Talk:Triple entendre

Other examples
Snopes.com mentions the line "Policemen don't have balls", in which the three meanings are:
 * 1) to the police not holding dances
 * 2) to the police being less than virile physically
 * 3) to the police being cowardly

The Language Log blog mentions an article by Christopher Hitchens 'Unfairenheit 9/11' as being a triple entendre with the following meanings:
 * 1) it refers to the unfairness of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11
 * 2) it is a play on the title of the film,
 * 3) which is itself a play on Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451

Worthy of deletion?Andycjp 05:16, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

--- I'm not so sure the last one counts. --72.187.101.114 (talk) 01:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

--- I don't know a whole bunch about wiki, but I see this shirt around all the time that I think kohl's sells, it says "I'm huge in japan" - A Godzilla reference, A reference to the short Asian stereotype, or a reference to the (crude) stereotype that the Japanese have small phallus's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.143.214 (talk) 05:55, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

--- The second listed meaning on the Napolean one is not correct. An Italian would never interpret it as the 'best' or the 'good' part (for one, because adjectives follow the noun, they don't precede it as written here). Since meaning three is actually two meanings in itself, however, I guess it could still be considered a triple entendre. 1 being 'most italians are thieves', 2 being 'Bonaparte is a thief', and 3 being 'Bonaparte is an Italian (thief)'. That seems stretching it a bit though. 83.103.40.163 (talk) 20:38, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Irony?
Am I the only one that finds it ironic that the article gives three examples? xD--Lysdestic (talk) 23:05, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

No, but you're the only one that still doesn't understand irony. --128.174.151.96 (talk) 00:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)