hypel, score: 52, date: 27/11/2015 1:14:59 AM and orders himself a drink at the bar counter. Turning to the fellow sitting next to him, he slowly utters, “Combat. Battle. Warfare. Skirmish. Brawl. Scuffle.” The other man slams his glass down on the counter, gets up out of his seat, turns to face the cowboy, and says, “Hey, them’s fightin’ words!”
SamYogh, score: 7, date: 27/11/2015 6:22:44 AM I cried. 11/10 would cry again
lagerbaer, score: 1, date: 27/11/2015 6:33:01 AM /u/JokeExplainBot to the rescue?
cinnamon_muncher, score: 4, date: 27/11/2015 6:47:17 AM Seriously?!? The explanation is literally defined in the joke. The cowboy is saying words about fighting.
lagerbaer, score: 1, date: 27/11/2015 7:36:41 AM Well yeah but... why is the punchline that someone says that those are fighting words? Why is that funny?
cinnamon_muncher, score: 1, date: 27/11/2015 7:43:55 AM It is Non-Sequitur humor. The unexpected response. You expect the other man's words of “Hey, them’s fightin’ words!” to be aggressive, but he is actually only providing an analytical definition.
Kelseir, score: 1, date: 27/11/2015 7:49:21 AM I think, asuming /u/lagerbaer was thinking the same way I was, that he didn't equate "them's fightin words!" to be a term used for aggressive challenging. It's in the same vein of not getting the "how do Asian people name their children", if you haven't ever met an Asian person/heard an Asian name.
lagerbaer, score: 1, date: 27/11/2015 7:59:19 AM Indeed, wasn't familiar at all with that expression. I assume it means: "Hey there, watch what you're saying, those words will start a fight with me". Well, I understand it now. Meh.
cinnamon_muncher, score: 1, date: 27/11/2015 8:05:31 AM "them's fightin words!" has been a trope for a hundred years. It was popular with [Yosemite Sam](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000588/quotes) and even included in [Supreme Court decisions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words#United_States).
tem13, score: 2, date: 27/11/2015 6:47:36 AM The words stated are **synonyms** for **fighting**
JokeExplainBot, score: 4, date: 27/11/2015 8:02:47 AM **Combat, Battle, Warfare, Skirmish, Brawl** and **Scuffle** are words that mean **fighting**.
and orders himself a drink at the bar counter. Turning to the fellow sitting next to him, he slowly utters, “Combat. Battle. Warfare. Skirmish. Brawl. Scuffle.” The other man slams his glass down on the counter, gets up out of his seat, turns to face the cowboy, and says, “Hey, them’s fightin’ words!”
I cried. 11/10 would cry again
/u/JokeExplainBot to the rescue?
Seriously?!? The explanation is literally defined in the joke. The cowboy is saying words about fighting.
Well yeah but... why is the punchline that someone says that those are fighting words? Why is that funny?
It is Non-Sequitur humor. The unexpected response. You expect the other man's words of “Hey, them’s fightin’ words!” to be aggressive, but he is actually only providing an analytical definition.
I think, asuming /u/lagerbaer was thinking the same way I was, that he didn't equate "them's fightin words!" to be a term used for aggressive challenging. It's in the same vein of not getting the "how do Asian people name their children", if you haven't ever met an Asian person/heard an Asian name.
Indeed, wasn't familiar at all with that expression. I assume it means: "Hey there, watch what you're saying, those words will start a fight with me". Well, I understand it now. Meh.
"them's fightin words!" has been a trope for a hundred years. It was popular with [Yosemite Sam](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000588/quotes) and even included in [Supreme Court decisions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words#United_States).
The words stated are **synonyms** for **fighting**
**Combat, Battle, Warfare, Skirmish, Brawl** and **Scuffle** are words that mean **fighting**.