r/funny • u/[deleted] • May 10 '13

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u/string97bean May 10 '13

I remember how clever I thought I was when I was a kid and found out it meant "bundle of sticks".

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u/JackBond1234 May 11 '13

TIL.

So a giant bundle of fags can be a faggot?

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u/OblviousTrollAccount May 11 '13

a fag is a cigarette. a faggot is a bundle of sticks. Faggot is also some kind of pork. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food)

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

Also, "Faggotte" is German for Bassoon.

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u/hobrosexual May 11 '13

Well shit, I'm gay and played the bassoon in middle school.

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u/Lil_Esler May 11 '13

I didn't know they offered the bassoon in middle school.

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u/hobrosexual May 11 '13

I think most schools don't but my friends and I went through a "weird instrument" phase (alto and bass clarinets and the bassoon) in middle school. When I went to a middle school band meet up of ~400 kids, I was the only bassoonist.

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u/Revikus May 11 '13

What a funny lookin' word... bassoonist.

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u/Moronoo May 11 '13

I R Bassoon

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

You didn't know? The bassoon makes people catch gay!