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AIBU?

to ask if anyone can explain this joke please?

94 replies

5Foot5 · 25/12/2015 20:54

Q. What sort of cough medicine does Dracula take?
A. Con medicine

Just that. It was in one of the crackers at dinner today. One expects the novelties to be a bit rubbish but it is nice to have a titter over the jokes. However we can none of us understand why this is meant to be funny. Does this mean anything to anyone?

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Ughnotagain · 25/12/2015 20:55

Nope bad translation into English maybe?

Count medicine would make sense but it still wouldn't be funny!

TheTroubleWithAngels · 25/12/2015 20:56

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DobbinsVeil · 25/12/2015 20:56

Think it's supposed to say coffin medicine

Crispbutty · 25/12/2015 20:57

Coffin medicine?

Crispbutty · 25/12/2015 20:57

Snap dobbins :)

VaticanAssassin · 25/12/2015 20:58

Con medicine? As in, on is the opposite of off?
Coff medicine, Con medicine?

No bloody idea

DamedifYouDo · 25/12/2015 21:03

It's a typo - should be coffin!

5Foot5 · 25/12/2015 21:25

Hmm! Think you must be right about coffin medicine. Not very good is it?

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LindyHemming · 25/12/2015 21:31

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WhitePhantom · 25/12/2015 21:39

Or why did Dracula need to take medicine?
Because he was always coffin.

The joke as it appeared didn't make any sense!

Stargirl90 · 25/12/2015 21:43

I was just doing a Google search to find this answer! We too didn't understand the funny side of con medicine. I even read the Dracula wiki page hoping to find a reference. Coffin, should have known! Thanks!

Claudiagibbins · 19/12/2016 12:31

Maybe it's a reference to Klor Con, a medicine that needs to be sucked rather than swallowed. Sort of makes sense. Although it's used to treat low potassium rather than sore throats. Maybe it's a surrealist joke.

YelloDraw · 19/12/2016 13:06

It's usually coffin medicine, isn't it? Must be a typo.

This

parumpapumpuuum · 19/12/2016 14:58

A year later....

ElleMcElle · 25/12/2016 15:18

And a year on...!

FudgeBiscuits · 25/12/2016 15:24

Coffin

It's supposed to say coffin

We had same joke

Aridane · 25/12/2016 15:36

Ha ha - a year old

FruJustFru · 25/12/2016 15:37

Why revive a Zombie thread about something so obscure

Anonymous1112 · 25/12/2016 15:40

Because someone else has probably had the same cracker joke.

Anonymous1112 · 25/12/2016 15:41

And googled it and here we are.

unicornpoopoop · 25/12/2016 15:47

I got this one and didn't have a clue what it meant

Crispbutty · 25/12/2016 16:01

Lol!! I was about to say I must have had too many Buck's Fizz as I didn't remember posting my reply today ...

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LindyHemming · 25/12/2016 16:03

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Emmarist1982 · 26/12/2016 22:21

I think we need to invest in better crackers!

nibora · 26/11/2017 10:03

Why is this thread in trending? No one's posted in a year.

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