Joke from a Cute Little Girl
December 22nd, 2005 by MarkJust after I finished teaching a 補課 (remedial class), one of the students came up to me. She was a cute little 4th grader and a really outgoing one at that. She said she had a question for me, so I stopped to help her.
Girl: What color is Spiderman?
Me: Well, he’s red, blue and…
Girl: No! 他是白的! (He is white!) Hahahahaha!
Then, she ran away and went home. For those of you who didn’t get the joke, keep in mind that most Taiwanese people pronounce “sh” as “s”. When spoken in a Taiwanese accent, 是白的 sounds like “sbaiduh” or “spider”.
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December 22nd, 2005 at 8:17 pm
Heh heh … That’s the SECOND instance I know of where a Taiwanese kid has successfully created a joke…! Usually they’re such miserable attempts fit for Laffy Taffy wrappers like “Why did the bird eat the worm?” “Because he was sad.” (?!?!)
My first experience with successful joke-making came from a 2nd grader whose joke went something like this:
Why is Willy Wonka so fat?
Because he ate a chocolate FAT-TREE.
… which kind of makes sense, if you know how sloppy kids’ pronunciation can get. =)