2007-03-21 07:43:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
germs = gentleman
2007-03-21 07:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a joke, from Milton Berle, if I'm not mistaken.
A play on ladies and gentlemen, where of course the gentlemen somehow come out to be germs and the ladies, as always, are ladies.
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2007-03-21 07:48:22 · answer #2 · answered by leavemealonestalker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just a opening comical line in the style of 70s Rodney Dangerfield or Red Skeleton referring to the men as "germs" (Ladies and Gentlemen). The same speaker is likely to be heard saying "Take my wife..........Please" when making examples.
2007-03-21 10:08:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an OLD Vaudville joke that was suppose to be funny- like in the 1930's. But now a days, if you're not careful with who you ****, almost any lady can give you germs.
2007-03-21 07:52:38 · answer #4 · answered by busto11 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a humorous mistatement. Rather than the polite gentleman, the speakers calls the germs.
2007-03-21 10:51:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a girl hooks up with a germ. Germs can consist of bacteria, yeast, potatoes, your mother, and bacteria.
2007-03-21 07:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by kirin575 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Instead of saying gentlemen, they say germs, as to joke about it.
2007-03-21 07:48:04 · answer #7 · answered by Constantine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was a saying used by comedians of yesterday. People like Milton Berl, Bob Hope and the like.
2007-03-21 08:15:18 · answer #8 · answered by Margo L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
germs=men. They are calling men germs.
2007-03-21 07:46:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a play on words that men and women use jokingly, meaning "ladies and gentlemen".
2007-03-21 07:51:08 · answer #10 · answered by LINDA D. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