The Fickle Face Of Facebook

[Cyberman]

In an echo of my comment in the thread on "the bible" and its many faults etc, in which I made the observation of you lot preferring a funny picture to a carefully-crafted essay, I posted a silly little joke onto my Facebook wall earlier. I was simply browsing and looking for jokes and one-liners I could nick, as you do, and I found this one which tickled my funnybone enough for me to post it:

"Noah," says the Lord, "for the next flood, I want no animals on board, just fish. And not any old fish, but only carp, in glass tanks."
"And this time," says the Lord, "think big, Eight decks at least."
"I got you," says Noah, "what you want is a multi-storey carp ark."

So far it's proved to be one of the more popular things I think I've ever posted there and it isn't even my bloody joke! The hits just keep on coming! My Mum was sitting nearby on her laptop - well, not actually sitting on it, that would be silly - and as soon as I heard her laughing I just knew what had set her off. So if (when?) this joke works its way around the net via FB, Twitter, or just plain email, you'll know where it started. And who to blame.

[Angrboda]

"Noah," says the Lord, "for the next flood, I want no animals on board, just fish. And not any old fish, but only carp, in glass tanks."
"And this time," says the Lord, "think big, Eight decks at least."
"I got you," says Noah, "what you want is a multi-storey carp ark."

I don't get it.

[Ryantology]

I do. It's definitely not aimed at Americans, though. : D

[Napoléon]

I don't get it.

Multi-storey car park.

[Cyberman]

It's what (Sir) Terry Pratchett would call "a pune, or play on words". Maybe it's a cultural thing; remember I'm a lifelong and landlocked Englander so I've never been further west than Barmouth, Tywyn or Aberystwyth (although I have spent some time in Portmeirion, a.k.a. The Village, trying to convince them I'm not a number - I am a free man).