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WildBoy-72 t1_j5wqb10 wrote

You said "the queue at the taxi rank". Then you said "$5".

Where is this taking place?

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82PKOrpheus t1_j5wrk2o wrote

It's obviously the United Kingdoms of America!

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NerdDwarf t1_j5x57wy wrote

The United State of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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rootbeerman77 t1_j5x0c3q wrote

Could be Singapore, they use both queue and $

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cegr76 t1_j5x72as wrote

BJs in Singapore cost way more than $5.

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Dunge0nMast0r t1_j5x6sx3 wrote

when is this taking place?

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morerobotsplease t1_j5wr78w wrote

A lot of places have a designated area where licensed taxis must wait in line to pick up passengers. If you want a taxi, you go to the area and go to the taxi at the front of the line.

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PeteyMax t1_j5wzm8z wrote

I think it's the price tag he's objecting to, not the taxi stand!

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yirzmstrebor t1_j5x0mf9 wrote

Pretty sure it's the fact that dollars are American currency, but "queue" isn't commonly used in American English. We don't believe in putting that many silent letters in a word.

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lysalnan t1_j5xl86x wrote

Dollars aren’t just American lots of countries use dollars to name their currency.

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other_usernames_gone t1_j5xx622 wrote

Wait, what do you use? You must have the concept of a queue right? It would explain a lot of you didn't but there's no way.

Edit: forgot about line

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Fire-Tigeris t1_j5zn935 wrote

queue is the letter Q in long line with a bunch of silent letters.

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Mag-NL t1_j5xptd8 wrote

Dollars are not American.currency only though it's used in many places. More importantly nobody said dollar in the joke, they used the symbol $. This symbol does not mean dollar exclusively (let alone US dollar) but is used for other currencies as well.

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ben9187 t1_j5ymxqv wrote

Maybe it was in canada? We use queue and $.

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Evil_Creamsicle t1_j5z93e3 wrote

nah, if it was Canada then when the taxi driver cut the guy off he'd have yelled "Soory!" out the window

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Evil_Creamsicle t1_j5z9awr wrote

I think its not the fact that these exist, but more what words are being used to describe them, that is being commented on.

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morerobotsplease t1_j5zb0t2 wrote

Ah, I see. I didn't think exact location was important for the joke to be funny so my mind went another direction.

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Evil_Creamsicle t1_j5zdyni wrote

nah, you're right, it isn't. I didn't really think about it either.

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kyeblue t1_j5wthcf wrote

taxi queue is common in NYC.

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JainaRepellista t1_j5x046o wrote

I think the commenter meant that in America most people would call it a line rather than a queue.

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MembersClubs t1_j62qyen wrote

As an American, I would call it a "taxi queue" or "taxi stand". I haven't heard "taxi line", that just sounds weird.

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Pleasant-Salad9668 t1_j5xtilg wrote

If it was in NYC he would know the going rate for a blowjob by the time he got through the queue.

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Mag-NL t1_j5xr76x wrote

I guess you think you're smart, but this question shows your ignorance. The symbol $ is used in many places. The symbol $ does not mean dollar. The symbol $ absolutely does not mean US dollar.

The word queu is an English word, not commonly used in the USA but used in countries that use $ as their currency symbol.

Most importantly, many countries that use $ as their currency symbol do not have English as their first language. This could well be translated.

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Famous-Tension6534 t1_j5zltps wrote

Anywhere but USA that has a dollar currency. New Zealand, Australia, Namibia, Hong Kong, Singapore, or Trinidad and Tobago, to name just a few.

The language in all of these places (for the English speakers there) would be to 'queue for a hundred dollar cheque'. And the date on the cheque would be 9 March 2023 (9/03/23).

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