764. 22 Funny Jokes, Explained

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Did you enjoy this episode? Want to hear me explain more jokes? Check out these other episodes from my episode archive 👇 264 teacherluke.co.uk/2015/04/20/jokes1/ 265 teacherluke.co.uk/2015/04/23/265-telling-jokes-in-english-part-2/ 266 teacherluke.co.uk/2015/04/24/266-telling-jokes-in-english-part-3/ 313 teacherluke.co.uk/2015/11/27/313-british-comedy-tim-vine/ 316 teacherluke.co.uk/2015/12/07/316-british-comedy-tim-vine-part-2/ 547 teacherluke.co.uk/2018/09/19/547-best-jokes-from-the-edinburgh-festival-fringe/ 611 teacherluke.co.uk/2019/09/03/611-top-10-jokes-from-edinburgh-fringe-2019/ 623 teacherluke.co.uk/2019/10/29/623-13-terrible-jokes-explained/ 631 teacherluke.co.uk/2019/12/16/631-29-awful-christmas-jokes-explained/ 697 teacherluke.co.uk/2020/12/18/697-11-christmas-cracker-jokes-for-2020-explained/ 741 teacherluke.co.uk/2021/09/18/741-top-jokes-from-edinburgh-fringe-2021-explained/

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[@e-s9126]

I love this episode. As a non-native English speaker, I can laugh and learn at the same time. Thank you, Luke, you're helping me to enjoy more English jokes. I love these jokes: ”Bad example“，”Sluggish snail“，“You have my WORD”，"Mirror Factory“，“Being frank”，“The Titanic is syncing”，”Calendar factory“，”Seasoned veteran“，“Sleep naturally“，“Resisting a rest”. Double meaning jokes are very funny to me. I also learned several idioms and vocabularies, love it !

[@hoda1743]

The funny thing is understanding the double meaning of words.thanx so much

[@Harriette99]

I love this episode. These jokes are a great help to remember new words. (Never worry about the frogs, many are still alive.) Beside the jokes and vocabulary, I also enjoy learning the cultural differences in respect of humour. Great channel, great video, thank you!

[@oileelong8949]

Luke, being a non native speaker in Malaysia, I could understand most of the jokes. Your explanation is crystal clear n I learned new vocab. Puns are fun altho challenging to grasp. Thk you for making this podcast so interesting.

[@julioabbadie9828]

Hi,Luke.I enjoyed your lesson on humor.I'm an Argentine teacher and I do understand how dificultad it's to explain students to get Jokes in a foreign language.you're a great actor and teacher.congrats! Julio.

[@anzgabriel]

Understood 17 of 22 at the first stage... And didn't understand 2 after dissection. Congratulations Luke, superb job you do!!

[@tanvirkhanmunna8722]

I have been learning and teaching English for years but I found your podcast the best and really worth watching.

[@schiponchik]

As a Russian person I found joke about rushing people very funny and clever 😂 thank you so much for your work. It’s really useful. Love to listen you before sleeping ❤

[@mariapuiulet]

English is my second language and I’ve been trying to improve it every day. I am so happy that I found your page, I like a lot your videos. Thank you

[@polinadigital]

Thank you for your immense work, Luke! Not long ago I started listening to your podcasts and I really enjoy them.

[@melikeerologlu4179]

Everytime I learned a new joke a funny smile has appeared on my face. Thanks a lot 😄

[@xiangronghao4076]

This is so brilliant to listen to! Thank you for making these podcasts and videos, Luke!

[@nawelwiwis1605]

Hi teacher Luke, i find this episode very interesting, I am a teacher of English as foreign language and I have understood just some of them , not easy at all to teach jokes for learners , thanks so much for sharing this with us I really like it and I have learnt much from it , thnx again

[@enriquegonzalez7390]

Excellent I am a Spanish speaker , student of English and I found some funny and I had to wait till the explanation to fully understand the others. Great job!!!

[@mariastelaalderete5407]

Very, very FUNNY, though the sense of HUMMOR is ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT on the other side of the World (Argentina)

[@nigoraxonxayitboyeva3976]

I really like Luke's English podcasts, they help me to learn english better, i wanna participate in his zoom lessons

[@HabibaKassar-hl9vq]

for the first stage 14 out of 22 , i found them too funny. I understood the rest through your explaining and most of them were funny, thanks alot

[@arwen1396]

Thank you Luke for uploading this interesting topic video! I’ve started changing my english accent recently and i figured it out that you are the best teacher amongst a lot of Brit KZbinrs! Thank you again :)

[@lindaofarim]

Great episode! :-) I am amused. I understood like 75% of the jokes. I wrote down 5 of them which I found really funny. (completely useless, cows and bells, light faster than sound, camouflage trousers, sleeping) :-D Thank you! You made my day!

