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June 25, 2007

Jokes – A selection

Filed under: Humour, Jokes — echoingmemories @ 8:47 am

Thought to collect and select some nice jokes to have them here…if you have some good jokes that you care to share then send them..

Enjoy reading!

Fred is 32 years old and he is still single.

One day a friend asked, “Why aren’t you married? Can’t you find a woman who will be a good wife?”

Fred replied, “Actually, I’ve found many women I wanted to marry, but when I bring them home to meet my parents, my mother doesn’t like them.”

His friend thinks for a moment and says, “I’ve got the perfect solution, just find a girl who’s just like your mother.”

A few months later they meet again and his friend says, “Did you find the perfect girl? Did your mother like her?”

With a frown on his face, Fred answers, “Yes, I found the perfect girl. She was just like my mother. You were right, my mother liked her very much.”

The friend said, “Then what’s the problem?”

Fred replied, “My father doesn’t like her.”


An elementary school teacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school.

“If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I will promise not to believe everything your child says happens at home.


A: Doctor, will I be able to play the piano after the operation?
B: Yes, of course.
A: Great! I never could before!


Why couldn’t Cinderella be a good soccer player?She lost her shoe, she ran away from the ball, and her coach was a pumpkin.(Requires basic knowledge of the Cinderella story and that both ball and coach have double meanings.)


Teacher: Tell me a sentence that starts with an “I”.
Student: I is the…
Teacher: Stop! Never put ‘is’ after an “I”. Always put ‘am’ after an “I”.
Student: OK. I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.


Two factory workers are talking.
The woman says, “I can make the boss give me the day off.”
The man replies, “And how would you do that?”
The woman says, “Just wait and see.” She then hangs upside-down from the ceiling.
The boss comes in and says, “What are you doing?”
The woman replies, “I’m a light bulb.”
The boss then says, “You’ve been working so much that you’ve gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off.”
The man starts to follow her and the boss says, “Where are you going?”
The man says, “I’m going home, too. I can’t work in the dark.”


Teacher: How can we get some clean water?
Student: Bring the water from the river and wash it.


A guy says to his friend, “Guess how many coins I have in my pocket.”
The friends says, “If I guess right, will you give me one of them?”
The first guys says, “If you guess right, I’ll give you both of them!”


A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up.

“Wow!,” said her father, “That was short. You usually talk for two hours. What happened?”

“Wrong number,” replied the girl.


PUPIL: “Would you punish me for something I didn`t do?”
TEACHER:” Of course not.”
PUPIL: “Good, because I haven`t done my homework.”

The First 3 Years of Marriage

  • In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens.
  • In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens.
  • In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.

A man inserted an ‘ad’ in the classifieds: “Wife wanted”.The next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: “You can have mine.”


Q: What has many keys but can’t open any doors?
A: A piano.

This is a riddle. It works well if you let the students ask yes and no questions about the situation, before revealing the answer.Q: A man goes into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun, and points it at the customer. “Thank you” replies the customer and walks out. What happened?
A: The customer had hiccups.  

(Originally a bit in a Pink Panther movie).A man walks into a shop and sees a cute little dog. He asks the shopkeeper, “Does your dog bite?”
The shopkeeper says, “No, my dog does not bite.”
The man tries to pet the dog and the dog bites him.
“Ouch!” He says, “I thought you said your dog does not bite!”
The shopkeeper replies, “That is not my dog!” ______________________________One day a student was taking a very difficult essay exam. At the end of the test, the prof asked all the students to put their pencils down and immediately hand in their tests. The young man kept writing furioulsy, although he was warned that if he did not stop immediately he would be disqualified. He ignored the warning, finished the test 10 minutes later, and went to hand the test to his instructor. The instructor told him he would not take the test.

The student asked, “Do you know who I am?”

The prof said, “No and I don’t care.”

The student asked again, “Are you sure you don’t know who I am?”

The prof again said no. So the student walked over to the pile of tests, placed his in the middle, then threw the papers in the air.

“Good” the student said, and walked out. He passed.


