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The oldest joke in programming history (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by Feyter@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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A women sent her kid that was into programming to the grocery store and told it:

"Please buy 1 bottle of milk if they have eggs buy 2"

The kid returned with just 2 bottles of milk. When it's mom ask why it bought 2 bottles of milk, the kid said:

"Because they had eggs"

... Was the kid right?

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[–] Deebster@lemmyrs.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always think this joke is more of a linguistics/grammar joke than programming. The kid resolves the ambiguity in the ellipsis incorrectly, but why is this a programmer joke?

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard this joke in Spanish, but the meaning is a bit different. Eggs is a colloquial/slang term for testicles (like balls in English), so "if you have eggs" means "if you dare".

[–] Deebster@lemmyrs.org 2 points 1 year ago

I love having a joke that works in two languages but for different reasons.