ASL Laughs: "The Candle"
An ASL Folklore: an old tale in which people with
these deformed mouths are blowing on a candle.
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Thursday, July 5, 2007
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Aww... cute! Wow, I have not seen that story in a long time! Thanks for bringing this up again, sweet!
Hope you guys had great 4th
LOL, yes remember. We need preserve old Deaf jokes and stories on video.
Yeah! Very old story. I think that we talked about this one when we were in middle school in Deaf school. Too many moons ago!
Let's roll for more old Deaf jokes/stories!
A "new" Deaf joke to me. I guess it missed me over the years till now... A great job of telling the joke!! How about telling us the one about the lumberman and big, tall tree...
~ Just Deaf
Unseen of! instead of unheard of! good wordy? LOL..
It is very old joke; I remember that joke when I was young boy at Deaf school. It was good one. Thanks for bringing this up for other Deaf people do not see that joke before so they can watch your Vlog.
Thumbs Up!
LOLZ of course I remember that long time ago.
Hope you guys had great 4th! Smile!
God Bless with you to all!
This joke has nothing to do with deafness or hearing at all. It made me wonder: why was it so popular in schools for the deaf, to the point of becoming a classic?
I think it might have to do with disability: here are all those people unable to blow out a candle and then along comes a normal person who takes a different way that they overlooked.
Is this joke also told in other schools, i.e. for the blind, for the physically disabled, etc?
lolllllllll
Interesting! I haven't heard of that old joke. Maybe I am new generation which I haven't heard of it.
Thank u for ur great sharing this funny joke with us.
:-)
Hi Diane
Maybe it is a 'birthday' joke rather than a 'Deaf' joke?? It is a good one for any one, but it is really funny to Deaf kids because of their attempts to achieve "k" "p" "t" in their speech training... Who knows?
~ Just Deaf
Dianrez,
Just a good reminder that our hands are more powerful than lips in Deaf community. That is why it is a good joke and does apply to us.
JRB
Actually I have to back up JustDeaf, cos I remember when i first saw this "joke"told it was in the mid 60's and it was more focused on teaching a deaf kid how to speak,, P F CH etc
JOHN THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK A GREAT JOKE that was part of my childhood,,
JustJodi in the Netherlands
OH YES,REMMY, LONG TIME I'VE NOT SEEN THIS STORY, NOW U BRING UP THIS OLD STORY BACK AGAIN..LOL
ChrsOdr
Let's hear more Deaf stories and
jokes told in schools for the
deaf to preserve the Deaf
history.
LOL, that was a good joke to begin with!
Please continue to share more jokes with us. :-)
It was so good joke....
Deaf Dixie
The way i see it, its a way of making fun of hearies.
hahaha... I remember that very well.. It's nice that you bring it up to the whole world. hahaa..
Look forward to watch your next VLOG one!
I think you are in pain. I saw you make a face as your fingers get burned. No wonder you spell ABC at end using your left hand. Tsk, tsk.
Yeah I have seen this joke long time ago too -- with a little more story behind it...
Hey ABC, it's nice that you use a visual aid, quite clear. I have heard of this story a long time ago, and like Jay said, that there's more to the story than you shared, but the one you shared was nice.
Until then, stay cool yourself.
Oh, that's right! I forgot about that joke since the last time I heard it when I was a child. You surely "sign" it out a lot better in your version!
That's true since this joke didn't mention anything about deaf issues but it was a symbolic joke for us deafies. Power to the hand that represents ASL!
Yes I remember that story very well. I remember Mary Beth Miller telling me the story herself. However it was a different version. She had the story told through the house trying to blow a candle downstairs when everyone was sleeping upstairs.
Thanks for bringing me good old memories from the past :)
Darlene Ewan
yes...i remma my mom always tell me that story....i loved it!
Observed the scene once again and the facts has proven correctly!
Jay, the FBI should have hired you! You have accomplished the mission of solving this!
Good catch!
I like that very funny guy chat on the Blog.. very strong joke .. Make me Hard to LAUGH Whoa !!
True abt All states of School could be trouble in the dormitory u said play overnight children do that >> I was something in the FSD and MKSD school I loved great time children in the trouble .. Never forget stories are very COOL! that's True better in dormitory than at parent house .. all children were CHERISHing.. as too U
thanks Forti
Again, this is new to me but it is cute! :-)
T'care,
CJ
I just hope he wasnt balancing the candlestick on lil' Johnny's head.
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