KATIE Are we all ready for Question 12?
YORKSHIRE PUDDING Yes. Go ahead!
KATIE Question 12...What are Americans talking about when they use the word "weenie"?
(Hushed debate amongst quiz teams. The word "penis" is heard from one corner)
Twenty minutes later. The Answers.
KATIE Question 12. What does the word "weenie" mean in America? The answer is hot dog, hot dog
YORKSHIRE PUDDING What about sausage?
(Pause)
KATIE Yes. I can accept sausage.
YORKSHIRE PUDDING Yeah. I bet you can!
QUIZ TEAMS HA-HA-HA-HA! (Mirth)
KATIE (blushing) Question 13: The titular name of the current pope is Francis. Pope Francis.
I guess you can be invited to our annual weenie roast we have to celebrate the end of harvest.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Weenie is a hot dog. Sausage is a meat served with breakfast and comes in link or patty form, neither of which look like the above weenie.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to know a lot about weenies Ed. Thank you for your expert input - as the nun said to the priest.
DeleteI find my ability to make jokes and innuendos has decreased greatly. Wit takes practice. I'm glad you get to stay in form
ReplyDeleteYou gotta laugh Kylie. It does you good.
DeleteI thought Double Entendre were a Parisien Prog Rock band. Sounds like a great night had by all.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you could have helped us out with Question 13 Dave!
DeleteThere are a couple of potentially correct answers. In most of the country it would be "hot dog" a particular variety of sausage, in other parts of the country a grilled bratwurst or italian sausage would also be called a wiener. Oh and penis would also be understood. It is a simple language.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are very knowledgeable about "weenies" Mr Penguin.
DeleteAs a lifelong American I can say that, although I know of the word 'weenie,' I have never used it to describe a hot dog or sausage.
ReplyDeleteAs a young boy we often called each other weenies though.
You may have lived a sheltered life Bob - protected from the weenie world.
DeleteThat's the kind of joke that could have come from my team's table (I'm not saying from me personally).
ReplyDeleteOh no, not from you personally for your manners are impeccable Lady Riley.
DeleteSilly fun is needed some days!
ReplyDeleteSilliness is rather underrated in my view Ellen.
DeleteBe careful, YP, or you may get cancelled!
ReplyDeleteWeenies in the USA are any number of things. In addition to hot dogs and penises, they can also be weak or ineffectual people. A favorite lunchtime meal for kids is beans n' weenies.
If I get cancelled I want my money back! American children eat penises for lunch? I imagine they are from gophers or chipmunks.
DeleteLet me ask you this, Mr. P- If you had been informed by a female teacher that a male student had made this remark to her, would you have found it amusing? Would it have been considered acceptable behavior? Would it have been tolerated?
ReplyDeleteI would have felt very uncomfortable if I had been Katie. And you know I am no prude.
Katie found it funny too. You had to be there in the moment to realise that it was just a bit of silliness and you would also need to be aware of our on-going relationship over many weeks. We were not in a school classroom - we were in a pub lounge and there were a few women in the various quiz teams.
DeleteApropos of nothing, Katie has a masters degree in psychiatry.
I understand and believe all of that. Still, it would have triggered me to have a man not my husband or partner making such an obvious sexual suggestion. In fact, even if it had been my husband or partner, I would not have appreciated the comment in a public place. Despite the free and easy atmosphere of a pub, unwanted and unasked for sexual suggestions can be very demeaning to a woman.
DeleteAnd I will also say that you have no idea how often women shrug off or laugh at things that make them uncomfortable.
DeleteWhat I think is partly going on here is cultural difference. British humour is different from American humour. It tends to be more bawdy, more mischievous. And may I say that I am very aware of female sensitivities when it comes to humour and social commentary. After all, throughout my teaching career I worked alongside women. They were my colleagues or as Americans say - co-workers. It is a mistake to suggest that I "have no idea" about what women have to put up with.
DeleteAmerican English is a confusing language at times, isn't it!
ReplyDeleteThat's true doll!
DeletePerhaps in the US a weenie is a hotdog but here a weenie would be a wimp.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the language lesson Nurse Lily.
DeleteIt really is a case of knowing how the remark will be received by the person. Regardless, it is funny and I would have laughed.
ReplyDeleteKatie kind of walked into a trap of her own making but she didn't mind. It was just a bit of fun. No harm was intended and no injury was caused.
DeleteNorth Americans would have go that one!
ReplyDeleteNot all it seems.
DeleteAww, you made her blush!
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