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Well, Blitz isn't my first programming language. I learned Flash AS first. So, here's a brief explaination of the chicken joke in Flash ActionScript:

//Chicken Type defined in an external AS file
import Chicken.as;

var englishChicken:Object = New Chicken;
englishChicken.gender = male;
var espaniolChicken:Object = New Chicken;
espaniolChicken.gender = female;

//toEnglish and toSpanish are language translation methods (not shown).

var punchline:String = (toEnglish(englishChicken.gender.genitiles));

trace (punchline); // returns "cock"

punchline = (toSpanish(espaniolChicken.gender.genitiles));

trace (punchline); //can anyone guess what this returns?  This exercise is left up to the user!


Hey, now that I think about it, are we talking European Spanish or Mexican Spanish? It makes a difference, especially with profanities.