A man was speeding down the highway, feeling secure in a gaggle of cars all traveling at the same speed. However, as they passed a speed trap, he got nailed with an infrared speed detector and was pulled over.
The officer handed him the citation, received his signature and was about to walk away when the man asked, "Officer, I know I was speeding, but I don't think it's fair - there were plenty of other cars around me who were going just as fast, so why did *I* get the ticket?"
"Ever go fishing?" the policeman suddenly asked the man.
"Ummm, yeah..." the startled man replied.
The officer grinned and added, "Ever catch *all* the fish?
A man walks into a store to buy a Barbie doll for his daughter. "How much is that Barbie in the window?", he asks the shop assistant.
In a manner she responds, "Which Barbie? We have Barbie Goes to the Gym for $19.95, Barbie Goes to the Ball for $19.95, Barbie Goes Shopping for $19.95, Barbie Goes to the Beach for $19.95, Barbie Goes Nightclubbing for $19.95, and Divorced Barbie for $395.00. "
The guy asks, "Why is Divorced Barbie different from all the others?"
"That's obvious," the assistant states, "Divorced Barbie comes with Ken's house, Ken's car, Ken's boat, Ken's furniture... "
A stewardess was getting very annoyed by 3 little children on the plane. They had been bugging her since takeoff, complaining that they were hungry or bored or tired or thirsty or needed to go to the bathroom and whatever else you could imagine a small child commenting and complaining about.
Well, the stewardess had had enough. The next time the children said that they were bored, she told them to go play outside.
【Words & Phrases】 annoyed:困って、悩んで bug:てこずらせる complaining:泣き言、文句を言う bored:退屈した thirsty:のどが渇いた had enough:うんざりした、こりごりした
Cassie was taking two of her grandsons on their very first train ride from Dayton, Ohio to Washington, DC.
A vendor came down the corridor selling Pop Rocks, something neither had ever seen before. Cassie bought each one a bag.
The first one eagerly tore open the bag and popped one into his mouth just as the train went into a tunnel. When the train emerged from the tunnel, he looked to his brother and said: "I wouldn't eat that if I were you."
"Why not?" asked the curious brother.
"I took one bite and went blind for half a minute."
【Words & Phrases】 Pop Rocks:ポップロックス(口に入れるとパチパチ弾ける飴) grandson:孫 vendor:売る人、売りあるく人 corridor:廊下、通路 eagerly:熱心に tear open:破って開ける tunnel:トンネル emerge:(暗闇から)出てくる、現れる if I were you~:もし私があなただったら~ go blind:目が見えなくなる
A young businessman had just started his own firm. He'd rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques.
Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office.
Wishing to appear the hot shot, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had a big deal working. He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments.
Finally he hung up and asked the visitor, "Can I help you?"
The man said, "Yeah, I've come to connect your phone line."
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。
……………………………………… ■The Bribe
A professor gave his students an important test, the score of which counted highly for the final grades.
After the test was completed, he was looking through the papers when he discovered that one of the students had attached a $100 bill to his test with a note that read “One dollar per point.”
The student was waiting expectantly the next day as the professor handed out the marked tests, but was disappointed when he got his paper back with $67 change.
Two kids were at a department store, looking at some bathroom scales.
“Have you ever seen one of these before?” one kid asked the other.
“Yeah, my mum has one,” the other answered.
“What's it for?” the first kid asked.
“I'm not sure,” the other replied. “I think you stand on it and it makes you angry.”
【Words & Phrases】 department store:デパート bathroom scale:体重計、ヘルスメーター mum:ママ、お母さん angry:怒る、腹を立てる
……【日本語訳】………………………………………………
■体重計
二人の子供がデパートで、体重計を見ていた。
「これ見たことある?」一人の子供が、もう一人に尋ねた。
「あるよ、ママが一つ持ってる。」もう一人の子供が答えた。
「何するもの?」最初の子供が尋ねた。
「よく分からないけど、」もう一人の子供が答えた。 「その上に立つと、怒らせるものだと思うよ。」
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■Mr. Hot Shot
A young businessman had just started his own firm. He'd rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques.
Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office.
Wishing to appear the hot shot, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had a big deal working. He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments.
Finally he hung up and asked the visitor, "Can I help you?"
The man said, "Yeah, I've come to connect your phone line."
The roads were blocked due to a traffic accident. As a large crowd gathered, a young newspaper reporter, anxious to get his story, tried unsuccessfully to get closer to the scene.
Being smart, he started shouting loudly, "Excuse me! Let me through! I am the son of the victim."
I remember one time when I was home visiting my folks. My mom asked me to set the table for dinner. I opened the refrigerator and taped to the inside of the door was a risqu・picture of a lovely, slender, perfectly built, but scantily-clad young woman. "Mom, what's this?" I asked.
"Oh, I put that up there to remind me not to overeat," she answered.
