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27 Aug 2009, 10:56 pm

I'm reading a book on how to not take things so literally. I'm struggling with one of the activities. Maybe someone here has some ideas?

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What are some jokes where one person takes what the other person is really trying to say/ask out of context?

An example:

Customer: Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.
Waiter: Don't worry about that. There's no extra charge.


I guess I can think of some Jim Carey movies, but that's about all.



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27 Aug 2009, 11:14 pm

Don't beat yourself over the head with that book,
and don't take it to literally :lol:



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27 Aug 2009, 11:26 pm

DaWalker wrote:
Don't beat yourself over the head with that book,
and don't take it to literally :lol:


If it helps me in my communication understanding, past the literal, I would think it's worth it.



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27 Aug 2009, 11:44 pm

sorry...it was futile joke turned feeble. :(

If you read it as if not to take the first part of the sentence literally...then... :lol:

Oh well, that's why I belong back stage :?



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27 Aug 2009, 11:46 pm

DaWalker wrote:
sorry...it was futile joke turned feeble. :(

If you read it as if not to take the first part of the sentence literally...then... :lol:

Oh well, that's why I belong back stage :?


I guess that's why I need to work on my literal language :)



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28 Aug 2009, 12:06 am

Just as you did with my first post, I never know when people are joking or not.
I am horrible at interpreting such things especially when I am not familiar with a person.



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28 Aug 2009, 2:38 am

Find yourself some Marx Brothers movies and watch Groucho especially. Examples:

Woman in canoe: What a glorious day! Spring in the air!
Groucho: Me? I should spring in the air and fall in the lake?

Woman: But that's bigamy!
Groucho: It's big o' me, too. It's big o' both of us. Let's be big for a change!

To tell you the truth, I don't know if either of those fits, but if anyone is likely to have done it, it's the Marx Brothers. Chico ran around words a lot too.


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