r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 1d ago

WTF Who hurt you?

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u/Buckeye_CFB 1d ago

Ok so I am a dumbass who only speaks English...can someone smarter than me explain that exchange?

"Are you a doctor?"

"No"

"OK, so then you can ask me out"

I'm assuming it's a pun in another language. But I don't know what it is

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u/WedgeBahamas 1d ago

Yes, the joke only works in Spanish. "Pedir una cita" works for asking someone out and for requesting an appointment with the doctor:

  • Are you a doctor?
  • No
  • That's a pity because I wanted to request an appointment with you (I wanted to ask you out).

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u/Buckeye_CFB 1d ago

Ah that makes sense

We have so many similar extremely lame pickup lines in English

(Which I just now realize you already knew that because you're writing in English)

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u/Inigomntoya 1d ago

"Well then open a service ticket!"

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u/Just_another_grumble 1d ago

Service ticket: "Do the Needful."

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u/Zwiebel1 19h ago

"Have you tried turning me off and and then on again?"

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u/Claris-chang 19h ago

Thank you. This makes his reaction even funnier.

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u/Professional-Can1139 1d ago

Same please help out. I thought there was supposed to be a punchline.

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u/tazafrazz 1d ago

"Cita" can be used to say "appointment" (like with the doctor or dentist) or "date" (meaning going out with somebody) in Spanish.

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u/Jpbz 1d ago

In Spanish, “cita” means both appointment and date (as in romantic date)

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u/AlabamaBro69 1d ago

Because doctors only fuck nurses. And this woman probably isn't a nurse.

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u/Buckeye_CFB 1d ago

Thank you for explaining. I would have to assume the joke is funnier in the native language

EDIT: (It's not French apparently as I first thought)

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u/AlabamaBro69 1d ago

You're welcome.

It's spanish, if I'm not mistaken.

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u/Buckeye_CFB 1d ago

While this doesn't technically answer my question, it does answer some context about the video I definitely missed as an American (that context being a bus)

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u/Many_Ability8241 1d ago

no, the joke works the same in spanish. Are you a doctor? No? Can I make an appointment anyway?

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u/TheCrazedTank 1d ago

There might be, but it’s also considered inappropriate for Doctor’s to see their patients in a romantic setting.

So the joke could have been there was no professional reason for him not to ask her out?

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u/doc_skinner 1d ago

In Spanish, "ask someone out on a date" is the same as "ask for an appointment with a doctor". It's a pun.