UPJOKE
perfectpreteriteauxiliary verbpast participlepast tensepast perfectperfect aspectperfectivesubjunctivelatinparticipleimperfectinfinitiveenglish grammarverb

A man goes on a business trip to Boston and wants to try out the local cuisine.

So, as he gets into the cab at the airport, he asks the driver "Where can I get Scrod?" The driver replies "Mister, I've been asked that question many times and in many ways but never before in the Past Pluperfect Possessive."

The scrod joke

A man flies into Boston for a work trip. He’s been excited about this trip for a while because it means he’ll get to eat scrod, his favorite meal. This is a rare opportunity as he can’t get it where he’s from since he lives too far from the coast. So he’s really looking forward to eating some fresh ...

A businessman arrives in Boston and hails a cab at the airport.

Being a great lover of fish and hoping to try out a local speciality for dinner, he says to the driver, "Say, could you tell me please, where's the best place in town to get scrod?"

The cabbie says, "Well, sir, I must get asked that question ten thousand times a year, but never before in the ...

A man decides he wants to try the Boston seafood specialty of scrod

A businessman arriving in Boston for a convention found that his first evening was free, and he decided to go find a good seafood restaurant that served scrod, a Massachusetts specialty. Getting into a taxi, he asked the cab driver, "Do you know where I can get scrod around here?" "Sure," said the c...

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