Help clear up me and BFs Father Ted joke argument.

[stumpy]

To atone for my sins of using the wrong word, I shall go on a Lenten pilgrimage to St Patrick's Hill. It's a big mountain. You have to take your socks off to go up it and when you get to the top, they chase you back down with a big plank.
It's great fun.

 

[tkj1991]

Oh that's not the problem, we've both seen the episode (and show) countless times.

But thanks anyway.

 

[hollyywoodwhore]

"Now, Father Jack - what would you say to a nice cup of tea?"

"**** off, cup!"

 

[Horny Porcupine :)¤FC¤]

you've got to be very careful when quoting Pat Mustard, he did teach Elvis how to to play karate after all

 

[PIMB]

" Floor !!

Cur-tains !!

Gob$h!te !! "

 

[IUG]

No, but it was you who described the person who pointed out the mistake as a pedant, which they're not, so you DO need to be corrected.

The joke does not work unless you use the word "tool". It's pointless to say "a spanner is a tool". Everyone knows that, but if you said to someone, "how's your spanner?" they wouldn't see it as funny, whereas if you said "how's your tool?", they would. The word HAS to be used, not some generic description referring back to it. A spanner could just as easily be described as an instrument, implement, or anything else.

 

[snowbd122006]

I disagree that it doesn't work. I think it does. I'm not sold on your reasoning at all.

Besides which, as I pointed out earlier, fans of Father Ted will know what he meant, so it really didn't need to be corrected. It's easy to make a mistake on a quote.