Am I the only one who thinks that when Norm MacDonald told that ‘this man’s father is my father’s son’ joke about his ‘Quebecois uncle’, he got the riddle wrong somehow what is the right way to tell it btw
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Replying to @soncharm
I think the answer is generically whoever is posing the riddle rather than being specific to that one cab driver.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
No I know, that was the joke But embedded in the joke was a real riddle, and I think he told the riddle wrong ‘This man’s father is my father’s son’ does not = ‘me’. the riddle doesn’t work the way he said it nbd, joke was still hilarious
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Replying to @soncharm @CovfefeAnon
I got it ‘This man’s father is my GRANDfather’s son’ That would work, maybe that’s the riddle
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Replying to @soncharm
That does work - I was trying to analyze it as if there was some kind of misdirect with the referents but wasn't getting anywhere
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Replying to @soncharm
Could be part of the joke that he gets the riddle wrong
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
Yeah I’d like to think he knew the real riddle & flubbed it intentionally for the anecdote because he decided that made it funnier We’ll never know now, so I’m free to make this my head canon
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Very much in line with his philosophy of comedy to do so - making him / the uncle in the story look vaguely stupider because the riddle doesn't even work correctly - a tiny added bonus for the few people who know the correct version
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