¡Camarero!, ¡Camarero!
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"¡Camarero, camarero!" Spanish
for "Waiter! Waiter!" is the opening line of a very popular joke in Spanish-speaking countries, not unlike a knock-knock joke
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The joke goes as the following;
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
for "Waiter! Waiter!" is the opening line of a very popular joke in Spanish-speaking countries, not unlike a knock-knock joke
Knock-knock joke
The knock-knock joke is a type of joke, probably the best-known format of the pun, and is a time-honored "call and answer" exercise.It is a role-play exercise, with a punster and a recipient of wit.The standard format has five lines:...
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The joke goes as the following;
- Punster: ¡Camarero, camarero! [Waiter! Waiter!].
- Recipient: ¿Qué? [What?]
- Punster: Una de ... [A dish/ration/tapa of (any kind of dish)].
- Recipient ¿Una de qué? [A What?].
- Punster [Sings a popular song starting with the required meal].Example=
- ¡Camarero, Camarero! [Waiter, waiter!]
- ¿Qué? [What?]
- ¡Una de mero! [Here some grouper!]
- ¿Una de qué? [Some what?]
- Una de mero, dos de febrero, tres de marzo, cuatro de abril... [Being the first words of a song about Sanfermines.