My favorite joke was created by Milton Jones in the mid-90s. I can’t remember whether I saw him perform it live or caught it on the telly. But it goes like this: “When the kids at school found out about my potentially fatal peanut allergy, they made me play Russian roulette with a packet of Revels.”
Fun muse, Matt. Speaking of jokes not always translating, I was so looking forward to what you thought the funniest joke was you've ever heard - only to have to pause for a moment and try to imagine what sort of thing Revels are. While they are unknown here in the US, we do have Goobers and M&M Peanuts. I think Goobers would work in your joke - although the word packet is problmatic here, too. We tend not to think in terms of candies like this coming in packets. Most of us are familiar with Goobers in boxes at movie theatres. And this post is a starting become a bit of a worm dissection. :-)
Fun muse, Matt. Speaking of jokes not always translating, I was so looking forward to what you thought the funniest joke was you've ever heard - only to have to pause for a moment and try to imagine what sort of thing Revels are. While they are unknown here in the US, we do have Goobers and M&M Peanuts. I think Goobers would work in your joke - although the word packet is problmatic here, too. We tend not to think in terms of candies like this coming in packets. Most of us are familiar with Goobers in boxes at movie theatres. And this post is a starting become a bit of a worm dissection. :-)