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"Still" has two meanings: "without change" AND "an apparatus for distilling alcoholic drinks."

I find it amusing that this joke wouldn't work with "My husband" because you'd have to say either "love him still" or "love his still," spoiling the pun.
 
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Doctor Q said:
I heard a joke that made me laugh.

My wife makes bootleg liquor in the backyard. But I love her still.
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That’s a funny one. But I’m from Ireland, so I know what a „still” is. It’s obviously not as common a word as I would have thought it was.

It’s up there with:

A man walked into a cocktail bar and asked the waitess for a Double Entendre, so she gave him one.

Or

A Buddhist monk walkęd up to the hot dog stand and said, make me one with everything.
 
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Doctor Q said:
I heard a joke that made me laugh.

My wife makes bootleg liquor in the backyard. But I love her still.
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Scepticalscribe said:
This goes to show that humour is subjective, often culturally specific, and sometimes doesn't travel well, least of all in certain specific cultural contexts.

Now, granted, it is entirely possible that I simply do not understand this sentence - after all, I hail from the British Isles and I have rarely found anything from the US to be funny, hilarious, still less witty,... as my sense of humour is firmly rooted in the European tradition - but I am afraid that you will have to explain to some of us Across the Pond why this is funny, or, rather, why it may be considered funny from your cultural perspective..
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I understood both meanings, and found the fact that English could have, simultaneously, two different meanings.
But then, as an Australian, I am weird...
 
Doctor Q said:
"Still" has two meanings: "without change" AND "an apparatus for distilling alcoholic drinks."

I find it amusing that this joke wouldn't work with "My husband" because you'd have to say either "love him still" or "love his still," spoiling the pun.
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Actually, I do know what a still is (when used for making alcohol).

However, I never even noticed it in this context, and realise (now) that the pronoun is key to understanding why this is supposed to be considered funny (something I still - all puns intended - don't really see).

Well, I'm female, and thus, this "joke" calls to mind those utterly unfunny (to my mind) mother-in-law jokes I used to see (or hear?) on TV when I was young; perhaps it is funny that I never thought those especially funny either.
 
I would guess that the reason "yo mama" jokes emerged rather than "yo papa" jokes is that the average person, if targeted, would be more likely to be offended or defensive over a joke about their mother than a joke about their father. It made the jokes meaner, or at least more outrageous.
 
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Doctor Q said:
I would guess that the reason "yo mama" jokes emerged rather than "yo papa" jokes is that the average person, if targeted, would be more likely to be offended or defensive over a joke about their mother than a joke about their father. It made the jokes meaner, or at least more outrageous.
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Plus, traditionally, comedy has been male dominated, which has meant that many of the jokes have been aimed at women, or made at women's expense.
 
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After spring arrived last weeek with sun and temps up to 17 we got rain and drizzle Saturday, temps down to 5 degrees and cloud and strong wind Sunday. Cold today again with mixed sun and cloud. Fed up with this.
 
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decafjava said:
After spring arrived last weeek with sun and temps up to 17 we got rain and drizzle Saturday, temps down to 5 degrees and cloud and strong wind Sunday. Cold today again with mixed sun and cloud. Fed up with this.
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One week down here it was 26, then the next it was 85 (F). The weather this year is crazy.
 
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Someone just called me wanting me to put my business on voice assistants. I have no idea who this company who called me is; do they expect me to trust them? I hung up.

a few days ago we got 3 inches of wet heavy snow; too heavy for my snowblower. Then I saw no one was even touching the snow. This week it's going to be 60º+ (15 to 19º C), then back down into the 50's (10-12º C). No wonder.
 
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There's inflation, and then there's inflation.

Exactly a year ago, I bought a 256GB NVMe SSD card. It cost me AU$33.
I looked again today. The exact same card now costs AU$85. 257% inflation.
That makes petrol look like a bargain.
 
maflynn said:
Spring is around the corner, and I can't wait. The past day or two, I've been hearing morning doves, a nice sign things are slowly stirring. I also saw a squirrel running about yesterday - I felt bad for him, given that everything is still buried in snow.

Waiting for that telltale sign of spring - the robin
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No not that one, this one
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On my lunch hour, finally spotted a robin (actually several). Nice sign of spring, additionally, I noticed the trees lining the street are starting to bud. IT was a cold run, its hard to get motivated when its the middle of March, 1 day away from spring and dealing with 32 degrees.
 
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Daffodils are in bloom, and cherry blossom is beginning to appear, glorious, heart warming and uplifting sights; best of all, the vernal equinox is almost upon us, heralding, ushering in, and welcoming the full arrival of spring.
 
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I went from 3 feet of snow and 20-30 degrees to 90 degrees, hot and dry. Spending spring break back home in the desert. It is very nice, but was also a bit of a shock. This is the first time I’ve ever been able to walk outside in just a T-shirt since about October. Better enjoy it while I can because I’m going back to the cold depths of northern Wisconsin in just a week.
 
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decafjava said:
Spring is here and we have sun 13 degrees and blue skies. Next week is supposed to get cold again. But for today will appreciate it.
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Yeah, crazy. Potentially dropping back down to zero overnight! Screenshot 2026-03-21 at 13.33.00.png

Edit: Might as well give a clue as to location: Northern Switzerland.
 
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Maybe not a big deal for some, but I'm deathly afraid of heights.

So off my bedroom (upstairs), I have a deck, its 20 feet off the ground, and last year a wind storm ripped off some of the flashing that was covering the bargeboard. the pitch of the roof is about 10 feet up from the edge of the deck that is 20 feet off the ground by the way.
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So I got my step ladder moved it to the very edge of the deck, climbed up, stretching to reach the bargeboard and put the flashing back up and nail it in place. Did I mention the deck is 20 feet off the ground and I'm up on a ladder? I got her done and I hope it stays in place but it was a nerve wracking experience that I really don't want to repeat.

Maybe not the most masculine thing to admit but afterwards my legs were shaking. My fear of heights is at a phobia level. So much so, I'm not comfortable about being on the deck in the first place, never mind climbing a ladder stretching as far I could just to reach it. I probably would have left it there if I hadn't noticed birds were nesting in the soffit under the bargeboard - I had to so something.
 
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