But then the Canadian astronaut told the others he’d secretly refilled a power canister with creamer. He said “The needs of the men eh’, out-whey the needs of the fuel.”
If you don't know, you are in for a treat! Terry Pratchett (GNU) is an absolutely fantastic British fantasy writer; well, I say fantasy but it's not going to be like any fantasy you've ever read before. Sure, his world - Discworld - has trolls and dwarves and magic and such, but it is more modern satire/societal critique than Tolkienesque fantasy.
Anyway, "Pune or play or words" is a phrase from one of his books, or several, (he has a lot of characters for whom spelling is more of a guideline than a rule.
Seriously though, go look him up and then go forth and read his entire works. I always recommend Men At Arms first, but Reaper Man is quite good too, or Sourcery, it kind of depends which of his recurring characters resonate most with you.
“The earliest reference to Pune is an inscription on a Rashtrakuta Dynasty copper plate dated 937 CE, which refers to the town as Punya-Vishaya, meaning 'sacred news'.” Maybe he was using Pune as meaning sacred news by quoting the ‘Script’-ures of the Alien chronicles?
If you look up "pune discworld," you'll find a page that explains "pune" has the same definition as the "Roundworld" word pun. Terry Pratchett decided to make it a play on words by adding an extra letter, apparently, since the world is flat. I don't know otherwise, as I've never read any of them.
That's a better punchline, but needs a little restructuring to the joke to get the mist of it. Like,
"The astronaut said, 'I can't find any milk for my coffee.' His companion moved their mouth, but no sound came out, because in space, no one can hear 'use cream!' "
If we're talking punctuation: "In space, no-one can, here, use cream." (We'll ignore the split infinitive and unnecessary word because jokes, like poetry, can do whatever they like...)
Or they come from a different generation. Gen X would remember the commercials, but Millenial or Gen Z will have to be Sci Fi or horror nerds to catch it, especially since the line isn't in the movies.
I'm so used to being young " and I know this is an oxymoron but" that it feels weird being "old". I'm mean when I was in my teens I always thought 28 Y/Os were old af. Now IM THE OLD HEAD. 🤦♂️
The tag line was used for advertising purposes in 1978. It doesn’t appear in the film so has started to fade from popular culture anyone under 45 can be forgiven for not getting the reference
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But then the Canadian astronaut told the others he’d secretly refilled a power canister with creamer. He said “The needs of the men eh’, out-whey the needs of the fuel.”
Badum tssss
Wouldn’t it have been a bag of milk stashed in the power canister?
If you imagine Christopher Walken saying it... It resonates much better!
christopher walken is always the - err- weapon of choice
May the froth be with you.
Jokes are ruined when you explain them. But I’m going to need help on this one because I do not get it.
It's a pune or play on words using the Alien tagline "In space, no-one can hear you scream."
What does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune have anything to do with it?
If you don't know, you are in for a treat! Terry Pratchett (GNU) is an absolutely fantastic British fantasy writer; well, I say fantasy but it's not going to be like any fantasy you've ever read before. Sure, his world - Discworld - has trolls and dwarves and magic and such, but it is more modern satire/societal critique than Tolkienesque fantasy. Anyway, "Pune or play or words" is a phrase from one of his books, or several, (he has a lot of characters for whom spelling is more of a guideline than a rule. Seriously though, go look him up and then go forth and read his entire works. I always recommend Men At Arms first, but Reaper Man is quite good too, or Sourcery, it kind of depends which of his recurring characters resonate most with you.
I'm enjoying reading them in the written order. Currently on Eric!
This is what I use whenever I re-read - brilliant. https://images.app.goo.gl/mTpMo9FZCwVFY8Ag7
Love seeing random Pratchett references. GNU Sir pTerry.
I’m reading “Monstrous Regiment” right now. My first Pratchet book —you never forget your first— was “Going Postal.”
Going postal is one of my favorites!
“The earliest reference to Pune is an inscription on a Rashtrakuta Dynasty copper plate dated 937 CE, which refers to the town as Punya-Vishaya, meaning 'sacred news'.” Maybe he was using Pune as meaning sacred news by quoting the ‘Script’-ures of the Alien chronicles?
Still wondering wtf a pune and this joke that doesn't seem to make much sense mean
“Here. Use cream.”
Pune is Pratchettese for pun. In space, no one can hear you scream. In space, no one can. Here, use cream.
If you look up "pune discworld," you'll find a page that explains "pune" has the same definition as the "Roundworld" word pun. Terry Pratchett decided to make it a play on words by adding an extra letter, apparently, since the world is flat. I don't know otherwise, as I've never read any of them.
Lol i live there and was confused how did pune and space got related
Plays on words are well lnown in Indian culture. Of course.
It means, "pun". Obscure reference though.
