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This one is almost impossible to describe... One apple asks the other their apple type: "Birs?" (This type is called "quince " in English). But "birs" is similar to "birsz", meaning "Do you like me?" said with a lisp. And the answer is "More than that, I love you", said with a lisp. In short the joke is that the second apple thinks that the first is asking if they like them or not, answering "yesh", signaling that they have a lisp.
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A fun concept: Little Red Riding Hood is called "Little Red" in Hungarian, or "Piroska". Vampire is spelled "Vámpír". So combining the two, we get "Vámpíroska"
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- Dad, if we know where something is, is it lost? - No son. If we know where it is, it's not lost. - Good. Then I didn't lose the car keys in the river.
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Help me doctor, I keep imagining bugs in front of my face. (starts waving his hand around, to which the Doctor responds: "Nooo! Don't wave them towards me!!!"
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What makes the thunder god so strong? - He exercises a lot ("exercise" being "torna" in Hungarian, combining "Thor" with "torna".)
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Which spice is a beaver's favourite? - Cinnamon. ("Fahéj" in Hungarian, which has the words "Fa" as in "tree" and "héj" as in "shell or skin of a fruit or nut", referring to the bark of the tree.)
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What do you call someone who tells your fortune from food items? - A gastrologist. (This pun works in English as well, it's mixing gastronomy with astrology)
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Two fried eggs are talking in the pan: - Man, it's really hot in here... - says one. - HEEEELP ME! THERE'S A TALKING FRIED EGG HERE! - screams the other.
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Where do they make Christmas toys? - In a manufactory. (With "Manu" being close to "Manó", which is "Elf" in Hungarian. So basically, the "Elfactory" 🙂 ).
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"How do chickens go on strike? - They boycott the eggs." (Note: "Boy" sounds similar to "Toj (Toy)" in Hungarian, which means to lay eggs. So the joke is, they "Toycott the eggs")
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"What happens when a robot gets hungry? - It's stomach will rumble." (rumble is also used in Hungarian for the creaky, squeaky sounds of old or faulty machinery)
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The pun this time is the similarity between "vihorászik" (laughing) and "vihar" (storm). "How do rainclouds entertain themselves? - They're laughing (ie. storming) at soaked people. "
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(Finally, this one is not a Hungarian pun. 🙂 )Two specks of dust are flying across the desert. "Should we land here?" "Are you kidding? It's so crowded here."
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This also almost works in English, with a different illustration. "Be my wife" is the caption. "Be" is "Légy" in Hungarian, which also means "housefly". We could translate it to "Bee my wife", and draw a bumblebee in a wedding gown. 🙂
