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[–]reverend-spooner 32 points33 points ago

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[–]mikejac 24 points25 points ago

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chemistry joke....WINNER!

[–]KindBass 16 points17 points ago

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That's gold!

The joke, I mean.

[–]BloodSquirtle 8 points9 points ago

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dude, heavy

[–]DocBrown1984 0 points1 point ago

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Weight has nothing to do with it!

[–]alcalino232 10 points11 points ago

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all the goods chemistry jokes argon

[–]UndeadPoptart 5 points6 points ago

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How many puns must I sulfur through?

[–]shawnsonium 1 point2 points ago

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They're rampant tin this thread. As long as they aren't boron, it's okay.

[–]spindrive -4 points-3 points ago

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Manganese get old.

[–]RainDownMyBlues 0 points1 point ago*

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And done... Fucking pun threads.

EDIT: awwww, you guys got all butt hurt huh.. Ha!

[–]Physics101 -1 points0 points ago

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Reddit lurves them some puns. Don't worry, I'll upvote you.

[–]TILwhofarted -3 points-2 points ago

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This didn't get appreciated enough.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Give us a pic, you're the punny man. 
Give us a pic, tonight
Cause we'll click on your link from Imgur
And you'll have us lol'ing alright.

[–]Narcoat 2 points3 points ago

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I don't get what else the joke could imply, as I don't know what au pair means.

[–]telekyle 2 points3 points ago

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There was an AMA post last night about a person who was having sexual affairs with his nanny. Except he called his nanny an "Au Pair", which was common in his country (Ireland I think). It caused much confusion.

[–]mightye 1 point2 points ago

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A nanny is strictly an employee hired to take care of children; they typically have to be a legal resident of the country in question, the same as working any other job. The relationship is purely Employer / Employee. The nanny is required to do whatever the family requests as part of her job duty (within typical employer / employee bounds), including laundry, cleaning, cooking, or whatever else.

An au pair is an exchange student who provides child care in exchange for room, board, and a small stipend (usually roughly minimum wage). At least in the US (not sure about Europe), they can't be a legal resident, they have to be a resident alien. In the US, this program is controlled by the US State Department, and there are many rules about what the family can and can't ask of the au pair (for example, you can't ask the au pair to do the laundry of the parents, only of the children, you can ask the au pair to cook for the children, but not for the parents, and so forth). There are a maximum number of work hours per week and per day, and an au pair can only stay with a given family for one year (with an option to extend for 6-12 months at the most). The au pair has to meet certain educational requirements to remain in the country.

The term au pair means "on par," the au pair is considered part of the family, and should be welcomed in the same way that an older sibling would be welcomed.

[–]down_vote_magnet[S] -2 points-1 points ago*

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It's not an Irish thing. The whole of Europe has au pairs.

Edit: downvoted for static facts?

[–]telekyle 0 points1 point ago

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Ah ok. Thank you for the clarification. My apologies on the misinformation.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I came here just to see this, someone who didn't know what an au pair is.

[–]Areefadanklin 1 point2 points ago

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Au pairs are like nannys, except they don't do it as a career, they're young and only plan on doing it for a couple years. European thing.

[–]PimpDawg 0 points1 point ago

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As a general rule nannies are fat and old, while au pairs are young and hot. More wives prefer nannies.

[–]ragold -1 points0 points ago

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Even if you had known, it doesn't improve the joke. Single entendre?

[–]Thandeadus -4 points-3 points ago

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May I suggest some lesser known entities such as Google or Wikipedia? Normally I would just recommend the internet, but obviously that is not enough here.

[–]Narcoat 1 point2 points ago

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Even if people didn't already choose to explain what it means, which I appreciate. I really don't care that I wasn't aware of its meaning, just making an observation that from my point of view, it wasn't a pun so much as a funny combination of words/elements.

[–]Thandeadus -2 points-1 points ago

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Well, I don't really care that you don't know the meaning, and didn't care enough to look it up either, so we have that in common.