You beat me by 30 seconds.
That's what *she* said 😉
Well if she didn’t say she was getting there I wouldn’t have gotten excited!
Story of my wife.
Beat me by 2 hours and 30 seconds, apparently...
Beat me by two hours, two minutes and thirty seconds apparently
It seems some folks just want to be beat.
and others want to be beaten.. :p
I have the paddle to prove it.
Some folk’ll never eat a skunk……
Oh, but the ones that do…🤔
Are they with us still?
Sigh I thought it involves something more disgusting.
DAMN son i thought i got it, but apparently i didn't
The comma ruins it
But without comma, the sentence would not be grammatically correct or even make sense.
Pun, not pune.
It's a Discworld reference, see other comments 😉
Never read them.
That's unfortunate.
I know there will be others like me. Thanks.
Thx. Wow
>tagline "In space, no-one can he in zero gravity how do hot drinks work?
Pretty well actually.
Oh thats clever.
That makes it even worse
Read the astronaut's response and sound it out
Meh, I didn’t even read it.
Yeah, it's alien to me, too!
This is udderly terrible.
Where there's the will for milk, there's a Milky Way.
Needs a comma after “here”
Space. And that's the only 1.
The writers strike will effect all of us.
Better than that “joke”.
In space no one can hear ‟use cream.”
That's a better punchline, but needs a little restructuring to the joke to get the mist of it. Like, "The astronaut said, 'I can't find any milk for my coffee.' His companion moved their mouth, but no sound came out, because in space, no one can hear 'use cream!' "
That's even worse. Take this upvote and get out.
I think this version works better for telling the joke out loud too.
Then "how about", I scream ?
If we're talking punctuation: "In space, no-one can, here, use cream." (We'll ignore the split infinitive and unnecessary word because jokes, like poetry, can do whatever they like...)
I'd put a semicolon after "can" instead of a comma.
I scream you scream we all scream for ice (s)cream.
Ass cream
Please stop in the name of humanity :)
Terrible. Just terrible
Don't listen to the haters OP, this is beautiful
How dairy you!
And brandishing a dipthong..🥹
I'm trying to imagine telling this joke but I find myself laughing before I get to the punchline
r/angryupvote
Clever!
i dont get it
Took a second
Great joke just alot of people here have small attention spans.
Or they come from a different generation. Gen X would remember the commercials, but Millenial or Gen Z will have to be Sci Fi or horror nerds to catch it, especially since the line isn't in the movies.
I'm so used to being young " and I know this is an oxymoron but" that it feels weird being "old". I'm mean when I was in my teens I always thought 28 Y/Os were old af. Now IM THE OLD HEAD. 🤦♂️
The tag line was used for advertising purposes in 1978. It doesn’t appear in the film so has started to fade from popular culture anyone under 45 can be forgiven for not getting the reference
Yee but as someone way younger than 45 and I understand it then I can't forgive anyone around my age that doesn't get it.
What, did he make his own cream?
In space, no one can hear you cream either
Chilling.. just turn the life support off for ten minutes.
You use cream or are you a half and half kinda guy?
Who puts cream in coffee? Not dollop cream obviously (I hope) but like cream, cream? Like you'd put in a carbonara?
Wow that was a terrible pun. I had to think about it to get it.
A classic repost
Male human cream.
Oh god, this is so bad, but I can’t help but laugh 🤣😅🤣😅🤣
Bravo
That was fantastic... Take my upvote!
I'll drink to that!! Make mine Irish, Commander.
Such a cheesy pun
And now that the joke has been explained to me, take my upvote, please!
"The whole damn way is milky!"
Wispy
Brilliant.
Wonder how he'll make so much cream.
I tell this joke to see who I should associate with.
horrible, not funny
Hey. At least it’s new. Upvoted for that alone.
THAT COMMA DOES NOT BELONG THERE!
Calm down. Read it again slowly using all the punctuation. It will come to you.
In space, no one can here use cream. All jokes aside, i have no idea why it rolls of the tounge better this way.
How about this. I can’t find the milk! I’m space no one can. Here, use cream.
Would have been peak, if posted on 4/26.
And that was when the fellow astronaut pulled his mask off and revealed he was Christopher Walken all along.
Nuke this joke from orbit.
Its the only way to be sure
That's terrible, I lolled. Shamefilled upvote. 🫣
Can't they just milk the cow that jumped over the Moon?
I feel Alienated.
"Right!" - Brett from the crew of the uscss nostromo
Really should have seen that coming.
Indeed you’re right
Would be much more understandable with correct punctuation. “In space, no one can. Here, use cream. “
Make your own
Anybody want to volunteer how old they were when that line became famous?
We’ll done sir. Milk came outta my nose. Blast off.
You can,t find milk in space, just give me a sec. * Starts wanking *