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Cpt_Copycat t1_j0y6c3u wrote

A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption.

One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain ; they name him "Juan."

Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal.

Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

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SomeLightAssPlay t1_j0z3n53 wrote

imma be so annoying nitpicky here but i think Hamal works slightly better than Ahmal. If you pronounce Ahmal the american way it probably works but in arabic you really stress the H so it doesn’t sound at all like “‘em all”. Ha-mal / ‘em-all will rhyme nicely by Ah-mal and ‘em all won’t, the H is simply too powerful and pronounced

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wingedbuttcrack t1_j0zcojn wrote

Could work better if the kid goes to india and named Amal.

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SomeLightAssPlay t1_j117at5 wrote

the first time i heard this joke that was actually the exact name and situation

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Ewetootwo t1_j0z6mjw wrote

How to ruin a joke 😌

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bleep_bliop_bloop t1_j0zg7aw wrote

To be fair, I didn't get the joke till I read his comment specifically because of what he said. I was stressing the h in my head.

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lemoinem t1_j0z1tg4 wrote

I had a version with triplets. The middle one was called Theodore

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