A man’s dog has a problem so he takes him to the vet’s. The vet looks at the dog and says that he’ll have to take him to the examining room. In the examining room, he takes a cat out of a cage and lets the cat walk all over the dog, but the dog doesn’t do anything.The doctor say “Your dog is dead.”The man goes out to the receptionist and asks for his bill.”That’ll be $325″ says the receptionist.

“What! $325? How’s that possible?”

“It’s $25 for the consultation, and $300 for the Cat scan.”


George was taking care of a parrot for his aunt. This parrot was a very nasty parrot. It cussed and screamed and made fun of George, so he took the parrot and put it in the freezer.The parrot kept screaming and insulting George until finally it stopped.George thought to himself, “On no! I froze my aunt’s bird to death.”

He opened the door and saw the bird alive!

The bird said, “I’m sorry for my behaviour and will never act up again.

George said, “Why the change?”

The bird answered, “Because I saw what you did to the other bird.

(HInt: He saw the frozen chicken.) 


A panda bear walks into a restaurant. He orders the special and eats it. After eating, he pulls out a pistol, kills the waiter and starts to walk out the door.The owner of the restaurant says, “Hey, what are you doing? You come in here, you kill my waiter and walk away without saying a word. I don’t understand.”The panda says, “Look it up in the dictionary,” and walks out the door.So the owner gets out a dictionary and looks under the heading “Panda”. It reads:

panda black and white animal; lives in central China; eats shoots and leaves.


Teacher: Why are you late?
Student: There was a man who lost a hundred dollar bill.
Teacher: That’s nice. Were you helping him look for it?
Student: No. I was standing on it.

A man goes to the doctor and says, “Doctor, wherever I touch, it hurts.”
The doctor asks, “What do you mean?”
The man says, “When I touch my shoulder, it really hurts. If I touch my knee – OUCH! When I touch my forehead, it really, really hurts.”
The doctor says, “I know what’s wrong with you – you’ve broken your finger!”
__________________________ Patient: Doctor, I have a pain in my eye whenever I drink tea.
Doctor: Take the spoon out of the mug before you drink.
_________________________

Patient: Doctor! You’ve got to help me! Nobody ever listens to me. No one ever pays any attention to what I have to say.

Doctor: Next please!

_________________________

Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room.

The teacher says, “Why are you arguing?”

One boy answers, “We found a ten dollor bill and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie.”

“You should be ashamed of yourselves,” said the teacher, “When I was your age I didn’t even know what a lie was.”

The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher.


A: Just look at that young person with the short hair and blue jeans. Is it a boy or a girl?
B: It’s a girl. She’s my daughter.
A: Oh, I’m sorry, sir. I didn’t know that you were her father.
B: I’m not. I’m her mother.


Mother: “Did you enjoy your first day at school?”
Girl: “First day? Do you mean I have to go back tomorrow? 


Headmaster: I’ve had complaints about you, Johnny, from all your teachers. What have you been doing?
Johnny: Nothing, sir.
Headmaster: Exactly.__________________________Teacher: “Nick, what is the past participle of the verb to ring?”
Nick: “What do you think it is, Sir?”
Teacher: “I don’t think, I KNOW!”
Nick: “I don’t think I know either, Sir!”

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Patient: Doctor, I think that I’ve bitten by a vampire.
Doctor: Drink this glass of water.
Patient: Will it make me better?
Doctor: No, I but I’ll be able to see if your neck leaks.


A man receives a phone call from his doctor.
The doctor says, “I have some good news and some bad news.”
The man says, “OK, give me the good news first.”
The doctor says, “The good news is, you have 24 hours to live.”
The man replies, “Oh no! If that’s the good news, then what’s the bad news?”
The doctor says, “The bad news is, I forgot to call you yesterday.”


Here is the story of an Imam who got up after
Friday prayers and announced to the people:
“I have good news and bad news.
The good news is, we have enough
money to pay for our new building program.
The bad news is, it’s still out there in your pockets.”

