Joey: Can I see the comics?
Chandler: This is New York Times.
Joey: Okay, may I see the comics?
And that is the joke. So why is that funny?
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So I assume it should be something about modal verbs "may" and "can". Like one uses "make" for a more polite(high-brow) requests. And since New York Times is something what an intellectual person would read, Joey thinks that asking for comics might also require that lavel of approach. What do you think?
ReplyDeletethat's what I always understood from this joke too.. since it's the times then he has to speak more sophisticated ...
DeleteGood, I guessed right! And after all it is Joey, the answer should've been somewhere on a surface)
DeleteLike you say, its an intellectual persons newspaper, I always thought that it wouldn't have any comics, and that's what Ross tries to say, but Joey misunderstands.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Robert!
DeleteRight. The New York Times does not have comics. As stated above, it is considered an intellectual newspaper. When Joey asks to see the comics, and Chandler replies that it is the New York Times, Joey interprets this as he isn't asking smartly enough. Hence the "may I?"
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, what a beautiful set of writers! Just so funny)
Deleteross is always correcting peoples grammars, so joey thought he said it wrong, not the fact that the new york times don't have any comic strips
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