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Re: KLBC: that old joke



charghwI':
>loS 'uS wa' DeS je ghaj nuq?
>
>targh Quchqu'!
>
>It works because so far as we know, the way a very happy targ 
>has four legs is different from the way he has one arm, so it is
>unexpected that the four legs and one arm fall into the same set of
>things (things that a very happy targ has).

DaH jIHagh.  reH qIDvam vIyajHa'pu'.  ngaghrup targh 'e' vIHar.  nuv 
Sop targh 'e' vISovbe'.

>> {qagh QaQ law' pagh QaQ puS}
>> can I use this for "better"?

>ghobe'. Besides, anyone suggesting this, even in jest, is likely
>marked for death. Imagine walking up to a gang leader in a violent
>drug neighborhood and very badly telling a racial joke which 
>attempts to make fun of the subculture embraced by the gang leader 
>you are telling it to.

Huh?  He's asking if {X QaQ law' Y QaQ puS} works for better.  It 
does.  pagh qagh nuS.

- Qov


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