I think most people would think you were making a simple "peg-legged/pirate" joke and not catch on to your second pun. I certainly didn't.

This. I didn't realise the joke wasn't about pirates, and I still don't get it.

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