There were three medieval kingdoms on the shores of a lake. There was an island in the middle of the lake, over which the kingdoms had been fighting for years. Finally, the three kings decided that they would send their knights out to do battle, and the winner would take the island. The night before the battle, the knights and their squires pitched camp and readied themselves for the fight. The first kingdom had 12 knights, and each knight had five squires, all of whom were busily polishing armor, brushing horses, and cooking food. The second kingdom had twenty knights, and each knight had 10 squires. Everyone at that camp was also busy preparing for battle.
At the camp of the third kingdom, there was only one knight, with his squire. This squire took a large pot and hung it from a looped rope in a tall tree. He busied himself preparing the meal, while the knight polished his own armor. When the hour of the battle came, the three kingdoms sent their squires out to fight (this was too trivial a matter for the knights to join in). The battle raged, and when the dust had cleared, the only person left was the lone squire from the third kingdom, having defeated the squires from the other two kingdoms, thus proving that the squire of the high pot and noose is equal to the sum of the squires of the other two sides.
Ok, I get the super racist comparing to a gorilla part, but why is an Arab man?
As told there's no point to the father being Arab. It's completely unnecessary information, thus distracting from the joke in total. Why was this information included in the joke if it's not needed? It's just bad joke design on all levels, and not even in a fun way.
I mean, if it was Harem-bae, then it would just be super racist and not funny, but it would at least make sense
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edited September 2016
Haram means forbidden or taboo in Arabic. The joke is that by combining two terms from different languages you get a memeified gorilla. I didn't see it as calling someone a gorilla but now that it's been mentioned I can understand how you can get there.
Ah, ok. So then I retract my earlier post. The joke makes sense, and is just super racist and not funny.
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Ok, I get the super racist comparing to a gorilla part, but why is an Arab man?
As told there's no point to the father being Arab. It's completely unnecessary information, thus distracting from the joke in total. Why was this information included in the joke if it's not needed? It's just bad joke design on all levels, and not even in a fun way.
I mean, if it was Harem-bae, then it would just be super racist and not funny, but it would at least make sense
I think it should be haraam-bae?
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Either spelling is acceptable! It's hard to transcribe directly from Arabic to English because of the way the vowels work. As in, they're usually not written out, and you just know what sounds are supposed to be there through context. You can sort of put vowels in using diacritical marks if it's an obscure word or one where exact pronunciation is religiously important, but it's complicated. As a result, most English transcription systems try to communicate the sound of the spoken word rather than directly carrying over the letters, and the resulting vowels can vary from system to system. Especially since there are phonemes in Arabic that don't even appear in spoken English.
My wife reads and speaks pretty good Arabic, and she's tried to explain it to me. It sounds impossibly complicated, but I guess that's why I'm not a linguist.
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At the camp of the third kingdom, there was only one knight, with his squire. This squire took a large pot and hung it from a looped rope in a tall tree. He busied himself preparing the meal, while the knight polished his own armor. When the hour of the battle came, the three kingdoms sent their squires out to fight (this was too trivial a matter for the knights to join in). The battle raged, and when the dust had cleared, the only person left was the lone squire from the third kingdom, having defeated the squires from the other two kingdoms, thus proving that the squire of the high pot and noose is equal to the sum of the squires of the other two sides.
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As told there's no point to the father being Arab. It's completely unnecessary information, thus distracting from the joke in total. Why was this information included in the joke if it's not needed? It's just bad joke design on all levels, and not even in a fun way.
I mean, if it was Harem-bae, then it would just be super racist and not funny, but it would at least make sense
I think it should be haraam-bae?
My wife reads and speaks pretty good Arabic, and she's tried to explain it to me. It sounds impossibly complicated, but I guess that's why I'm not a linguist.
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