Fred had just had surgery for appendicitis. His wife Joan sat at his bedside holding his hand until he woke up. After a few minutes, Fred groggily opened his eyes, looked at Joan, said “Hello Beautiful,” then went back to sleep.
Joan was surprised but elated at this uncommon display of affection. A few minutes later, he opened his eyes again, looked at her and said “Hi Cutie,” then fell back asleep.
Feeling a little hurt at being downgraded from beautiful to cutie, Joan waited until Fred opened his eyes again. When he did, she asked “Sweetie, why did you just downgrade me from Beautiful to Cutie?”
A doctor, an engineer, and a politician were arguing as to which profession was older.
"Well," argued the doctor, "without a physician mankind could not have survived, so I am sure that mine is the oldest profession."
"No," said the engineer, "before life began there was complete chaos, and it took an engineer to create some semblance of order from this chaos. So engineering is older."
"But," chirped the triumphant politician, "who created the chaos?"
A business man was interviewing applicants for the position of divisional manager. He devised a simple test to select the most suitable person for the job. He asked each applicant the question,
"What is two and two?"
The first interviewee was a journalist. His answer was "Twenty-two."
The second applicant was an engineer. He pulled out a slide rule and showed the answer to be between 3.999 and 4.001.
The next person was a lawyer. He stated that in the case of Jenkins v Commr of Stamp Duties, two and two was proven to be four.
The last applicant was an accountant. The business man asked him, "How much is two and two?" The accountant got up from his chair, went over to the door and closed it then came back and sat down. He leaned across the desk and said in a low voice....
Blonde, "I'm on the road a lot, and my clients are complaining that they can never reach me."
Psychiatrist, "Don't you have a phone in your car?"
Blonde, "That was a little too expensive, so I did the next best thing. I put a mailbox in my car."
Psychiatrist, "Uh ... How's that working?"
Blonde, "Actually, I haven't gotten any letters yet."
Psychiatrist, "And why do you think that is?"
Blonde, "I figure its because when I'm driving around, my zip code keeps changing."
【Words & Phrases】 blonde:金髪女性 psychiatrist:精神科医 on the road:路上で client:仕事上の客、顧客 complain:不満を言う、文句を言う reach:連絡する、配達される、届く expensive:高価な figure:~と思う zip code:郵便番号
Les and Walter were sitting in the garden of their retirement home when Les turned to Walter and said “Walter, I turned 95 today and I have aches and pain throughout my whole body. How about you? How do you feel?”
Walter replied, “Les, I feel just like a newborn child.”
“Really?” exclaimed Les, “Like a newborn?”
“Yep,” continued Walter, “I’ve got no hair and no teeth and I think I just wet my pants.”
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer.
When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"
He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.
Manny was almost 29 years old. Most of his friends had already gotten married, and Manny just bounced from one relationship to the next.
Finally a friend asked him, "What's the matter, are you looking for the perfect woman? Are you THAT particular? Can't you find anyone who suits you?"
"No," Manny replied. "I meet a lot of nice girls, but as soon as I bring them home to meet my parents, my mother doesn't like them. So I keep on looking."
"Listen," his friend suggested, "Why don't you find a girl who's just like your mother?"
Many weeks past before Manny and his friend got together again.
"So Manny. Did you find the perfect girl yet? One that's just like your Mother?"
Manny shrugged his shoulders, "Yes I found one just like Mom. My mother loved her, they became great friends."
"Excellent!!! So,.... Are you and this girl engaged, yet?"
Fresh out of business school, a young man answered a want ad for an accountant.
Now he was being interviewed by a very nervous man who ran a small business that he had started himself.
"I need someone with an accounting degree," the man said. "But mainly, I'm looking for someone to do my worrying for me."
"Excuse me?" the accountant said.
"I worry about a lot of things," the man said. "But I don't want to have to worry about money. Your job will be to take all the money worries off my back."
"I see," the accountant said. "And how much does the job pay?"
"I'll start you at eighty thousand."
"Eighty thousand dollars!" the accountant exclaimed. "How can such a small business afford a sum like that?"
A worried father confronted his daughter one night.
"I don't like that new boyfriend, he's rough and common and just stupid."
"Oh no, Daddy," the daughter replied, "Fred's ever so clever, we've only been going out nine weeks and he's cured me of that illness I used to get once a month."
