This joke belongs in the rubric of absurdist/surreal humor.
According to Wikipedia:
Surreal humor (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humor, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humor predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical. Portrayals of surreal humour tend to involve bizarre juxtapositions, incongruity, non-sequiturs, irrational or absurd situations, and expressions of nonsense.
In this case, there are several elements:
A) A cow emerges from underwater.
B) The cow addresses the fisherman, and instead of expressing any surprise or other appropriate reaction - he proceeds to try to be helpful in regards to the cow's query
C) The cow disregards his helpful response, and replies instead with a non sequitur.
The joke invites you to think about both the mundane and the eternal, as well as the nature of class relations in pre-war England.
@maf, thanks for the explanation... I still don't find it funny though...
This joke belongs in the rubric of absurdist/surreal humor.
OK, but what does it have to do with Poland? It's neither a Polish joke nor is it about "Polish culture, people, etc." and this is what this thread is about...
The joke invites you to think about both the mundane and the eternal, as well as the nature of class relations in pre-war England.
Does it or are you joking again? o_O lol
Q: Did you hear about the Polack who died while raking leaves?
Are you like all women, in that you magically have no memory for jokes, but can remember in a micro-second what somebody said 13 years ago during a heated argument?
I am. It was just a joke (not funny and incomprehensible).
Another version of your joke ends with the devil saying to the Pole: "I knew you wouldn't have the guts to jump", so the Pole jumps.
Anyways, the cow in kalosze joke wins the Suchar of the Year award easily. :)
Here's another:
Flick, Karpin and Santos are sitting on a bench in park and crying. God sees them and asks Flick:
G: Why are you crying, my son? F: Because my team is in a huge crisis these days. G: Don't worry. The crisis will be over soon and Germany is going to win the World Cup again.
Then God asks Karpin:
G: Why are you crying, my son? K: There is a war and my team is banned from all competitions. G: Don't worry, the war will end soon and your team will be able to play international games again.
Then God looks at Santos, says absolutely nothing, sits down next to him and cries.
God asks little Palenke why are you crying baby. Because writing on PF I am constantly intellectually and sexually harassed by a hyperactive old man. I'm sorry, I can't help you with that, God replies. Why can't you help me, good God, asks Palenke. Because I'd have to take him to my home and then he'd molest me and my angels.
G: Why are you crying, my little boy? J: Because I am weak and slow and the boys laugh at me when I always come in last...boohoo... G: Please don't cry. Just go to school tomorrow, tell them you are now a girl and beat the crap out of them because I made them weaker and slower to make boys like you happy.
J; But I am not a girl...boohoo... G: I know but don't let that stop you. Under the rules, all they need is that you self-identify as a girl. J: You mean I can keep my peepee and the rest? G: You sure can. Just tell them that you are a girl. J: Will I be able to marry a girl later and have babies? G: Absolutely. Just don't let them do chemical castration to you and you will be fine. J: You are so smart, Mr. God. I love you! Moooom, did you hear this?
Technically, this is not a joke about God and the boy. It's meant to be a joke on the girls that still play along. Yes, I know it should be shorter.
Hey, pawian, how many genders do you have in Poland? Russia has only 2. I am asking to see if trans jokes would be OK in this thread. They are "universal".
And polish absurdism and surrealism demand, that as a ruski you kill yourself. use a tailpipe or a rifle, with a help of a yank friend, we don't care how you do it, just rid the world of your evil machinations...
You are living proof, that my jokes are appropriate.
So you don't like Bill Hicks well get with the program i though u read steinbec if not0000 then u new skaterboi fa*got? what's the matter just speaking truth to power b4 pc and he got censored for it. , and ure just a dumb ass pus*y t putin worshipper? yeah bow down jump up and jump around nig*a in your ruski expat bars thinkin u cool. yeah stay in your New York hellhole, always ure be the impotent one shouting, and you don't have the guts to join the real men in your motherland.
it's just a ride you ruski ***** youtube.com/watch?v=eNEyLn1Zz_g