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Originally posted by JohnSmith As she turns he smiles at her and says, "Single, eh?" The girl smiles sheepishly and replies, "How did you guess?" He looks at her - straight in the eyes and gently says "Because you're ugly"

Hahhahhaaaaa!!!! I get it now. Never liked that Brit humor.

Gotta spell it out for us rednecks.
Lol!!!
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Originally posted by goonerjack Yeah, it's a little onomatopoeiac as well (probs spelt wrong!)... really captures the essence of the word! can you tell i've been doing english essays?

What the...

How is it at all onomatopoeic? Do ugly girls go "ming, ming" or something?

I don't see what's so hard to get about the joke.

She buys ONE of everything.

She gets asked if she's single.

She's ugly (punchline).

How exactly is this British-specific humor?

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Originally posted by Tranc3 I don't see what's so hard to get about the joke. She buys ONE of everything. She gets asked if she's single. She's ugly (punchline). How exactly is this British-specific humor?

because it doesn't quite smack you in the face

you are right, its not that hard to work out, but not obvious enough for some

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Originally posted by blazed it so how do you pronounce minging? like minge-ing or ming-ing?

ming-ing

as in ming the merciless

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you all keep your bloody english

we speak american now...

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I found this joke quite humourous, actually.

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Originally posted by Flyboy217 What the... How is it at all onomatopoeic? Do ugly girls go "ming, ming" or something?

Maybe the british ones?

And the joke was funny, but old. I can tell you it's not british humour because I heard it in spanish long time ago

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I think the jokes kind of stupid but atleast I learned a new word today.

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