Comment Re:Language is a funny thing (Score 1) 385
Beware the pedant brigade ...
Although your interpretation is correct, as a French speaker I will add that "fort" has other meanings, including indicating a person
has a large build ("il est assez fort" ~= "he is quite large", but depending on the context it could mean "he is quite strong"). This would be even more appropriate, however the whole joke falls flat because in French a "four" is an oven