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The Chinese didn't invent custard so the quote holds true.
If you mean the word custard, fine.
If you mean the food - a liquid thickened by adding eggs and low heat, usually sweet - then I challenge you to find me some article that says where that was invented, because I couldn't find one.
And it seems to me that the joke was about the latter, not the former.
If you mean the word custard, fine.
If you mean the food - a liquid thickened by adding eggs and low heat, usually sweet - then I challenge you to find me some article that says where that was invented, because I couldn't find one.
And it seems to me that the joke was about the latter, not the former.
Just not a very good one.
You're way over analysing this. I think it was a funny joke.
It was a quote primarily. I didn't expect such analysis. Like all of Spike's jokes, how funny they are depends on which side of the bed you got out of. I really don't care if the chinese invented custard or not. If the thought of eating custard with chopsticks doesn't make you smile, pass on.
This is a "Quotes" thread. It's not for nit-picking. Can you post your quotes pls?
Agreed.
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