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[missdaredevil]

What do you call a gay dwarf?
A low blow

Could anyone explain *low blow?

Thans

[Bob S.]

[missdaredevil]

Why did you have a *blushing smiley* at the end?

Just out of curiosity.

[asterix]

Blow job = fellatio, or oral sex. So it is a vulgar joke.

[missdaredevil]

Sorry for being super-curious. Why does gay dwarf get to do with a low blow?

Thanks

[bud]

Gay is used as an adjective or a noun to describe a male who sexually desires males. Dwarf describes a person who is about 1 meter in height, more or less. So his head would be at a convenient height when facing a male of normal height.

[missdaredevil]

Thanks for pointing out the *punch line*.
Oooh,gosh. I was so dumb to not have realized that...

[asterix]

Very delicately put, Bud; I congratulate you! :=))

[bud]

Ha ha. Thanks, Asterix.

[Bob S.]

I might add, the "low blow" punchline is also a play on words from the expression "low blow" that comes from the sport of boxing. Blow also means a hit or punch, so a low blow would be an unfair hit below the belt in the sensitive lower groin region (hense the pun).

Note: It is also called "hitting below the belt" which has become a metaphor for a particularly cruel (usually verbal) attack in an unfair or underhanded way.

[bud]

Yes, that's key to understanding the joke.