Sportscasters need to stop making the "amphibious" joke

[JohnnySic]

"He can do that with both hands! He's amphibious!"

Hahaha. It was funny 25 years ago. Please die.

[They Won]

Never heard them do that.

[Knicks101]

Never heard it but that sounds funny as hell.

[Brujesino]

Dont know what your talking about.

[JohnnySic]

Then you've all been living under a rock because it happens all the time.

[Crown&Coke]

The joke is Charles Shackleford said it to a reporter

"Left hand, right hand, it don't matter. I'm amphibious."
Charles Shackleford

I've been saying this to my friends on and off the court for years, it's stupid and it's funny to me because they don't know why the hell I say it

[Knicks101]

Damon Wayans came up with this?

[JohnnySic]

Johnny, the joke is that the actual word for being able to use both hands is ambidextrous. Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class amphibia.

Now do you get it?

Yeah, no shiit, I know the proper word for it is ambidextrous.

The point is, the joke has been done to death and its not funny anymore, it was barely funny around 1990 when I first heard it.

That is all.

[Knicks101]

Yeah, no shiit, I know the proper word for it is ambidextrous.

The point is, the joke has been done to death and its not funny anymore, it was barely funny around 1990 when I first heard it.

That is all.

You're still not getting it. Two weeks from now it'll click and you're gonna laugh your ass off.

[JohnnySic]

You're still not getting it. Two weeks from now it'll click and you're gonna laugh your ass off.

OK genius.

Ambidextrous = people who can use both hands equally

Amphibians = frogs, lizards, etc

The words sound somewhat the same, can be confused, and the misuse is supposed to be funny (but is really isn't)

What part am I not getting?

[Knicks101]

OK genius.

Ambidextrous = people who can use both hands equally

Amphibians = frogs, lizards, etc

The words sound somewhat the same, can be confused, and the misuse is supposed to be funny (but is really isn't)

What part am I not getting?

Maybe it's a cultural thing. Is English your first language?

[They Won]

OK genius.

Ambidextrous = people who can use both hands equally

Amphibians = frogs, lizards, etc

The words sound somewhat the same, can be confused, and the misuse is supposed to be funny (but is really isn't)

What part am I not getting?

This fool doesn't even know there is a difference between amphibious and amphibian. He still doesn't get it

[bagelred]

Never heard that joke. That's awesome.

[JohnnySic]

This fool doesn't even know there is a difference between amphibious and amphibian. He still doesn't get it

Amphibious means being able to live on both land and in water. Which is what amphibians do.

Again, what am I not getting?

[DeuceWallaces]

Amphibious means being able to live on both land and in water. Which is what amphibians do.

Again, what am I not getting?

You don't get it. Ambidextrous is shooting with both hands.

Amphibious is different.

I've never heard this joke before. It's hilarious.