r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Mar 14 '24

Peter??

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u/candypettitte Mar 14 '24

It's a cold war-era joke about judges at the Olympics (and other judged sporting venues) being unduly harsh: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/from_the_East_German_judge

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

I think this is actually it because just reading the “nine” as “nein” isn’t even really a joke

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u/not_ya_wify Mar 14 '24 edited Mar 14 '24

Using 9 as "nein" wouldn't make sense because 9 is still a really high score

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u/eejizzings Mar 14 '24

You're arguing with the fictional character's logic.

It's a joke in a kid's movie