[@agnieszkaurbaniak8284]

I am really keen on podcasts about the jokes. Thanks for that idea, especially now, when only jokes can save us.

[@user-easygoingdud]

Some of the puns are really fun). Every time I climb the ladder at second floor of my house I recall this joke “ I don’t trust ladders, they always up to something “. I also heard it at other podcast of English tutoring. Best way to leverage your English is listening to native speakers and stand ups as they make you comprehend jokes.

[@lorenzojaviertorressaavedr3900]

Thank you Luke. It is funnier when you tell then and seeing your face or hearing your intonation than the joke itself. You always do such a great job teaching english, always funny and enjoyble.

[@janyamarkevich1652]

Thank you, Luuuuke! I like this type of episodes. I got almost all the jokes (20/22) except the one with iceberg and the one about a double entendre. Merci for all the explanations)) They are enjoyable to listen to even after understanding the joke. And I laughed out loud at most of them

[@gracenguyen7559]

Although I don't laugh, I find these jokes quite useful to remember vocabulary and I love the way you explain meanings of words or phrases. It's easy to understand and remember. Thanks a lot!!!!!

[@Bigana17777]

very good. I am a Persian but I want to learn English. I enjoying this videos. be successful.

[@tanitvs]

Hi Luke, It is a brilliant idea to talk about jokes. Now, I have a lot of associations for remembering new words. I got 5 of 22 jokes at the first stage. After your explanations, everything is clearly. 🐸 My favorite ones are about a snail, Titanic syncing and kleptomaniacs. Million thanks for your work:)

[@meizhuchen9653]

I love this episode very much! I did not really understand the points for some of the jokes until you explained the details. It is a really helpful episode, thanks a lot, Luke!

[@soledadearcoverde3223]

The best one: " I'm a big metal fan".

[@1917day]

And "resisting a rest" 💕😍!

[@hokackiknight9993]

When I first listened to you say them, I understand some of them but after you explain them so I cracked. The best one, I'm a big metal fan.

[@sabihsherazburney-wk8bh]

Actually I have been to uk for three years so I can understand the most part of ur podcast now I m back in my own native country

[@invere2906]

Jajaja the jokes themselves didn´t make me laugh so hard as Luke´s comments! Love really easy-going, relaxed and funny, but still smart way you teach us! Thanks for existing)

[@sunnysudnyan8814]

The episode is very well thought to teach the English aspirants. Appreciate!

[@carladellabeneta7610]

I am not to used listening British accent and I could understand you clearly. ❤

[@jezbookervids]

You were born for this buddy. Love your style, your voice is perfect for podcasting and I'm so pleased you've got shitloads of followers. Good on ya mate! YootClub forever! XXX

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Ah Jez that means a lot to me mate! Thanks for commenting and I hope you’re doing well! Eternal Yoot! Xxxxx

[@AlexOldest]

"shitloads of followers"?... Is it a way to say "great many"? Does it imply some offense?

[@rasulgeraev1097]

Well done !!! Keep it going this way and I’ll be expert in English. With respect, Rasul from Russia.

[@Inquisitiv3Mind]

I could listen to your podcasts my eyes closed ❤

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Yes, you can. Why not listen to the audio version using a podcast app on your phone? No need to close your eyes, and you can do other things while you listen.

[@a.g.3587]

You are a gifted teacher, as they say in Germany. And in Russia they would say, so you are a teacher of God. 😊

[@london911]

Thank you for helping poor people who can't buy lessons You make hope and smile for every one Iam women from algeria

[@olgaafanasyeva6326]

Dear Luke, thank you very much! I admire your podcasts and find them very helpful! You do a great job!🎉🎉🎉

[@samlau745]

very enjoyable for all the 22 jokes and your explanations. Thank you 😊

[@evelynlopez4136]

Thank you. You are a veteran teacher . I really enjoyed this episode

[@catherinegergeaux5561]

Great !! Very precious to take part in everyday conversation with pales. Never found before ! Thank's a lot. Will you post any more ? With short stories too. 😊 Kind Regards.

[@michaelwyatt4384]

The jokes went well. Luke, you are a typical English man. Very understated and this makes it funnier. As a native Kiwi practitioner, of English,I smirked mostly but more than a few good laughs.

