A CHINESE AUDIENCE’S REACTION TO THE JOKE OF AN AMERICAN
As I was going through the biography of Dr Benjamin Felson, I came across this joke. I quite find it interesting one as I too find it when a Chinese delivers a joke in TV or some lectures by some professors. Just have to laugh at the right time and pretend to be stupid or not stupid for others to decide.
A Chinese Audience’s Reaction To The Joke Of An American
A joke based on a true story.
The late Dr. Felson was an American professor in Radiology. He had embarked on lecture circuits in almost every state and many countries in the world. When he was at the university hospital in Beijing, he decided to break the ice by first telling a joke.
After delivering the first line of his joke, he waited for the host radiologist to do the translation. Instead of doing the translating, the host signaled Dr. Felson to continue speaking. He delivered the second line and waited. Again, the man signaled him to continue. Same thing happened after his third, fourth and fifth lines.
After the punch line, the man said “Zhei Meiguo jiaoshou shuo le yi ge xiaohua.”
The audience burst into hysterical laughter.
Dr. Felson said “Wow! Your translation is phenomenal! You did my entire joke with just a few words. What did you say?”
The man replied “I said ‘The American professor just told a joke’.”
The part of this true story is according to Mark Lui MD at buzzle.com
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A RADIOLOGIST WHEN …
You KNOW you’re a radiologist when…
1. …you switch off all the room lights when watching TV or when you are at the computer
2. …the strawberry milkshake at McDonald’s turns you off (It looks like a barium preparation for a swallow)
3. …someone asks a favour from you in the middle of the night, you say, “Will it make much of a difference if I do it for you tomorrow morning, instead?”
4. …someone asks you to comment on a picture, you use words like “soft”, “too noisy”, “motion blurring”, etc.
5. …you refer to dust on your wedding photo as “artifacts”.
6. …your spouse asks you how your day was, you describe it in detail and sum it up by giving an overall impression.
7. …you always wonder what’s that thing hanging around other doctor’s necks, and then suddenly it hits you – it’s a stethoscope!
8. …every time you see other people’s hands, you think to yourself, “Mmmmm…good veins!”.
9. …someone asks you what’s the best contraceptive, you say, “X-ray”.
10. …in order to drive the point home that your spouse took too many photos with the camera, you do a reject analysis.
A portion of it credit to the original post at http://amirfuadh.blogspot.com/2008/05/you-know-youre-radiologist-when.html and http://www.chumpysclipart.com
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