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hplikelike · 08/28/2009, 05:22 pm

I told an English teacher one of the jokes from the joke book, and she got really excited about me starting with "I say I say I say," because apparently that's how many people start a joke and it happens in a play we're about to read.

LeatherJackets · 08/29/2009, 04:24 pm

That wouldn't happen to be The Importance of Being Earnest, would it?

Scotty · 08/29/2009, 06:05 pm

Was a time-honoured way of starting a joke sequence between a pair of music-hall comedians back in the distant past.

As in:

I say, I say, I say, my dog has no nose.

How does he smell?

Terrible.

hplikelike · 08/30/2009, 06:51 am

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Originally Posted by LeatherJackets

That wouldn't happen to be The Importance of Being Earnest, would it?

I think it is. She mentioned that.

hansschmucker · 08/30/2009, 07:09 am

Just out of curiosity, having never read the play, why do you think of The Importance of Being Earnest when somebody mentions "I say, I say, ...."? Couldn't find it in the play at all

LeatherJackets · 08/30/2009, 04:31 pm

Because 'I say, I say, I say...' is an awful contrived piece of old British culture and The Importance of Being Earnest was just awful and contrived.

08/28/2009, 05:22 pm	#1
hplikelike Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 555	Bogeman Joke Book and British Culture I told an English teacher one of the jokes from the joke book, and she got really excited about me starting with "I say I say I say," because apparently that's how many people start a joke and it happens in a play we're about to read.

08/29/2009, 06:05 pm	#3
Scotty Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4	I say, I say, I say... Was a time-honoured way of starting a joke sequence between a pair of music-hall comedians back in the distant past. As in: I say, I say, I say, my dog has no nose. How does he smell? Terrible.

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08/29/2009, 04:24 pm	#2
LeatherJackets Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 39	That wouldn't happen to be The Importance of Being Earnest, would it?

08/30/2009, 04:31 pm	#6
LeatherJackets Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 39	Because 'I say, I say, I say...' is an awful contrived piece of old British culture and The Importance of Being Earnest was just awful and contrived.