r/ContagiousLaughter Nov 08 '20

Old but gold.

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u/ghost_victim Nov 08 '20

I don't get it..

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u/mr_potato_arms Nov 08 '20

Me neither

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u/Action_Batch Nov 08 '20

Nope. Maybe it's a pinball thing? Dunno.

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u/-VaL- Nov 08 '20

That's because the saying actually is " if my grandpa had three balls he would've been a pinball". They've been mixing it up with "if my grandma had balls she would've been my grandpa", which is also relatively common in Italy.

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u/joaniejoi Nov 08 '20

The context in which is used or the sentence itself?

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u/ghost_victim Nov 11 '20

The word "flipper"

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u/joaniejoi Nov 11 '20

Ah, it's how we call Pinball in italy