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"Bush's visit (joke)"

While on his state visit to England, George Bush met The Queen, and he turns round and says: "As I'm the President, I'm thinking of changing how my great country is referred to, and I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom."
The Queen replies "I'm sorry Mr Bush, but to be a Kingdom, you have to have a King in charge - and you're not a King."
George Bush thought a while and then said: "How about a Principality then?"
To which the Queen replied "Again, to be a Principality you have to be a Prince - and you're not a Prince, Mr Bush."
Bush thought long and hard and came up with "How about an Empire then?"
The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, replies "Sorry again, Mr Bush, but to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge - and you are not an Emperor."
Before George Bush could utter another word, The Queen said: "I think you're doing quite nicely as a Country."

VenomByte wrote:

>
> Is English spelling so different from the phonetic equivalent just to
> provide a ripe source of puns?

Yes, indeed. For english language A-level we looked at some old-fashioned newspapers - one from the second world war with the headline:

"English push bottles up Germans"

See if you can figure it out.

This is a derived version of a Jim Davidson joke about the Australian prime minister. Still funny, though.

So why isn't it spelled 'Cuntry'?
Or pronounced 'Kown-tree'?


Is English spelling so different from the phonetic equivalent just to provide a ripe source of puns?

Or is our language just so old that it's started to break down in places?

If I were the queen (or king perhaps) I'd see about using my Royal Powers to change the spellings. (Even if only to confuse the Americans).

ROFLMAOFLOLOAMOAL!

Mystique wrote:
> TIMMARGH!!!

No sh... ugar.

TIMMARGH!!!

maddmun wrote:
> Oh, that's why I didn't find it funny.
> I thought he was supposed to be a Count.
> Dracula stylee.
>
> Anyway, I'd call it more of a Dictatortry.

Do you mean a dictatorship?

Oh, that's why I didn't find it funny.
I thought he was supposed to be a Count.
Dracula stylee.

Anyway, I'd call it more of a Dictatortry.

Black Glove wrote:
> Kingdom - king
> Principality - prince
> Country - C***

Yeah, I thought it was that. But I just... didn't find it funny. So I thought I didn't understand it.
Oh well.

:-D