In a funny way

[kadioguy]

[From a show called Fun Time]

[...]
Woman: What does a baby sheep call his father?
Man: Uh... Daddy?
Woman: No. Baa baa.
Man: Hey, hey, and what does a sheep call its baby sister?
Woman: Uh, hmm, uh...
Man: Meh meh.
Woman: Another good one! Oh!
Man: Oh, these sheep jokes are really baaad.
Woman: In a funny way.
Woman: Hey, let's do one more.
[...]

[source, 01:45-01:56]
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Does the woman mean:

a. Oh, these sheep jokes are really baaad in a funny way.
or
b. In a funny way, hey, let's do one more.

If it is (a), what does that mean?

 

[emsr2d2]

It's a) and it means the jokes are bad but still funny. Do you understand why she used "baaad"?

 

[kadioguy]

Yeah, I think it is a pun - "baaad" means "bad" and "baa" (the sound made by a sheep).

 

[emsr2d2]

Yeah, I think it is a pun - "baaad" means "bad" and "baa" (the sound made by a sheep).

That's right. That's certainly funnier than the other two. I don't see how "Baa baa" works as a pun. The usual accepted terms for a father are "dad", "Daddy" and (for very tiny children) "Dada". "Baa baa" doesn't work as a pun or wordplay on any of them. The one about the sister is even worse. "Meh meh" doesn't sound like any version of "sister".

 

[teechar]

In Chinese, 爸爸 /baba/ means "dad", and 妹妹 /meimei/ means "younger sister".

 

[5jj]

That would make the puns acceptable only to speakers of Chinese.

 

[teechar]

Right, or to those with a certain knowledge of it.