Learn English – A joke about owls playing pool

jokes

A joke in a student comic:

There are two owls playing pool. One accidentally nudges the white.

Owl 1: That's two hits.

Owl 2: Two hits? Two hits to who?

What does this joke mean?

Best Answer

Per Vilmar's comment, this is a pun, re: how owls produce the hooting sound:

hoot

verb

1. (of an owl) utter a hoot. "owls hooted, the new moon rose"

synonyms: cry, call, utter a hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo

"in the stillness of the night an owl hooted"

tu-whit tu-whoo

tʊˌwɪt tʊˈwuː/

noun

used to represent the cry of the tawny owl.

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