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Fri 9 May, 2014 01:15 am
Hi, I am a S. Korean eager to pick up good expressions.
While watching the sitcom 'Friends', I ran into an expression so puzzling.
In the episode, Chandler gets to meet a guy, Robert, who enjoys wearing short pants. As the pants are way too short, Chandler accidentally sees his 'stuff'.
Here, he informs Ross of what he saw, saying
'He is showing brain.'
And the audience laughed crazy.
It wasn't so hard, from the context, to figure out what he meant by that.
What I'd like to know is umm..
Is 'brain' another name of 'pennis'?
Would it sound okay for my kid to say to his mom, refusing to wear short pants,
" I don't want to wear short pants because people might see my brain."
Doesn't it make sense at all?
I'd appreciate your comments.
Thanks in advance.
@SMickey,
I can see how that might be hard to interpret as it's intended as humor but that is harder to get that considering the cross-cultural and language barriers. It indicates that his balls are jokingly referred to as his brains. It is taking license with use of words and applying American cultural attempt at humor.
@SMickey,
SMickey wrote:
Hi, I am a S. Korean eager to pick up good expressions.
While watching the sitcom 'Friends', I ran into an expression so puzzling.
In the episode, Chandler gets to meet a guy, Robert, who enjoys wearing short pants.
As the pants are way too short, Chandler accidentally sees his 'stuff'.
Here, he informs Ross of what he saw, saying
'He is showing brain.'
And the audience laughed crazy.
It wasn't so hard, from the context, to figure out what he meant by that.
What I'd like to know is umm..
Is 'brain' another name of 'pennis'?
Would it sound okay for my kid to say to his mom, refusing to wear short pants,
" I don't want to wear short pants because people might see my brain."
Doesn't it make sense at all?
I'd appreciate your comments.
Thanks in advance.
That is
NOT an American expression.
Testicles are not referred to as brains.
That script was
poorly crafted.
I remember the episode.
Incidentally, bear in mind that
artificial pre-recorded laugh tracks
are sometimes used; i.e., the laughter might
only be
a technician hitting a button in a control booth, not real, living people deciding to laugh.
David
Urban Dictionary:
Quote: showing brain
when you're wearing shorts that are WAY too short and people can see your cock head when you sit down.
The point of the saying is the verb: "showing"... the noun could be almost anything.
@OmSigDAVID,
SMickey wrote:Is 'brain' another name of 'pennis'?
Jokingly, yes. (The word 'penis' only has one letter 'n'.) There are many joke words for the penis.
Quote:Would it sound okay for my kid to say to his mom, refusing to wear short pants,
" I don't want to wear short pants because people might see my brain."
Yes, if it is appropriate for him to make such jokes to his mother.
There is a British comedian called Dennis Pennis who had a radio show called 'Pennis Pops Out'.
@Ragman,
The reason 'balls' are compared with 'brains' is that, I think, the former is no less important than the latter, I guess. Thanks for the helpful tip, Sir.
@contrex,
So, the point is the act of showing, not the subject. I see. Thanks.
@contrex,
I can't help but wonder what the program is all about. Is it for adults? I don't think so.
@SMickey,
Comedy...for adults, mainly. Clearly it's not making it across the 'cultural divide'.
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