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William P
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 Posted: Thu 25 Feb, 2016 6:33 am Post subject: Where did the englishman go to buy his estoc |
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the tuckshop
 
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Leo Todeschini
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Roger Hooper
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| Posted: Thu 25 Feb, 2016 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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The trouble is that only British people will likely get the joke.
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Glen A Cleeton
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| Posted: Thu 25 Feb, 2016 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Unless having no truck with tuck.
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William P
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| Posted: Fri 26 Feb, 2016 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| Roger Hooper wrote: | | The trouble is that only British people will likely get the joke. |
i'm ok with this, getting a laugh at all is the goal of this pun
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Matthew Amt
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| Posted: Fri 26 Feb, 2016 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| Roger Hooper wrote: | | The trouble is that only British people will likely get the joke. |
It's okay, the rest of us have Google. We'll laugh later. Promise.
Matthew
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Leo Todeschini
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For the sake of international relations I will give the English translation of this joke.
Estoc = French name for this sword type and the name by which it is generally known
Tuck = English name for this sword
When at school the sweet shop was known as the 'Tuck shop', a word every English person knows, although 'tuck' is also slang for food.
But in case William wants to labour his rather good pun, and to confuse the issue, he lives in Australia and there I believe tuck and tucker are used much more than in the UK, so perhaps his twist on the pun is different to mine.
Either way that should hopefully enlighten all. Although the joke will now be ruined, hopefully you can appreciate it.
Tod
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Bob Haynes
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With the sweet shop reference, I just might have a connection as well. Tucks/estocs are dedicated thrusters and even suggested ancestors of the rapier right?
Well when some think of sweets, they think of the dentist.
And what is one of the main things one would be reminded of when thinking of the dentist?
Those damn creepy little sticker tools they use, that's what! 
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Michael Brudon
Location: South Pacific Joined: 21 Dec 2013
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good one from another aussie 
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J. Hargis
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Don't quit your day job, William.
Jon
A poorly maintained weapon is likely to belong to an unsafe and careless fighter.
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Ronald M
Location: vancouver bc canada Joined: 06 Oct 2015
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im canadian and i got that
although thats probably from the absurd amount of books i used to read
nothin to do with bein canadinan (probably)
smiley face 123? no? lol yeah well im here cause i like...swords and weapons and stuff obv
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William P
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| Posted: Sat 27 Feb, 2016 4:43 am Post subject: |
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| Leo Todeschini wrote: | For the sake of international relations I will give the English translation of this joke.
Estoc = French name for this sword type and the name by which it is generally known
Tuck = English name for this sword
When at school the sweet shop was known as the 'Tuck shop', a word every English person knows, although 'tuck' is also slang for food.
But in case William wants to labour his rather good pun, and to confuse the issue, he lives in Australia and there I believe tuck and tucker are used much more than in the UK, so perhaps his twist on the pun is different to mine.
Either way that should hopefully enlighten all. Although the joke will now be ruined, hopefully you can appreciate it.
Tod |
we also use the term 'tuckshop' for food shops in school here and the word tucker as slang
this was mainly intended for my circle of friends here in australia, however..... the problem is that almpost noone in my reenactment circle knows that an english term for an estoc is a tuck....
i'm getting the reverse issue here, p[eople know a english estoc is a tuck but not as many know what a tuickshop is....
well at least i got ONE person to laugh at it....
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Glennan Carnie
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Secretly, I chuckled at this.
However, I've refrained from posting as I don't like to encourage such reckless use of puns. There might be grown-ups reading.
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J. Hargis
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"He who would pun would pick a pocket."
Jon
A poorly maintained weapon is likely to belong to an unsafe and careless fighter.
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This is a standard topic