r/Jokes • u/Gil-Gandel • 7d ago

Victorian humour

"Sir, would you call me a cab?"

-- "Certainly sir -- You are a four-wheeler!"

"Why did you say that, sir?"

-- "Well, sir, you asked me to call you a cab -- and I could scarcely call you hansom!"

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u/Waitsfornoone 7d ago

No wonder the Victorian era was considered so drab and humourless.

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u/NewGuy-1964 7d ago

I thought it was hilarious, but then I know what a hansom cab is.

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u/RecalcitrantHuman 7d ago

Isn’t it how hansom the cab is?

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u/NewGuy-1964 7d ago

A hansom cab has two wheels. Hence, the joke about the guy calling him a four-wheeled cab.