A Joke That Nobody Understands

[gingerflaps]

Please can someone explain this joke to me, I've asked evryone at my work and people stare at me with blank expressions.


Q.. what's the difference between a soprano and a pirhana
A... Lipstick

[Quizmonster]

It seems to be just a variant of the comment made by Sarah Palin - Republican Vice Presidential candidate a year or so ago - when she said the main difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull was...lipstick. In other words, hockey moms were as ready for battle on behalf of their kids as a fighting-dog, except they at least made an effort to make themselves LOOK attractive.
Presumably, the creator of your particular 'joke' was making the same sort of comparison, namely that sopranos are often very large ladies who could eat you alive if they felt like it - ie they're piranha-like - but at least they're a bit prettier than the Amazonian fish.
Not particularly funny, but what the hey!

[jno]

yes, sopranos seem to have a bad reputation, so that's the point of the joke. Here are some more:

http://opera.suite101...cfm/top_soprano_jokes

(they don't seem to think much of tenors, either).