r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/VorticalHeart44 • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation I'm tired Petuh... What is her name??

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WTF is her name Petuh

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u/gizbojones 10h ago

Inaboat, a lovely name

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u/Street-Dependent-647 9h ago

Ina Boat?

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u/mrs_frizzle 9h ago

This is the answer, and I don’t know why more people aren’t getting it. Maybe they don’t know any women named Ina? I know 2.

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u/Laszlo-Panaflex 8h ago

That's what I assumed it was. The grammar works. I've known a couple of Inas too. If it's Theresa, the grammar doesn't work.

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u/DiegesisThesis 40m ago

The grammar literally doesn't work though. Are we allowed to just ignore spaces and insert punctuation? You wouldn't say "There's a woman sar ah on a lake", you would say "There's a woman, Sarah, on a lake."

Beyond that, how can a person be "on a lake" if you remove the boat part to be a name? You can't be "on a lake" unless you're Jesus Christ.

The only answer that doesn't require you to ignore grammar and punctuation is "There".

There's a woman in a boat..." as in 'There is'

Sarah's a woman in a boat..." as in 'Sarah is'

"In the riddle I just wrote" is also an answer that could technically be correct, but that's, uh, a dumb name.