THE JOKE - Please, call me a taxi
CUSTOMER: Hey, barman! Call me a taxi!
BARMAN: Yes, sir. You're a taxi.
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VOCABULARY
Literally: exactly as the words are meant, without any colloquial or inner meaning.
WHY IS IT FUNNY?
When the customer asked the barman to call him a taxi he meant for him
to telephone a taxi company and order him a taxi to take him home.
Instead, the barman took it literally and called (said) the man was a
taxi.
QUESTION: How often do you take taxis?
QUESTION: How often do you take taxis?
Retrieved from Woodward English
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