A man was sitting in a bar, drinking away his sorrows.
Posted by YakClear601@reddit | Jokes | View on Reddit | 31 comments
So the bartender asked him, "How's it going, buddy?"
The man replied, "I got fired."
"Wow, I'm sorry," the bartender responded, "Wanna talk about it?"
"Sure, why not?" the man replied, "I was working in advertising, and I was pitching my idea for an ad for a new brand of soft drinks for the Arabic market to our clients from the UAE. My presentation was that in the first panel, a man was dying of thirst in the desert, in the second panel, he drinks the soft drink, and in the third panel, he's completely refreshed. And I was fired almost on the spot."
"What? How come?" the bartender asked.
"I didn't know Arabic read from right to left," was the response.
Limp_Musician2783@reddit
And they don't drink alcohol
OldElvis1@reddit
A presentation to Japan was next....
LuckyNumberHat@reddit
Bet I know how that will go down.
Cultural-Company282@reddit
In the first frame, the schoolgirl is drinking the soda. She doesn't notice the tentacles in the corner...
Certain_Silver6524@reddit
If its Traditional Japanese, yep lol
RabidWolfIsAFurry@reddit
umm ok, but the ad was pictures, not Arabic
Crocodile_Banger@reddit
A mediocre joke that comes with a description……..I think we reached a point where every single joke on Earth has already been written
Fnordmeister@reddit
A few years ago, when I weighed more, I shopped at an XL Men's store. When I turned 41, they banned me.
YakClear601@reddit (OP)
I did not invent this joke! I'm pretty sure someone told me this sometime ago and I've forgotten who.
The way I see it, I write these jokes here on the off chance that someone may not have heard it before. And judging by the upvotes, there must be someone who has read this for the first time!
DoFr56@reddit
Like music. There are only so many chords. That’s why writers get sued for piracy, but it is not. There are only so many chords.
TurbulentWeb1941@reddit
I've been told I'm A maj doosh. That's a chord, right? 🤔
size12wshoes@reddit
Several times. Humor is recyclable.
LaughUntilMyHead@reddit
This subreddit is for the worst jokes ever written and you’d do better to read it in a so bad it’s good kind of way
Ok-Wolverine-3238@reddit
You are reading it backwards
2BallsInTheHole@reddit
"Strike that, Reverse it, thank you."
-Willy Wonka
ScustyRupper@reddit
So little to do and so much time to do it.
Bliorg821@reddit
Stop, no, come back.
TheMadDruid@reddit
Come back, no, stop.
WindWalkerRN@reddit
Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
ktka@reddit
Coca Cola is read as Al-ocacoc.
StatusApp@reddit
I heard this explained as a true story about a medical company (think Pfizer or similar) trying to get a foothold in Africa. Because of the high volum of illiteracy they created a cartoon similar to OP, forgeting about the right to left reading direction.
GreenHorror4252@reddit
There was also one about Gerber which sold jars of baby food with a baby on the picture in the African market, although that is an urban legend.
Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit
I've just remembered one about a perfume called Mist, that didn't go down so well in Germany because it means poo.
Lawn_Guylander@reddit
Or the Chevy Nova not selling well in Spanish-speaking countries because no va means doesn't go
bliksempie@reddit
Africa is not particularly associated with right to left reading... I'm from there.
CsiJoelle@reddit
as an Arab this is hilarious
InterestedObserver99@reddit
37!!!
CatCafffffe@reddit
You told it wrong
glimitzu@reddit
In a row?
apartment1i@reddit
This was a good one
WaitWaWhat@reddit
How about an oldie but goodie?
A young man walks into a bar, orders five shots of whisky, and quickly downs them all.
The bartender says, "Whoa there buddy. That's a lot of shots. What's going on?"
The man replies, "First blowjob today."
The bartender says, "Well congratulations! I'll tell you what, have another drink. It's on me."
"No thanks." says the man, "If the first five didn't get the taste out of my mouth, I doubt the sixth is going to do much."