Dad Jokes in ASL: I wanted to eat my watch for lunch today but...

English:

I wanted to eat my watch for lunch today but...

it was too time consuming!

ASL:

One way to sign the joke is:

I WANT EAT MY WATCH FOR LUNCH-[eat-noon] TODAY-[now-day] BUT-[fs]

Another way with excluding the sign FOR is to sign the joke as:

LUNCH-[eat-noon-version] I WANT EAT WATCH BUT-[fs]

Joke and answer:

I wanted to eat my watch for lunch today but it was too time consuming!

Further expansion:

WRISTWATCH:

LUNCH-[eat-noon-version]:

LUNCH-[initialized-version]:

WANT:

don't-WANT:

EAT-[version] / PIG-OUT:

EAT-[throw-it-up-and-catch-it-in-mouth-version]:

EAT-[nibble-version]:

WOLF-DOWN / CONSUME / HOOVER / GORGE / CHOW DOWN / EAT QUICKLY:

BUT-[fs]:

BUT / DIFFERENT:

TOO / SAME:

TOO / me-SAME-you:

TOO / EXCEED / TOO-MUCH:

FOR:

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