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I'm your father. I am The Head!

Ross has found out that he needs to leave for China. But his son just got born. So he asks Monica to bring a picture of his to Ben and show it to him once in a while. Phoebe takes the picture and mocks Ross: - Hi, Ben. I'm your father. I am The Head! I sense that it should mean something.

I'm like those women that you see with shiny guys named Chad.

Monica just have found out that the guy she slept with is under 21 y.o. She is all upset because of all the age difference: - I'm like those women that you see with shiny guys named Chad. Why "Chad"? Is it like typical name for guys who are younger then there woman-partner?

Pirates again?

Phoebe is looking for an extra job in a news paper. She is asking guys if they can see her operating a drill press. They want to to know why she needs a new job. Phoebe: - For short-term work. Till I get back my massage clients. Chandler: - Pirates again? What was this "Pirates comment" in reference to? It is just a very first minutes of the episode, so I am sure all the clues are in that very scene. But I still don't get it.

Joey: Holden McGroin

Who is Holden McGroin? Joey looks for a new stage name. Over the episode he tries many of them on. By the end he appears on a stage and introduces himself with a name that gets lots of laughter from the audience. Joey: Holden McGroin. Who is Holden McGroin? And why is Joey taking that name is funny? At first I thought Holden McGroin is some all America-famous guy. But I googled and googled and nothing. But than I realized Holden McGroin is a play of sounds. If you say really quickly 'Holden McGroin' native speaker would hear not a name but three words 'holding my growing'. It is your first step in understanding the joke. The next step is that you got to know that 'growing' in slang means 'testicles'. The rest is pretty about putting two parts together. A man holding on to one's testicles in public is considered weird and therefore funny. I love this joke, not just because most of the traffic to this blog comes through googling 'Holden McGroin

The fifth dentist caved, and now they're all recommending Trident?

Rachel is running into Ross's apt where everybody have already gathered for poker, with words: - Hi. Guys, guess what? Chandler trys to guess: - The fifth dentist caved, and now they're all recommending Trident? Trident is a gum. What is the story with a 5th dantist?

So you get your ya-yas by taking money from your friends

Girls have lost a poker game to guys. They want to have a rematch. Ross jokes that he is just happy to use any extra cash. Rachel is trying to bug him about it: - So you get your ya-yas by taking money from your friends. Ross: -Yeah. Chandler comments: - Yes, and I get my ya-yas from IKEA. You have to put them together yourself, but they cost less. Obviously Rachel and Chandler are talking about different "yay-yas". But what are they in those cases? The official dictionary has no clue. The Urban one has too many definitions...

Downright gutsy

Guys are teaching girls how to play poker. Monica has lost the game, she is upset. Chandler is trying to explain what was her mistake: - Joey had two fives showing, so for you to raise was... Monica: - Yes? Chandler: - Downright gutsy. What did Chandler mean by "Downright gutsy"? Is that some poker term maybe?

I am so spoiled!

Girls are having a couple of "cute doctors" over. There are that uncomfortable situation where Rachel have to pretend to be Monica and vice versa. And here they start pick on each other. Guys are trying to go into the food dicussion instead: - This hummus is great. God bless the chickpea. Monica out of the blue: - Oh, God! I am so spoiled!.. That's it. Was there anything meant by that? Did I miss something in this "chickpea" phrase? Or it is just a phrase she could use with any possible remark?

...you'd be staring at the business end of a hissy fit

Joey is planning to celebrate Phoebe and Ursula's BDay with the last one. And he asks guys if Phoebe is going to be alright with it. But Chandler doubts: - If you tried that on my birthday... ...you'd be staring at the business end of a hissy fit. What is this expression "staring at the end of a hissy fit" mean?