Senior citizen Alf was driving along the highway when he received a call from his wife on his car phone.
When he answered, his worried wife warned him, “Alf dear, please be careful. I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Highway 260.”
“I know,” said Alf, “But it's not just one car, it's hundreds of them.”
「えっと、」ティミーが説明した。「算数が20点、科学が30点でしょ、 40点が朗読で、それから10点はつづり字でとったの!」 ■ Track Record
Three racehorses were gathered in a stable, boasting about their track records.
“I've won seven of my last fifteen races!” the first one boasts.
The second one replies, “That's nothing! I've won twenty of my last twenty five races.”
“Well, that's rather impressive,” the third horse sniffs, “But I've won thirty of my last thirty four races.”
At this point they notice a greyhound who has been sitting listening to their conversation. “I don't mean to boast,” the greyhound says, “But of my last 90 races, I've won 89 of them!”
The horses are astonished. After a hushed silence, one of them speaks up. “Wow, a talking dog!”
An elderly man had passed away, and the whole town had turned out for the funeral.
The priest started talking about all the wonderful traits the man had possessed and what a kind and honest man he was, and what a great husband and loving husband he had been.
The widow sat with her brow furrowed listening to the speech until she could bear it no longer.
Leaning over to one of her children, she whispered, "Go up there and have a look in the coffin to make sure that's really your father in there."
A fisherman had a little too much to drink one day, but decided to go fishing anyway.
He drilled a hole in the ice and looked down into the hole, hoping to see some fish. Suddenly, a big voice boomed, “There are no fish down there!”
The fisherman was surprised, but decided to try again. He walked for a few metres, drilled another hole and looked down into it. Again, a large voice boomed, “There are no fish down there!”
By this time, the fisherman was getting a bit nervous, but tried one more time. He walked for a few metres again, drilled another hole and looked hard, hoping he would catch sight of some fish. But once more, the voice rang out, “There are no fish down there!”
The fisherman was scared to death, but summoned up the strength to call out, “Is that you, God?”
“No, you fool,” the voice replied.
“It's the manager of the rink.”
【Words & Phrases】 fisherman:漁師 drill:ドリルで穴を開ける Suddenly:突然 boom:とどろく a bit:少し nervous:神経質な、気にする、緊張する scared to death:死ぬほど怖い思いをした summon:呼び起こす strength:強さ replied:返事をした
…………………………………………………………………… ■ What Is Five Plus Five?
There was a little boy who had just learned to count on his fingers. One day his uncle came to visit and the boy was anxious to show off his newly acquired skill. He told the uncle to ask him and addition question. So uncle asked, "What is three plus four?"
The little boy counts it out on his fingers and said, "Seven."
The uncle said, "Listen kid, you can't count it out on your hands because someday when you are in school, a teacher will get mad at you for it. Now put your hands in your pockets."
So the little boy put his hands in his pockets and his uncle asked, "What is five plus five?"
The uncle saw movement in the boys pockets, then the boy said, "Eleven!"
【Words & Phrases】 count:数える finger:指 One day:ある日 anxious to~:~したくてしょうがない show off:見せびらかす acquire:習得する addition:足し算 get mad at:~に怒る、腹を立てる movement:動き
A woman sends her clothing out to the laundry. When it comes back, there are still stains in her panties. The next week she sends a note to the laundry man that says, "Use more soap on panties."
This goes on for several weeks, the woman sending the same note to the laundry. "Use more soap on panties."
Finally fed up the laundry man responded with his own note that said, "Use more paper on ass."
A very large passenger plane was flying long haul to America with 400 people aboard.
The intercom came on: "Welcome aboard. This plane has been built using the very latest in technology. We are now flying on automatic pilot. Do not be alarmed. There is absolutely nothing that can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong..."
A man went to see the doctor as his leg was very swollen.
After examining the leg, the doctor handed the man the biggest pill he had ever seen.