【Words & Phrases】 confront:直面する rough:粗野な common:普通の go out:~と付き合う cure:(病気などを)治す
Kevin always had problems getting up early in the morning, and was late for work every day.
One day, his boss had enough of Kevin's tardiness and threatened that if he was late again, he'd be fired.
Kevin went to his doctor, who gave him a pill and told him to take it before he went to bed. Kevin did as he was told, and found that he slept extremely well.
He even woke up before the alarm went off, so was able to enjoy a long breakfast before heading off to work.
“Boss,” he said when he arrived, “The pill my doctor gave me worked a treat!”
“That's all very fine,” his boss replied, “But where were you yesterday?”
No one ever says "It's only a game," when their team is winning.
【Words & Phrases】 No one ever says~:だれも~を言わない。win:勝つ
……【日本語訳】………………………………………………
■たかがゲームじゃないか
自分のチームが勝っているときに「たかがゲームじゃないか」 という人はいない。
…………………………………………………………………… 出典:サイト「アメリカン・ジョークに習え!」
■ No Swimming
A beautiful woman was taking a short cut through a farm when she saw a large swimming pool. It was a hot day, so she decided to go skinny-dipping.
She looked around to make sure that no one was looking, and not seeing anyone, she got undressed.
However, just as she was about to dive into the pool, the farmer appeared from behind the bush where he had been hiding and said to her, “Hey! There’s no swimming allowed here!”
“You could have told me that before I got undressed!” the woman retorted.
“I said swimming is prohibited,” replied the farmer.
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband when suddenly her husband burst into the kitchen and started shouting, "Careful ... BE CAREFUL! You need more butter! Oh my GOD! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Flip them! FLIP THEM NOW! Put in some more butter! Oh my GOD! You’re running out of BUTTER! They're going to STICK! Careful ... CAREFUL! I said BE CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Flip them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
His wife stared at him. "What on earth is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving!"
An elderly couple was attending a church service when the woman turned to her husband and whispered, “I just did a noiseless fart. What do you think I should do?”
Her husband leaned over and replied, “Put a new battery in your hearing aid.”
Arthur and his wife Patty are getting ready for bed one night.
Patty is standing in front of the mirror looking at herself. "You know honey" she sighs, “I look in the mirror and all I see is an old woman. My face is all wrinkled, my boobs are sagging and my bum is wobbly. My legs are fat and my arms are all flabby.” She turns to Arthur and says, “Tell me something nice to make me feel better about myself.”
Arthur thinks about it for a bit and then says to Patty in a soft voice… "Well... at least there's nothing wrong with your eyesight."
【Words & Phrases】 get ready:しようとする。準備する wrinkled:しわが寄る saggy:たるんだ bum:しり wobbly:ぐらぐら、よろよろする flabby:しまりがない、たよりない。 at least:少なくとも eyesight:視覚、視力
A newly married couple were having problems, and after failing to resolve them, decided to end their marriage after only a very short time together. In order to finalize their divorce, the couple went to court.
The judge asked the husband, “What are your reasons for divorcing your wife?”
The husband replied, “In the eight weeks we've been married, we haven't been able to agree on one single thing.”
Two elderly couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other, "Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?"
"Outstanding," Fred replied. "They taught us all the latest psychological techniques-visualization, association-it has made a big difference for me."
"That's great! What was the name of that clinic?"
Fred went blank. He thought and thought but couldn't remember. Then a smile broke across his face and he asked, "What do you call that flower with the long stem and thorns?"
"You mean a rose?"
"Yes, that's it!" He turned to his wife, "Rose, what was the name of that clinic?"
"This morning I felt that today was going to be my lucky day. I got up at seven, had seven dollars in my pocket, there were seven of us at lunch and there were seven horses in the seven o'clock race - so I backed the seventh."
A jealous husband hired a private detective to check on the movements of his wife. The husband wanted more than a written report; he wanted video of his wife's activities.
A week later, the detective returned with a video. They sat down together to watch it. Although the quality was less than professional, the man saw his wife meeting another man. He saw the two of them laughing in the park. He saw them enjoying themselves at an outdoor cafe. He saw them dancing in a dimly lit nightclub. He saw the man and his wife participate in a dozen activities with utter glee.
"I just can't believe this," the distraught husband said.
The detective said, "What's not to believe? It's right up there on the screen!"
The husband replied, "I can't believe that my wife could be so much fun!"