[@elen_usa]

Luke, thank you))) You are sooo charming 🕺 Your videos - the best way of learning English. Have a great day ☀️

[@grantofat6438]

Literally means that the meaning is exactly what the words say: Hanging around means being present. Literally hanging around means hanging from a hook in the ceiling.

[@ekaterinagarnyk6342]

Thank you so much for this podcast. Dissection of jokes is my favorite topic. However, not all frogs died in the process. When Luke was explaining the joke "sleeping comes so naturally to me" and noticed that it would be unnatural to do it with open eyes, it made me laugh))

[@gracetoni2003]

Thank you so much x this episode, so much fun. Very useful for learning new vocab in a fun way. I laughed at a few of them, smiled at most of them. Did not get at all a few. Such as the one on tyson and at the bar. Thanks a lot again!

[@marianadazdyova5089]

Good podcast, enjoyable! I understood majority of the jokes (with exception of the ones using very special vocabulary such as pirate and hot blonde). The best one for me is the three old child resisting a rest! I really love that one (frankly, all your podcasts)!

[@beatrizruzo3548]

I liked the hippies joke and their wifes "Mississipi" it's the best. I'm 80 years old and admired you. I disliked the pirates one. Do you understand why?

But 99% of the explanations are on point, interesting and sometimes even funnier than the joke being dissected. Kudos, man!

[@VisionDaysOfficial]

Hey Luke, good work, i almost understood all of them, and i think they weren´t bad, more than a half of them made me smile.

[@ceciliacandia6255]

Great! I guess they are very English...You don't get the explanation in books and that's why I find this video so useful. Thank you!

[@jayanthipremraj8072]

I understood 21 and all of them were funny 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@maribea6631]

Thanks Luke! I like your podcast very much!!! You are great!

[@alexeykhoraskin6569]

Hi Luc. I understood more than I thought I would, 17 out of 22. For example, I didn't get the Mike Tyson joke. But after you explained it, I got it and laughed. We'll see what happens next. I think both Titanic jokes are very good.

[@heidrunholtel2077]

Love this episode! I had great fun listening and learned new words like slug.

[@inessafarhat7115]

The joke about MsOffice was Excellent! 😉 But the best joke was about the light travelling faster than sound.

[@haubanh1939]

Thank you very much Luke. I love being hearing you even though I understand not much.

[@sallyliu8355]

Enjoy very much. Best one is take a day off😅

[@isabelzamoradiaz5803]

You always do a wonderful work,explaining very well, in detall everything.Many thanks

[@math-with-afshin]

thanks for your videos here and at the same time your podcasts on google podcasts , your fan from Iran , all the bests 👍👍👍

[@최하루-q3j]

I like your KZbin. Its very useful for listening training.

[@wynhdam2691]

Even after your dissecting the SLUGGISH joke is so funny hahaha Thank u so much and really love this episode!

[@CinderellAspergerSapiophile]

All clever. Definitely my kind of humour. Didn't understand the double entendre one. Laughed at the last one. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@arturouriarte4006]

Enjoyed at lots of it (Although I understood only a pair before they were explained) The one about mirrors I liked most, also because I can't help laughing when looking at my own face. Regards Luke!!

[@兵善]

Hay Luke, how are you doing? I just came across your podcast episode 242 and enjoyed it so much. I like listening to all of your episodes (they are fun) and the way you interpreted rock music at the end of that episode. I hope you can add content of music like that often at the end because I like similar bands and music styles of yours. Cheers and Have a great day. It’s Sunday morning in Melbourne btw.

[@chistaanimation1655]

I love your way of teaching language. thank you.

[@mollietai8946]

Can’t take my eyes/ears off LEP!

[@jenik6210]

Thank you for the podcast ❤❤❤

[@komailbutt7980]

Very good to see you Sir. U r always been my inspiration.

[@amalalshehri8487]

You are good in scientific research guidelines too😅

[@ranhee93]

Hi! luke Thank you so much for your english lecture! It's wonderful 😁

[@verah27.preklady93]

I have come across this podcast only today and I'm already becoming addicted I'm afraid...

[@phamngoctien276]

Luke is so funny. I really enjoy listening and watch his videos

[@Laslocurasdemispeque]

Thank you for your work, Luke! It´s fabulous!!! Some months ago I started listening to your podcasts to refresh my sleeping english for a trip. I really enjoy them. I came back from my trip and I keep listening to them. Some were good jokes. Congrats!!!

