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To kill a joke by explaining it, how many get the chain of puns? In former times, you would hear of âIndian Rubberâ, meaning rubber from India, a word you donât hear anymore, normally you just hear ârubber.â You would also hear of ârubber bandsâ, as you still do. So, in the spirit of Wheel of Fortune, you have âIndian Rubber Bandsâ. So, the pun is that it then becomes a band of Indians (as in âNative Americansâ). When I first saw it, I thought of music bands, as thatâs the only context we hear that use of bands now, but you used to hear the word âbandâ used as in âraiding bandsâ. I thnk the Indians still used that term, though, as in âLittle River Bandâ.
Now, of course (to echo Faxon), the word âIndiansâ to refer to the people we now call âNative Americansâ is slowly becoming a persecuted term. I love how my wife (a native of Sri Lanka, whose people come from India), calls âNative Americansâ âRed Indiansâ.
All that remains of older culture must be persecuted, in the spirit of Mao.
Tangentially, does anybody remember when ârubbersâ was used to refer to a product that we now refer to by its more proper name? Nowadays of course, that would be verboten, as it might imply that you didnât have full respect for the product, a sin which is punishable in this world.
WSR over 11 years ago
Maybe Billy can buy a patch from the Indian rubber band.
riahdomhan over 11 years ago
Last one? You leave us on a cliff-hanger? Awwww
tharpa over 11 years ago
To kill a joke by explaining it, how many get the chain of puns? In former times, you would hear of âIndian Rubberâ, meaning rubber from India, a word you donât hear anymore, normally you just hear ârubber.â You would also hear of ârubber bandsâ, as you still do. So, in the spirit of Wheel of Fortune, you have âIndian Rubber Bandsâ. So, the pun is that it then becomes a band of Indians (as in âNative Americansâ). When I first saw it, I thought of music bands, as thatâs the only context we hear that use of bands now, but you used to hear the word âbandâ used as in âraiding bandsâ. I thnk the Indians still used that term, though, as in âLittle River Bandâ.
Now, of course (to echo Faxon), the word âIndiansâ to refer to the people we now call âNative Americansâ is slowly becoming a persecuted term. I love how my wife (a native of Sri Lanka, whose people come from India), calls âNative Americansâ âRed Indiansâ.
All that remains of older culture must be persecuted, in the spirit of Mao.
Tangentially, does anybody remember when ârubbersâ was used to refer to a product that we now refer to by its more proper name? Nowadays of course, that would be verboten, as it might imply that you didnât have full respect for the product, a sin which is punishable in this world.