Beschrijving
What Is Intelligence? (previously What Is the Joke?) Two men digging a ditch wonder why their foreman can sit in the shade with a cool drink. One of them asks him for the reason and gets the answer, “Because I got intelligence.” The workman does not know what “intelligence” means. To explain it, the foreman holds his hand up in front of a tree and tells the workman to hit it. Right before the man hits his hand, he pulls it down, and the workman smashes his hand into the tree. The comment is, “That’s intelligence.”
The workman returns, and asked by the other one he explains that the foreman “got intelligence”. His companion does not know the word either. So the first man holds his hand up in front of his face and invites his companion to hit it. He pulls his hand down and takes the blow right in his face.
In some variants, a nobleman explains to a stupid farmer what a joke is (Irishman shows his companion a Yankee trick).
The workman returns, and asked by the other one he explains that the foreman “got intelligence”. His companion does not know the word either. So the first man holds his hand up in front of his face and invites his companion to hit it. He pulls his hand down and takes the blow right in his face.
In some variants, a nobleman explains to a stupid farmer what a joke is (Irishman shows his companion a Yankee trick).
Motief
X902
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1349D*
Subgenre
mop