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Picard telling Riker a pun meme.

Frame 1: I once purchased a dog from a blacksmith.

Frame 2: As soon as I brought him home, he made a bolt for the door.

    • Downcount@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      As a non-native speaker: Puns are often more difficult to understand than in my own language, but this one was obvious.

      • FrigidAphelion@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Oh absolutely, I can speak a foreign language at about a first grade level and learning idioms, puns, wordplay, and song lyrics was always far more challenging than any other part