[@GianlucaMariaLecchi]

😂 Always fun hearing your puns. I look forward to more of them. The one I prefer is about being Frank which has an english litterature reminiscence with Oscar Wild' s importance of being Earnest/Ernest

[@АнастасияПогоревич-й5н]

Dear Luke, I love all your joke's episodes. I can't usually catch all of jokes, of course! But I consider it as a great chance to touch to English humour. How patient you are to all this explanations. Well done!

[@GEMIGEMI-r1u]

Thanks a lot Luke for this very entertaining episode ! I got 11 out of 22 ! I am keen on the one on "camouflage trousers" ! It's a french word, so it was very easy for me to understand this one. The one with the 3-years old "rest" is a great one too ! ;-)

[@Isusia]

Also one other joke I came across recently and like it: Why did scarecrow win an award? Because it stand out in its fields 😂

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Have you been watching The Last of Us?

[@Isusia]

@@LukesEnglishPodcast Unfortunately no yet

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

@@Isusia That scarecrow joke appears on one of the episodes

[@bienvenidos9360]

Very good example: to stand out = to be out standing (outstanding) / exceptional/amazing!

[@mar_velous_english]

It's so interesting to study humour of different countries. It's true when one says that if you understand jokes, you understand language. Listening the joke about light and speaking, I remmembered a Russian version of this. Three friends met. One asked: What is the fastest thing in the world? The first guy said: - I think, it's light. The second said: - No, I think, it's word: A word spoken is past recalling. The third guy protested: - Hmm, I think, the fastest thing in the world is diarrhea. I had it yesterday and had no time to switch the light on or say a word;) I hope my translation is understandable) have a good day! sorry for mistakes

[@serzhanseilkhanov1135]

Hi Luke! thank you for this great podcast! May I write down what i get from these jokes: 1) Ironic: You make the person feel better and useful, but as a bad example 2) To feel sluggish means to have a weak body and slow thinking with cloudy mind after a daytime nap. Also “sluggish” means similar to another creature like a snail but without a shell (slug) 3) First sentence is the statistics that shows the level of crime incidence in London: every 52 seconds someone is getting stabbed with a knife. But the structure of the sentence might suggest that one person repeatedly is stabbed every 52 seconds. Second sentence is said when you feel empathy to someone in trouble 4) “You have my word” has two meanings. One is a promise to do something, eg, “I’ll bring you money at 6 am. You have my word”. The second is that someone who has stolen Microsoft Office software now has the Microsoft Office Word too. 5) Fog is a cloud on the ground. Mist is like a fog but a bit tinner. “Missed” and “Mist” are homophones 6) “To see oneself doing something” is an imagination that comes to you when you’re thinking what job should you apply for. But in the sentence this can also have a literal meaning 7) Pirates usually say “Aye” (a colloquial way to say “Yes”) and “Matey” meaning “Mate”. So usually pirates say, “Aye Matey” (Mate) what sounds similar to “I’m eighty” 8) “Horn” has double meanings, one is horns of bulls and cows and second is the musical instrument like a trumpet. 9) Plagiarism is stealing of someone else’s idea. Someone came up with (invented) stealing someone else’s word or text 10) “Double entendre” is a comment that could have a sexual meaning but it sounds like a name of cocktail. “Gave it to her” is also a double entendre 11) Lisp is a speech impediment (шепелявость). Someone who has lisp can’t pronounce “s” and “ʃ”. Words “think” and “unthinkable” sound for them like “sink” and “unsinkable”. So, “How do you sink the unsinkable?” - “With an iceberg” (pronounced like “itheberg” because Mike Tyson is famous for having lisp) 12) Another version of the proverb, “Keep silent and you look wise, until you speak and show up your stupidity” 13) Frank is also a person’s name, so Tom have a split personality (like a person with schizophrenia) because he said being also Frank (not frank - brutally honest) 14) “Syncing” means synchronizing and is a homophone for “sinking” that Titanic was in April, 1912 15) Puns are words that sound similar but have different meanings. Puns also might be some kinds of play on words, or words collocations, that have literal and figurative meanings. It’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they can’t take things figuratively, they take them literally (steal them) 16) “Big metal fan” has two meanings: 1) a fan of heave metal music, 2) a fan made of metal (windmill looks like a big fan made of metal) 17) “Take a day off” has two meanings: 1) not to go to work due your sickness, 2) to reduce the amount of days in calendar (eg., in April month) 18) The word “seasoned” is used to emphasize the high level of experience that veteran has (someone who has many seasons experience); Pepper and mustard are related to seasonings. So if the person has an experience of exposure to pepper spray and mustard gas might be called seasoned (exposed to seasonings) veteran 19) Camouflage (khaki) is kind of clothes that help you blend in surroundings, so no one can see you. That’s why it’s OK not to find a camouflage trousers, because they’re normally supposed not to be seen 20) “Missis hippie” is pronounced “Mississippi” because “h” letter is usually silent (omitted) like in “Check’im out” 21) If you do something with your eyes closed (figurative meaning), you do it without much efforts. If something comes to you naturally that means you don’t need to try it or to learn it. Sleeping comes naturally to you, because you do this with your eyes closed (literally) 22) “Resisting a rest” sounds like “Resisting arrest” Please keep doing this kind of lessons! Take care!

