for natives with good sence of humour

Russian translation: уж лучше бы это не кончалось

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09:06 Jan 11, 2001

English to Russian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: for natives with good sence of humour

"Ah well, he sighed inside as he swung out of the bed, I had better be ongoing. First
snide joke of the day. Well done."

Whatґs so funny?

Roman Orekhov KudoZ activity Questions: 291 (3 open) (2 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 18 Russian Federation
Local time: 14:51

Russian translation:уж лучше бы это не кончалось

Explanation:
Ah well, he sighed inside as he swung out of the bed, I had better be ongoing. First snide joke of the day. Well done.\"

Ну и ладно, - вздохнул он, выползая из постели, уж лучше бы это не кончалось. Первая подленькая шутка дня. Неплохо сработано.

Another version is \"уж лучше бы я был следующим номером (завтрашней серией)\". It is like in the following history
\"I had better be ongoing\" - thought in the air a man falling from 15th flour.

:)
Tagir.

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Local time: 14:51

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выкатывайся я, пожалуй-ста/ ну, мне,пожалуй, пара-ша уже( "пора же уже")

Guzel Nabatova-Barrett

уж лучше бы это не кончалось

ttagir

...видимо, придется жить дальше...

Yuri Geifman

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27 mins

...видимо, придется жить дальше...

Explanation:
The joke is in the way the word "ongoing" is applied to a person, probably to mean "live on". Usually, "ongoing" would accompany an event or procedure (ongoing research, treatment, etc.)
Hope this helps :-)

Yuri Geifman
Canada
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of:

Russian,

English
PRO pts in pair: 324

2 hrs

уж лучше бы это не кончалось

ttagir
Local time: 14:51
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Tatar
PRO pts in pair: 1025

10 hrs

выкатывайся я, пожалуй-ста/ ну, мне,пожалуй, пара-ша уже( "пора же уже")

Explanation:
A lot of our jokes are based on phonetic semblance of words different in meaning. Also we have to make it sound snide. Otherwise, the next remaark is not justified.
Can't say: "well done" about my variant, but I tried :-). Will write again if I'd think of anything better.

Guzel Nabatova-Barrett
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in pair: 37

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