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Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:59 p.m.

In Response To: Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner (Jake Jacobs)

Keene caught on that this was a play on words. In everyday speaking, "all of you" is a synonym for plural "you" (used because the singular and plural forms of "you" are otherwise indistinguishable). Since waitresses normally take orders individually, the reader assumes she's asking each Giant for their own order. The joke is that the question has a different meaning when read literally.

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• Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
  David -- Wednesday, 19 August 2009, at 8:09 p.m.
  • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
    Stick -- Wednesday, 19 August 2009, at 8:36 p.m.
    • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
      Joe Russell -- Wednesday, 19 August 2009, at 9:05 p.m.
      • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
        Strato -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:58 a.m.
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          happyjuggler0 -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 4:03 p.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 19 August 2009, at 8:38 p.m.
    • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
      Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 19 August 2009, at 9:19 p.m.
      • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
        Sam Pottle -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:09 a.m.
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    John McDonald -- Wednesday, 19 August 2009, at 9:12 p.m.
  • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
    Keene -- Wednesday, 19 August 2009, at 9:53 p.m.
    • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
      Tom Keith -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:05 a.m.
      • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
        Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 3:47 a.m.
        • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:59 p.m.
          • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
            playBunny -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 10:28 p.m.
    • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
      Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 3:42 a.m.
  • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
    Seth -- Wednesday, 19 August 2009, at 10:59 p.m.
  • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
    Gustavo Goldfarb -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 12:22 a.m.
  • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
    Gustavo Goldfarb -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 12:22 a.m.
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    Sam Pottle -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:10 a.m.
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      happyjuggler0 -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:26 a.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 4:15 a.m.
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      Strato -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:49 a.m.
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    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 4:19 a.m.
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    phil simborg -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 5:09 a.m.
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    Stein Kulseth -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 7:58 a.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 9:06 a.m.
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    Mike Main -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 10:04 a.m.
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    alex21 -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 12:13 p.m.
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      alex21 -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 12:37 p.m.
  • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
    Seth -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:30 p.m.
  • Five Giants of Backgammon Are Sitting at a Diner
    Keene -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 4:14 p.m.