Toe in the Water

A Joke I Won't Tell

A Joke I Won't Tell

Sometimes it's frustrating to have a foot on both sides of the pond. For instance, today I came up with an amusing play on words (well, I think it is anyway). It's quite simple - I ask "What do you call an old man you can see through?" And the answer is, "Crystal Geyser."

No one gets it. The Brits don't get it because they don't know that Crystal Geyser is the name of a particular spring water available over here. And the Americans don't get it because they pronounce geyser as gizer (g-eye-zer). To the Brits, that word is geezer.

So a minor chuckle has to be wasted. It's sad, I know. It is, however, an excellent example of the fact that explaining a joke ruins it. Plus, I get the satisfaction of knowing you sat through all this for very little return.