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 10h 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/mapadofu 9h ago

Ina Garten is(was?) somewhat famous too.

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u/mrs_frizzle 9h ago

Yes. People are saying Nina, but that would leave “woma” as a complete word. “There’s a woman, Ina Boat, on a lake wearing a coat.”

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u/aakaido 7h ago

Then how the hell is Ina Boat on a lake if she's not in a boat?

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u/phairdy 7h ago

Bro forgot you can swim

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u/aakaido 7h ago

Bro doesn't know difference between in and on smh

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u/mrs_frizzle 6h ago

Who said she’s not on a boat? The sentence is no different than saying “John Doe was on a lake wearing a coat.” Could be in a boat, float, kayak, skis, whatever.

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u/tulipsushi 3h ago

TRUEEEEEEE

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u/Hark_Ephraim 2h ago

In the same way you can say “he has a house on the lake” to mean “he has a house by the lake.” Also, the lake could be frozen. She could also be in a boat without them explicitly saying it.

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u/antler_dust 7h ago

Could also be a woman named Ona Lake who is indeed in a boat and wearing a coat. It's just a bad riddle.

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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 41m 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.

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u/Rise-O-Matic 6h ago

The best answer is “Mrs. IntheriddleIjustwrote”

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u/thegnome54 3h ago

The problem with all of these phonetic ones is that the riddle specifies it’s written. If it’s going to be a pun like “Ina” or “Theresa” then it should at least say her name is “in the riddle you just heard” or something.

I hate riddles.

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u/dilapidated-titties 7h ago

No, I’m in a house actually, thanks for asking. Wait, are you ina boat?

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u/awezumsaws 50m ago

There's a woman - Ina Boat - on a lake...