[–]ReigninLikeA_MoFo -1 points0 points ago*

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Come on...get yar-coat... we're leaving!

[–]ejg729 2 points3 points ago

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I want da Au. Give me the Au.

[–]bongwhacker 1 point2 points ago

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Comedy gold.

[–]Kashman58 1 point2 points ago

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Robber: " 'Ay! You! Gimme all your gold!" Man: "Ah...Geee. All I got is silver!"

[–]drfunmd 3 points4 points ago

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If I could, I'd shop a halo over an iron pipe and caption it "Santa Fe".

And everyone would love me.

[–]jebmotherboard 1 point2 points ago

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Well played bromine.

[–]whaaaatsthis 0 points1 point ago

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I see what you did there.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Iodine carbon what uranium did there.

[–]go_Pre -5 points-4 points ago

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i saw what he did there... and see what you posted here. blasts.

[–]JoeThankYou 0 points1 point ago

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I see 3 things.

[–]gravion17 0 points1 point ago

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HA! Have an upvote for being witty!

[–]KronktheKronk 0 points1 point ago

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wait, actual question: What's an au pair (outside of this joke)?

[–]aupairwin 0 points1 point ago

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Hahahahahahaha. Thanks down_vote_magnet!

[–]ENTP 0 points1 point ago

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Ag, another precious metals joke!

[–]feloniusmonk 1 point2 points ago

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oh it's a punnnnn. i'm such a boron sometimes.

[–]ENTP -1 points0 points ago

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Seriously, Hg could you not have seen it sooner?

[–]BlazeOrangeDeer 0 points1 point ago

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Si, senor

[–]ENTP 0 points1 point ago

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I Xenon reason you should speak spanish.

[–]dxcotre 1 point2 points ago

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I think you arrived At a horrible chemistry pun.

[–]nothing_nice_to_say 0 points1 point ago

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[–]baticrease 0 points1 point ago

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There's also this.

[–]JJB-125 0 points1 point ago

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Na, that's not Au

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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No, that's gold

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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So, how old were you two when you started fucking?

[–]adaminc -1 points0 points ago

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Eh you, gimme back my gold!

[–]Zilvreen -1 points0 points ago

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I was half expecting a picture of andrewsmith1986

[–]gallusgannitus22 -1 points0 points ago

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I would have also accepted two of these

[–]Chileansuperstar 0 points1 point ago

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oxygen is craaaazy!

[–]ReigninLikeA_MoFo 0 points1 point ago

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17 clicks from Oxygen to Philosophy.

[–]Sysiphuslove -1 points0 points ago

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It took me too long to get this.

[–]TheRealBigLou -1 points0 points ago

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Would you believe I had sex with those when I was 15?

[–]Normalas -1 points0 points ago

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You didn't attract my downvote.

[–]JesusDawkins -1 points0 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ

[–]frommyredtintedtower -1 points0 points ago

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No fair! I was the one who cleared my throat and pointed at the laundry room.

[–]mtxsound -1 points0 points ago

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It's so gold.

[–]kabukistar -1 points0 points ago

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I get it!

[–]jthompson68 -1 points0 points ago

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This just made me think of our old buddy Russ. Now I'm sad.

[–]cleverlyannoying -1 points0 points ago

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Clever...

[–]calinet6 -1 points0 points ago

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Hahaha, silly you, gold isn't magnetic.

[–]fiatlux011 -1 points0 points ago

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Pure genius.

[–]bpmbrent -1 points0 points ago

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i'm proud to get the chemistry/french joke, dunno bout you

[–]bluedevilofwar -1 points0 points ago

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AU YEAH!

[–]phancci -1 points0 points ago

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<3

[–]tuna_safe_dolphin -1 points0 points ago

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Au see what you did there.

[–]brendansmum -1 points0 points ago

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Elemental humour.

[–]jaybkun -2 points-1 points ago

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I see what you did there