double entendre as comedy (what a carry on)

Although the expression is French, the Double Entendre, or "double meaning" as it is roughly and illiterately translated, is almost a peculiarly British form of comedy. Its heights are seen in such classic British films as the "Carry on" series. It is most often a device that is used to reference sexual matters, but not always.
From a carry on Movie: "Thats Monsieur Camembert, around this area he's the big cheese"
Often it is used like this (man telling his son to switch the telly off)
"Ere ya can switch that orf, for a start ! all you ever see on telly these days is sex, sex, sex, well I'm just not having it"!
reply: "Oh I'm sorry to hear that, dad"
more recently Finbarr Saunders, a Viz character is the champion of British Double Entendre
httP://www.viz.co.uk
The wikipedia entry on double entendre is a masterpiece of wit in its own right
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre
do write some yourself !
Always like a laugh

The Barrison sisters revealing their pussies

A strange ritual that most americans still practice

 

While on the subject, it is worthwhile to note the difference between a double-entendre and slang, even though they are closely related and often allied.

For example: in cockney slang, 'taking it up the Gary' is a term attributed to anal sex and derives from the exploits of a British glam rock singer known as Gary Glitter from the 70s. In this case the name 'Gary' has replaced the word 'shitter' (those of you who watch South Park may remember an episode with a talking anus called Gary), it doesn't however constitute a double entendre, because it is now standardised slang.

An example of a double entendre would be something like this:

I SAY, VICAR!

Scene: The vicar of Chelmsford has invited celebrity chef Fanny Craddock and her mother to the priory for tea and biscuits.

FANNY'S MUM: Thank you for inviting us for tea, vicar. That was awfully nice of you. My Fanny could do with something warm inside her.

FANNY: Mother!!!

VICAR: (blushing pink) Always a pleasure to mingle among my flock. I was very sorry to hear about your cat, Fanny. Is it getting better?

FANNY: No, unfortunately my pussy is still sore. When I'm at home I like to stroke it as much as possible.

FANNY'S MUM: Fanny!!!

VICAR: (blushing red) Oh dear. Would you care for a biscuit, ladies?

FANNY'S MUM: Have you any chocolate fingers?

FANNY: Or a bit of fudge?

FANNY'S MUM: What about crumpet, vicar? Wouldn't you prefer a bit of crumpet?

VICAR: (gone purple) No, I can't really say that I do. I prefer to take it up the Gary. 'Scuze me, me little treacles, I can hear the dog and bone ringing.

FANNY AND FANNY'S MUM: I say, vicar!!!

 

I enjoyed reading that as I thought of the mother and how kind she was to let the vicar reach out to her fanny. The vicar was probably just full up and would have had a bit of crumpet with her, if he hadnt already had it with one or two of the choir after practice. Especially around christmas when the chior are offered treats to eat as they sit around a huge open fireplace. The favourite is often when the vicar produces his nuts and the choir eagerly take all he can give them. All the choir pack a nice bit of crumpet for the vicar and they know he likes a bit of mince - and the choir love giving it to the vicar and everything is mutual. so between the womens guild, fanny, her mother, and the choir I expect he was just satiated. No wonder he wanted the mother to leave and take her fanny with her - he probably felt ill at the thought of all that crumpet he'd had. Christmas might be fun for us but its often too much pleasure for the clergy to take all in one day

 

In Britain we some times call cigarets fags. in america a fag is a gay bloke.
Some one on the internet said John Wayne walked funny because he smoked too many fags
which i thought was funny because in Britain smoking some one is having sex with them
and then I saw a John Wayne film for the first time and he moves his legs all strange like, sort of staggering and with his ass kind of sticking out at the back and with his chest sort of sticking out at the front
so I knew what they meant and even though I laughed I dont know whether he is gay may be he really did just smoke a lot of fags who knows

 

And now that Ronnie Reagan is dead we'll probably never know.

 

They were in a film together where they were soldiers who got into some action with each other. They held each others balls while they loaded their muskets - only when they had opened their kegs and got their artilery fully prepared could they let go of each others balls. Once they had made sure their balls had been taken care of they shot off together into a crowd of men.

 

Was that 'The Cannonball Ron'?