I used to be a cook in the army...

JoeGBallad 16 Aug 2011 12:47:39 467 posts
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...but I hated taking hors d'oeuvres.
MrTomFTW Best Moderator, 2016 16 Aug 2011 12:51:03 47,491 posts
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I don't get it.
Deleted user 16 August 2011 12:52:17

hm
X201 16 Aug 2011 12:59:48 18,461 posts
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I used to be a cook in the army...

...but I hated taking hors d'oeuvres.

hors d'oeuvres = orders
President_Weasel 16 Aug 2011 13:01:18 12,349 posts
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well I can see why this isn't in the "good joke" thread.
Deleted user 16 August 2011 13:04:49

Certainly this Tim Vine reject was worthy of its own thread.
sickpuppysoftware 16 Aug 2011 13:07:56 1,460 posts
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It's says "Category Humour" but I'm not convinced. I think a mod should move it.

President_Weasel 16 Aug 2011 13:14:23 12,349 posts
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Surely you'd have to be a waiter to take hors d'oeuvres? Not that there are many waiters in the army, or many occasions for cooks to make hors d'oeuvres. Perhaps a steward in an officers' mess?

the setup doesn't really work, is what I am saying, and the payoff is a pun that is pretty poor without being bad enough to be enjoyable for its badness.

TechnoHippy 16 Aug 2011 13:14:42 14,707 posts
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For army humour: Skippy�s List: The 213 things Skippy is no longer allowed to do in the U.S. Army
MrTomFTW Best Moderator, 2016 16 Aug 2011 13:36:51 47,491 posts
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Maybe it would be funnier if it were "I used to be a cook in the French Foreign Legion..." Because that would at least explain the accent.
Whizzo 16 Aug 2011 13:39:04 44,765 posts
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Most of the FFL aren't French, there's a clue in the name.
TechnoHippy 16 Aug 2011 13:40:54 14,707 posts
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Most of their officers are though.
JoeGBallad 16 Aug 2011 15:06:13 467 posts
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Apologies.
Murbs 16 Aug 2011 15:26:14 23,870 posts
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I like it.
Murbs 16 Aug 2011 15:26:27 23,870 posts
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No wait - I don't.
Murbs 16 Aug 2011 15:26:57 23,870 posts
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X201 wrote:
hors d'oeuvres = orders

/chuckles
Murbs 16 Aug 2011 15:27:06 23,870 posts
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I like it.
Fake_Blood 16 Aug 2011 15:34:32 8,456 posts
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I thought this thread was going to be about steven seagal.
I am dissapoint.
Oh-Bollox 16 Aug 2011 15:43:55 6,514 posts
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He was in the Navy in Under Siege anyway.
phAge 16 Aug 2011 16:13:24 25,487 posts
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But isn't French.

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