"Is it working?" I asked.
"Yes and no," she explained. "I've lost 15 pounds, but your dad has gained 20!"
Bobby's English teacher was incensed at the poor quality of one of Bobby's essays.
“This is the worst essay I've ever read in my life!” the teacher ranted. “Look at all these mistakes! I can't understand how one person could possibly make so many mistakes in one essay!”
“One person didn't make all those mistakes,” Bobby replied, defensively. “My father helped me.”
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.”
It was Grandpa's 100th birthday and everybody who gathered for the occasion complimented him on how youthful and athletic he looked.
"Do you want to know my secret?" he chuckled.
"My wife and I were married 80 years ago, and on our wedding night, we made each other a promise. Whenever we had a fight, the one who was proved wrong would go outside and take a walk."
"Well," he continued, "I have been walking out in the open air day after day for some 80 years now."
Keith bought a new fridge for his house, and so decided to get rid of his old one by putting it in his front garden with a sign on it saying, “Free to a good home. If you want it, please take it.”
However, after three days passed without a single person taking interest, Keith decided that maybe he was taking the wrong approach.
He changed the sign so it read, “Fridge for sale - $80.” The next day, someone stole it.
A husband commented to his wife, “I don't know why you wear a bra, you've got nothing to put in it!”
The wife replied, “Well, you wear briefs, don't you?”
【Words & Phrases】 bra:ブラジャー put in:中に入れる replied:返答した
……【日本語訳】………………………………………………
■ 引き分け
ある夫が妻にコメントした。「どうしてきみはブラジャーをつけるんだ。 入る程何もないじゃないか!」
妻は答えた。「でもあなたもブリーフはくじゃない?」
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■ Crooked Politicians
A large group of politicians were in a bus driving through the countryside when suddenly, the driver lost control and the bus crashed into a farmer’s barn.
The farmer, arriving at the scene, dug a hole and buried the politicians.
The next day, the local sheriff paid the farmer a visit.
Seeing the remains of the crashed bus, he asked the farmer what happened to the politicians.
“I buried them,” the farmer explained.
“My God, were they ALL dead?” asked the shocked sheriff.
The farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how those crooked politicians always lie."
…………………………………………………………………… ■The way to a man's heart…
If you think the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, then you're aiming too high.
【Words & Phrases】 man's heart:男心 aim:狙う、目指す
このジョークは英語の諺もからんでます。 諺:The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. (男の心をとらえるには胃袋から。)
……【日本語訳】………………………………………………
■男心をとらえるには・・・
男心をとらえるには胃袋から、と考えているなら、 あなたの狙っている位置は高すぎます。
…………………………………………………………………… ■Medical Terms
The man told his doctor that he wasn't able to do all the things around the house that he used to do.
When the examination was complete, he said, "Now, Doc, I can take it. Tell me in plain English what is wrong with me."
"Well, in plain English," the doctor replied, "you're just lazy."
"OK," said the man. "Now give me the medical term so I can tell my wife."
【Words & Phrases】 term: 専門用語 examination: 診察 complete: 終える can take it: (困難などに)耐える lazy : 怠惰な(性格)
……【日本語訳】………………………………………………
■医学用語
男は医者に、今までしていた家事のすべてができなくなったと話した。
診察を終えて彼は言った「先生、覚悟はついてます。どこが悪いのか 簡単な言葉でおっしゃってください」
「では、簡単な言葉で言わせてもらうと、」医者は言った。 「あなたは怠け者です」
「わかりました」男は言った。 「じゃあ、妻に言い訳できるように医学用語でお願いします」
……………………………………………… ■ The Most Intelligent Man
A doctor, a lawyer, a little boy and a priest were flying in a light plane when the plane developed engine trouble.
The pilot struggled with the controls, but the plane started to go down. Finally, the pilot grabbed a parachute, and shouting to the others that they had better jump, bailed out.
However, there were only three parachutes left. The doctor said, “Well, I'm a doctor. I save lives so I should live,” then grabbed a parachute and jumped out.
The lawyer then spoke up. “I'm a lawyer and lawyers are the most intelligent people in the world, so I should live.” With that, he also took a parachute and jumped.
The priest turned to the boy and said softly, “My son, I've lived a long and happy life. You are young and you have your whole life ahead of you. Take the last parachute and make the most of the rest of your life.”
But the little boy handed the parachute back to the priest. Smiling, he said, “Don't worry Father. “The most intelligent man in the world” just jumped out with my backpack.”
The Vice President of The United States walked into the Oval Office in the White House. There he saw the President yelling and screaming like a madman.
“What’s the matter, Mr. President?”
“Not a damn thing,” the President said. “I just finished this jigsaw puzzle in record time, that’s all.”
The President smiled from ear to ear.
“Well, that’s great! How long did it take you?”
“The box said 3 to 5 years, but I did it in a month!"