two lawyers in a pub

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mosotho woman laughing like she has just heard the funniest joke in the village
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Two lawyersPEOPLE WHO PRACTISE LAW walk into a pubINFORMAL WORD FOR A BAR OR TAVERN. They order a couple of drinks and take their sandwichesFOOD MADE WITH TWO SLICES OF BREAD AND A FILLING out of their briefcasesFLAT CASES USED FOR CARRYING DOCUMENTS OR WORK MATERIAL and then they begin to eat them.

Seeing this, the angry publicanOWNER OR MANAGER OF A PUB exclaims, “Excuse me, but you can’t eat your own sandwiches in here!”

The two lawyers look at each other, shrug their shouldersLIFT THEIR SHOULDERS TO SHOW THEY DON'T CARE OR DON’T KNOW, and then exchangeGIVE EACH OTHER SOMETHING IN RETURN sandwiches.

Let's look at these three: publican, shrug their shoulders, and exchange. A publican is the owner or manager of a pub. When you shrug your shoulders, you lift them to show you don’t care, don’t know, or don’t mind. To exchange something means to give and receive something of a similar kind.
  • The publican refused to serve anyone without ID.
  • She shrugged her shoulders and said, “Whatever.”
  • The students exchanged contact details after the lecture.
This joke uses the present simple tense to make the situation feel vivid and current, as in “walk into a pub” and “they begin to eat.” The present simple is often used in anecdotes and jokes for immediacy. The joke also relies on clever logic and misdirection: the lawyers follow the rule literally by not eating their *own* sandwiches—just each other’s!
  • A customer walks into a café and asks for a glass of water.
  • He says, “Do you serve food here?”
  • The waitress replies, “Only if it doesn’t argue back.”

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