The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWife called about a foxlemmy.worldimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
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minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoThis is a cool joke, because it has a paradox built in because it only works when written about in third person. I mean maybe she actually said “on the way to work” but i think post people would say “on my way to work” which doesnt work.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago“I saw a fox on the way to work” works just fine
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agomaybe its just my weird brain then
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoyour weird brain works just fine
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoyour weird brain on the way to works just fine
minus-squareDenvil@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI would totally say “I saw insert thing on the way to work today,” and would have assumed that would be the natural way to say it, but now I’m questioning that
This is a cool joke, because it has a paradox built in because it only works when written about in third person.
I mean maybe she actually said “on the way to work” but i think post people would say “on my way to work” which doesnt work.
“I saw a fox on the way to work” works just fine
maybe its just my weird brain then
your weird brain works just fine
your weird brain on the way to works just fine
I would totally say “I saw insert thing on the way to work today,” and would have assumed that would be the natural way to say it, but now I’m questioning that