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efrobert
11-04-08, 10:31 PM
I was at Texas Roadhouse yesterday. Our waitress was noticably pregnant, so I asked how she liked her new Volkswagen Routan.
She just gave me a blank stare.
My wife got the joke at least.
http://www.vw.com/routan/en/us/
artifice
11-04-08, 10:45 PM
who needs 13 cup holders?!
Why 13 in a seven passenger vehicle? Where's the seventh person going to put their second super-size Coke?
mmerner
11-04-08, 10:54 PM
I still don't get it.
http://www.vw.com/routan/en/us/
recumelectric
11-04-08, 11:10 PM
My boyfriend is often the only one to get mine. That's why he gets to stick around. ;)
Hobartlemagne
11-05-08, 05:14 AM
I was at Texas Roadhouse yesterday. Our waitress was noticably pregnant, so I asked how she liked her new Volkswagen Routan.
She just gave me a blank stare.
My wife got the joke at least.
Maybe you watch a lot more TV than her.
I still don't get it.
On the right it says "Routan babymaker"
people sometimes need more time for the joke to sink in. :roflmao2:
Minesbroken
11-05-08, 05:23 AM
people sometimes need more time for the joke to sink in. :roflmao2:
Yeah...he should have ordered a bigger breakfast to give it more time...
apricissimus
11-05-08, 05:33 AM
On the right it says "Routan babymaker"
I still don't get it.
it wasn't a great joke, but you'd have to be in the know to understand it. inside joke almost.
Doohickie
11-05-08, 06:06 AM
Maybe you watch a lot more TV than her.
I think we have a winner.
Put the remote down, and go outside and play.
norsehabanero
11-05-08, 06:16 AM
but then you would miss the commerical
That's not a great joke for strangers. It lacks universal appeal and requires special or obscure knowledge or experience.
Funny that VW sales were lackluster when they were focused on German engineering. Their cars would not sell for lack of cupholders. Now they are touting 13 cupholders as German engineering. I think it would be cooler to engineer in a drink dispensing system AND a cupholder at each seating location.
Back in high school, I had a friend with a 70's era land yacht Oldsmobuick of some sort. He rerouted the line from the windshield wiper reservoir into the fold down/pull out are for the ash tray. Filled the washer reservoir with booze, and could make mixed drinks on the fly just by opening the ashtray, and pushing the windshield washer button.
BTW, the drinking age in Texas was 18 at the time and it was LEGAL to drink and drive in Texas. You could roll up on the popo while sippin your gin and juice and it was all cool.
Scary.
SonataInFSharp
11-05-08, 11:25 AM
Some people just aren't funny.
I do get the joke, though, and I don't even watch TV.
KingTermite
11-05-08, 11:28 AM
I'm by far the funniest person in Foo....its just that you Foosters only get my jokes about 1/10 times.
Second Mouse
11-05-08, 12:09 PM
There's nothing better than watching a standup comic die onstage. I wish I'd been there, ef, just for the pregnant pause and to see the:wtf:look on your waitress's face. Those are magical moments.
Maybe she wasn't pregnant; she just eats all the leftover cheeseburgers.
The ad is an example of "German humor". As with "Army intelligence", it is a contradiction of terms. The whole concept for the ad is not funny, therefor...
Plus, the ad has passed before my eyes numerous times, and I had no idea what a Routan was until I read the link you kindly provided. So much for effective use of "German humor" in advertising.
Next time, compare your waitress to something from Oklahoma. I'm sure the results would be a lot funnier. :roflmao2:
Second Mouse
11-05-08, 01:27 PM
Zere vere zwei peanuts valking down ze strasse. Und vun vas a salted. Peanut.
Zere vere zwei peanuts valking down ze strasse. Und vun vas a salted. Peanut.
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