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Kim_Seong-a
09/20/25 10:37:32 AM
#1:


There's an ancient sumerian joke.

A dog walks into an inn and says "I can't see anything. I'll open this one.

And it's always presented as an example of how culture and language are essential to humor, and how the reason the joke was supposed to be funny is lost to time. We just don't get it.

But what if there's nothing to get? What if talking dogs with impaired vision walking into Inns and opening shit was just peak Sumerian comedy?

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Dio
09/20/25 10:38:20 AM
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The joke is thousands of years old and translated multiple times. We have no context on it.

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K181
09/20/25 10:41:46 AM
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Ur-Alesh was admiring his newly cleaned fence when his neighbor walked by.

"By the heavens, Ur-Alesh, what soap did you use to make your fence shine so brightly?" the neighbor asked.

Ur-Alesh smiled wisely, "No soap, my friend. Radio."

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jumi
09/20/25 4:05:25 PM
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Ea-Nasir was probably laughing his ass off at this.

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Robot2600
09/20/25 4:10:39 PM
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this is gonna bug me

edit: also, we've all read the ea-nasir tablets and many of us have read gilgamesh they are definitely a funny ppl.

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HighSeraph
09/20/25 4:12:21 PM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
A dog walks into an inn and says "I can't see anything. I'll open this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeEIgsbA_q0

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ProfessorKukui
09/20/25 5:03:20 PM
#7:


Dog is a stand-up comedian. Dog is the opening act.

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Zikten
09/20/25 5:07:47 PM
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also what if we don't have the full joke? Maybe that is only part of a longer set up
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DodogamaRayBrst
09/20/25 5:12:12 PM
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K181 posted...
Ur-Alesh was admiring his newly cleaned fence when his neighbor walked by.

"By the heavens, Ur-Alesh, what soap did you use to make your fence shine so brightly?" the neighbor asked.

Ur-Alesh smiled wisely, "No soap, my friend. Radio."
Did they have fences back then?
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Mussurana
09/20/25 5:12:16 PM
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Maybe it's a pun?

Will never make sense if we don't know the pronunciation.

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LordFarquad1312
09/20/25 5:12:33 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/34deef66.jpg

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Mussurana
09/20/25 5:13:13 PM
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DodogamaRayBrst posted...
Did they have fences back then?

I expect so, they had agriculture, and herd animals.

Fences are assumed.

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DodogamaRayBrst
09/20/25 5:14:18 PM
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Mussurana posted...
I expect so, they had agriculture, and herd animals.

Fences are assumed.
But maybe they just used small walls made of subpar copper?
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