[@bristol4977]

Great job. You summed that up pretty well. I've also learned a lot from your comments.

[@samsylvester2140]

I just discovered your podcast a few days ago and kind of started listening backwards... so my comment comes a bit late but anyway, I can't help myself, as a trumpet player I enjoyed the podcast up until 24:17 of this episode... Luke, a trumpet is cylindrical shaped, exept for the end. A horn is conical, so it starts as a small tube at the mouthpiece and constantly grows bigger in diameter... thats why you can't get a straight tone out of a horn... To sum up: a Trumpet is not a horn!! Got it!? Greetings from a disappointed Trumpet player, who otherwise enjoys listening 😜

[@fernandosiage5819]

Metal ventilator! 🤣 So useful for learning, so please, upload more material like this. Thx Luke!

[@esmaince1461]

It is just brilliant episode!!! Many thanks

[@GhaniaLrf]

My favorit one is this about Mike Tyson :How do you think the unthinkable . Mike Tyson said with an itheberg.

[@АйдарХабиров-т3к]

Great episode. The great joke was: - Can i be a frank - Can you be just Luke. I get 4 of 22 jokes in first round. the joke with cows is the best, I think. i remember joke from a mentor: It's better talk nothing and looks like an idiot, then open mouth and confirm it.

[@АдонисСамирханов]

Cool joke, mate!

[@MarioRodriguez-pb9ri]

Yes, we are getting it thanks to you.

[@kelvinyang9465]

Thanks Luke this session. The frog is still alive!!

[@jelenaarchipova2280]

Thanks from Lithuania! Perfect jokes, I really enjoy your content!

[@mariadelsocorrovaz9163]

I enjoyed this episode a lot Thank you!!!

[@justinhui4031]

Oh, I learned a lot from this vid, and have so much fun!! Thank you Luke!!

[@afroozm9413]

Thank you for the great teaching.

[@mikikim7840]

Accidentally i drop into this , i enjoy hearing the lecture. Many thanks to yoy

[@eduardogimenezdepaz4391]

I am listening your jokes it is not an easy to understand , I am Argentinian but ok new the idea Tks

[@yvonnelam6633]

Thank you for this clip. I have been thinking of asking you to talk about British joke / British humour. Appreciated.

[@fresxckiuhnm1785]

Like always, you are fantastic. Please be more active on KZbin with video podcasts.

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

I publish video episodes every week 🙂

[@АдонисСамирханов]

Hi, Luke! I got a half of the jokes at the first attempt. Favourite one is about sinking Titanik. You know jokes are not as funny as the way you explaine them)) you are the best

[@nadezdanikitina7487]

Hi Luke! thank you for your Podcasts. I watched/ listened to maybe 3 or 4 episodes so far and I started to APPRECIATE how great they are. Delicate combination of smart English which is clear and ..."affordable" and interesting topics you throw in. Your stories/talks came pat to replace the nasty news that I was compelled to listen, could not drag myself off it. Now I am listening to your Podcasts and feel better

[@jeladoina4058]

For the 12 -th and the 13 jokes for instance, I did not need to see you killing the poor fog. And the first one is also good but a little cruel. In your case, the sound is as faster as the light; That is why I adore your postings and your commentaries, especially about all kind of very short stories that you pick out with such „esprit de finesse”. I would like to express my huge admiration and to thank you very much. You are a marvelous teacher.

[@jeladoina4058]

Sorry. Good teachers may have also students who commit big mistakes. But they aren't completely useful: they serve as a bad exemple... please, try to read in my previous message the word " fast" instead of "faster". I will feel less ashamed. Have a good afternoon without any fog or rain.

[@ryanctchin]

enjoyed this a lot, it's very good. thanks so much