 (sent by Sabiha Kemppainen)

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Two men were on a plane on a business trip when a Muslim couple boarded the plane and were seated right in front of them. The two men, eager to have some fun, started talking loudly. “My boss is sending me to Saudi Arabia”, the one said, “But I don’t want to go…too many Muslims there!” The Muslim couple noticeably heard and grew uncomfortable. The other guy laughed, “Oh, yeah, my boss wanted to send me to Pakistan but I refused…WAY too many Muslims!” Smiling, the first man said, “One time I was in Iran but I HATED the fact that there were so many Muslims!” The couple fidgeted. The other guy responded, “Oh, yeah…you can’t go ANYWHERE to get away from them…the last time I was in FRANCE I ran into a bunch of them too!” The first guy was laughing hysterically as he added, “That is why you’ll never see me in Indonesia…WAY too many Muslims!” At this, the Muslim man turned around and responded politely, “Why don’t you go to Hell?”, he asked, “I hear there’s not very many Muslims THERE!”

 (sent by Sabiha Kemppainen)

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A man is taking a walk in Central park in New York. Suddenly he sees a little girl being attacked by a pit bull dog . He runs over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing the dog and saving the girl’s life. A policeman who was watching the scene walks over and says: “You are a hero, tomorrow you can read it in all the newspapers: “Brave New Yorker saves the life of little girl” The man says: – “But I am not a New Yorker!” “Oh,then it will say in newspapers in the morning: ‘Brave American saves life of little girl’” – the policeman answers. “But I am not an American!” – says the man. “Oh, what are you then? ” The man says: – “I am a Saudi !” The next day the newspapers says: “Islamic extremist kills innocent American dog.

 (sent by Sabiha Kemppainen)

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An Imam was selling his horse in the market. An interested buyer came to him and requested if he could get a test drive. The Imam told the man that this horse is unique. In order to make it walk, you have to say Subhanallah. To make it run, you have to say Alhamdulillah and to make it stop, you have to say Allahu Akbar. The man sat on the horse and said Subhanallah. The horse started to walk. Then he said Alhamdulillah and it started to run. He kept saying Alhamdulillah and the horse started running faster and faster. All of a sudden the man noticed that the horse is running towards the edge of the hill that he was riding on. Being overly fearful, he forgot how to stop the horse. He kept saying all these words out of confusion. When the horse was just near the edge, he remembered Allahu Akbar and said it out loud. The horse stopped just one step away from the edge. The man took a deep breath, looked up towards the sky and said Alhamdulillah!
( YOU MAY GUESS WHAT HAPPENED )
 
 (sent by Sabiha Kemppainen)

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Why Must We Learn This?
 
One day our professor was discussing a particularly complicated concept.
A pre-med student rudely interrupted to ask, “Why do we have to learn this pointless information”
“To save lives.” the professor responded quickly and continued the lecture.
A few minutes later, the same student spoke up again.
“So how does physics save lives?” he persisted.
“It keeps the ignoramuses like you out of medical school,” replied the professor.

 (sent by Sabiha Kemppainen)

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June 24, 2007

FUNNY MISTAKES

Filed under: Humour — echoingmemories @ 7:56 pm

FUNNY MISTAKES

These are mistakes in English seen on signs in other countries. If you don’t understand why they are funny, ask a native English speaker to explain!

Hotels
Hungary (hotel): “This lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable”
France (hotel): “Please leave your values at the front desk”
Japan (hotel): “You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid”
Norway (hotel lounge): “Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar”

Shops
Hong Kong (tailor’s shop): “Ladies may have a fit upstairs”
Greece (tailor’s shop): “Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation”
France (dress shop): “Dresses for street walking”
Italy (laundry): “Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time”

Tourism
France (railway): “Obliteration on the train”
Czech Republic (tourist office): “Take one of our horse-drawn tours – we guarantee no miscarriages”

Restaurants
Switzerland (restaurant): “Our wines leave you nothing to hope for”
Mexico (hotel restaurant): “The manager has personally passed all the water served here”

Doctors
Italy (doctor’s surgery): “Specialist in women and other diseases”
Hong Kong (dentist’s surgery): “Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists”

But it isn’t only non-native English speakers who write strange things.
Here is a list of some label instructions on consumer goods in the UK or America:

On a bag of crisps: “You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside”
On a frozen dinner: “Serving suggestion: Defrost”
On a tiramisu pudding (printed on bottom): “Do not turn upside down”
On a bread pudding: “Product will be hot after heating.”
On an iron: “Do not iron clothes on body.”
On a cough medicine for children: “Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication”
On a packet of sleeping pills: “Warning: May cause drowsiness”
On a packet of peanuts: “Warning: contains nuts”
On a child’s superman costume: “Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly”

June 23, 2007

Keeping Promises – JOKE

Filed under: Humour — echoingmemories @ 2:04 pm

Keeping Promises

Teacher: Didn’t you promise to behave?
Student: Yes, Sir.
Teacher: And didn’t I promise to punish you if you didn’t?
Student: Yes, Sir, but since I broke my promise, I don’t expect you to keep yours.