“Just hold onto this for a minute and I’ll be right back with some water,” the doctor said, and left the room.
The doctor was gone for quite some time and the man began to lose patience. He hobbled out to the drinking fountain in the corridor, forced the pill down his throat and gobbled down water until he had swallowed the pill. He hobbled back into the examining room and sat down to wait for the doctor.
The doctor returned as few seconds later with a bucket of warm water and explained, "OK, so after the tablet dissolves, I want you to soak your leg in this water for at least 30 minutes."
Little Jimmy was lying on a hillock in the middle of a meadow on a warm spring day. Puffy white clouds rolled by and he pondered their shape. Soon, he began to think about God.
"God? Are you really there?" Jimmy said out loud.
To his astonishment a voice came from the clouds. "Yes, Jimmy? What can I do for you?"
Seizing the opportunity, Jimmy asked, "God? What is a million years like to you?"
Knowing that Jimmy could not understand the concept of infinity, God responded in a manner to which Jimmy could relate, "A million years to me, Jimmy, is like a minute."
"Oh," said Jimmy. "Well, then, what's a million dollars like to you?"
"A million dollars to me, Jimmy, is like a penny."
"Wow!" remarked Jimmy, getting an idea. "You're so generous, can I have one of your pennies?"
God replied, "Sure thing, Jimmy! Just a minute."
【Words & Phrases】 Heaven:天国 hillock:小山 meadow:牧草地 puffy:ひと吹きの roll by:流れる ponder:考える to one's astonishment:~の驚いたことに seize:捉える opportunity:機会 concept:概要 infinity:永遠 respond:応答する、答える relate to:わかる remark:述べる generous:寛大な Just a minute:ちょっと待って、しばらく待って下さい
Several men are getting changed in the locker room of a gym club. A cell phone lying on the bench starts ringing, and a man, engaging the hands free speaker-function, answers it. Everyone else in the room goes quiet as they listen.
Man:Hello
Woman:Hi honey, it’s me. Are you at the gym?
Man:Yeah.
Woman:I’m just at the mall and I found this gorgeous mink coat for only $1500 dollars. Do you mind if I buy it?
Man:Not at all, go ahead.
Woman:I also stopped by the BMW showroom and they have the latest model in. It’s $85,000.
Man:OK, but for that price I want all the options.
Woman:Great! And one more thing ? that house we were looking at last year is back on the market, and they’re asking only $900,000.
Man:Well, go ahead and make an offer, but just offer $850,000.
Woman:Great! See you later! I love you!
Man:Bye. I love you too.
The man hangs up. The other guys are looking at him in amazement. Then he asks, “Any idea who that phone belongs to?”
【Words & Phrases】 cell phone:携帯電話 gorgeous:豪華な hang up:電話を切る belong:属する
As I was trying to pack for vacation, my 3-year-old daughter was having a wonderful time playing on the bed. At one point, she said, "Mom, look at this," and stuck out two of her fingers.
Trying to keep her entertained, I reached out and stuck her fingers in my mouth and said, "Mommy gonna eat your fingers!" pretending to eat them before I rushed out of the room again.
When I returned, my daughter was standing on the bed staring at her fingers with a devastated look on her face. I said,
"What's wrong, honey?"
"Mommy, where's my booger?"
【Words & Phrases】 at one point:ある時点で stick out:目立たせる entertain:楽しませる reach out:手を伸ばす pretend:~のふりをする devastated:困惑した booger:鼻くそ
A nasty headmaster was concerned that his private school may have to close due to the falling student numbers.
He called for his assistant and threatened him that if he didn’t recruit new students right away, he would lose his job.
The assistant did as he was told and a couple of days later, ten new students enrolled. Ten more enrolled the next day, and the day after, until all the classes were full.
Astounded, the headmaster pulled the assistant aside and asked him how he had managed to get so many new pupils.
“Easy,” smirked the assistant. “I just started a rumour that you were retiring.”
One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?"
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't " she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room."
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: "The big sissy."