RE: Specially Equipped Vehicles from Sam Elliot on 2007-07-25 (HeroQuest-Rules)

From: Sam Elliot <samclau_at_...>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:39:45 -0300

Problem is, in the UK you hear this joke when you are still quite wee and haven't the foggiest what an M4 is (something to do with James Bond?) or what the number seven has to do with anything.

Sam.

Blasted Yahoo reset me from Traditional again! bah humbug!

  -----Original Message-----
  From: HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jane Williams   Sent: 25 July 2007 15:06
  To: HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com   Subject: Re: Specially Equipped Vehicles

"L.Castellucci" <lightcastle_at_...> wrote:

> Utterly incomprehensible to me.

It probably isn't funny once explained, but we can try. Part 1 makes you think in terms of putting large animals into a very small car. Part 2 relies on the idea that there is a place called "Wales", and "two whales" is pronounced the same way as "to Wales". It then gives a well-known route along a motorway to drive to Wales.

> On July 25, 2007 12:53 pm, Jane Williams wrote:
> > I'm sorry, but I had to: ancient bad joke that
> > probably only makes sense in the UK, and even then
> you
> > have to read it aloud.
> >
> > Q: How do you get four elephants in a Mini?
> > A: Two in the front and two in the back
> >
> > Q2: How do you get two whales in a Mini?
> > A2: Along the M4, and over the Severn Bridge.

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