June 11, 2007

Speak you English?

Filed under: Humour, Language — echoingmemories @ 8:26 pm

Speak you English?

By Pratibha Umashankar

ENGLISH IS supposed to be an international language. But you will be surprised to discover how many people around the world don’t speak English, or speak a version that sounds like a distant cousin of the Queen’s English.

 

Is it still English if someone gesticulates wildly with their hands and asks, “Train train, go go where time Moscow?” Yes it is. It is Globish.

 

 Globish is English spoken around the globe. It is a simplified version of English spoken by many non-native English speakers. It is so simple that the English might not recognise it as English. It is, in fact, a proposed form of English that uses a limited vocabulary and basic syntax — sentence structure — to help non-native speakers of English to communicate. Globish might become Denglish when English is mixed with German. Language purists in Germany have been concerned for some time about the increasing use of English in German, both spoken and written. English words are surreptitiously creeping into German ads. Why Denglish? Why not Genglish, if it is a mixture of German and English? Simple. Denglish is a combination of Deutsche (it is the German word for ‘German’, and is pronounced ‘doytsh’) and English. Do guys feel that they can’t really understand girls when they say “Don’t be mean” or “Cho Chweet!”?

And do girls just gawk when two guys talk, because it is like listening to another language, though it sounds like English? Yes, it is another language.

 

It is Menglish. Menglish is language used of, by, to, and about men. Yes, there is a gender barrier within the language. It is like men and women belong to two different planets. Yeah, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. When guys and girls think differently, naturally, their language will sound different. And if men speak Menglish, what do women speak? Yes, you guessed it — woMenglish.

 

First they tried to remove the word ‘man’ from all those male-dominated words for fear of sounding sexist and politically incorrect. From airman to chairman, the word ‘man’ was replaced by ‘person’. But then, you can’t really get rid of either male or female idiosyncrasies. Also, more and more men are taking on what was traditionally considered female-oriented jobs. (You thought it was the other way round. Ha, ha!) We have mannies — male nannies.

 

Do you want those around you to not know what you are talking about? Do you want to form an exclusive clique and keep others out? Try antilanguage. It is a collection of words and phrases used to exclude outsiders from a particular group. It could also be used to hide the group’s activities. One of the examples of antilanguage is Mobspeak — the language of the Mafia. Do you often wonder about the language of those corporate head honchos when they talk about their business organisation? They use words that, when analysed carefully, don’t mean anything. Yes, it is Spinnish.

Spinnish is the language used by spin doctors and other corporate or political movers and shakers. If someone’s speech is sprinkled with expressions like ‘think out of the box’, ‘ballpark estimate’, ‘rightsizing’, then you can be sure he is a spin doctor who is trying to manipulate language to con you.

 

Netspeak is a different ball game altogether. All of you practise it. It consists of words, idioms and peculiarities of spelling and grammar that are typical of Online documents and communication. Why only Online, the Net language is making inroads even into other arenas, including Literature.

 

Linguist David Crystal in his new book Language And The Internet calls it ‘computer-mediated language. Experts claim that Netspeak is going to change how we write. So, kudos to you guys! You will have created a revolution by using Internetese and Netspeak with scant regard to spelling, grammar and literary style, and the tense going for a toss. Don’t be surprised if an entire novel is written using BTW, UR grea8 and the like.

 Then all of you can be cyberscribers — a person who writes about the Internet.

Oh, for LOL!  

June 8, 2007

JOKE

Filed under: Humour — echoingmemories @ 5:17 pm

Pilot to Tower:

I’m 300 miles from land, 600 feet over water & no fuel, instruct me…

Tower to Pilot:

Repeat after me,

INNA LILLAHE WA INNA ILLAIHE RAJEOON

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