A little boy went to his father and asked, "Daddy, how was I born?"
The father answered: "Well son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway, so I might as well tell you! Your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe.”
“We sneaked into a secluded room, where your mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later a little Pop-Up appeared that said:”
A furious woman confronted her husband and said, “I found a piece of paper in your jacket pocket with the name Cindy Lou written on it. You'd better have a good explanation.”
“Sweetie, calm down,” her husband replied.
“That was the name of the dog I bet on when I went to the dog track last week.”
The next morning, the woman came up behind her husband and smacked him in the back of the head. “What was that for?” he complained.
A diver was 20 feet below the splashing waves of the ocean. He saw a guy at the same depth he was, with no scuba gear on at all.
The diver went down another 10 feet further, but the guy joined him a minute later. The diver dove down 15 more feet, and a minute later, the same guy joined him.
The diver didn’t understand what was happening, so he took out a waterproof pad and pencil, and wrote, "Incredible! I can’t believe it! How are you able to stay down at this depth without equipment?"
The guy took the pencil and pad, erased what the diver had written, and wrote, "I'm drowning, you moron! Help me!"
Mindy and Tilly were watching the six o'clock news on TV. The top story was that of a man threatening to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.
Mindy turned to Tilly and said, “I bet you $100 he won't jump.”
“You're on!” Tilly replied.
However, soon afterwards, the man jumped, so Mindy handed Tilly the $100 she owed.
Tilly, however, refused to take the money, saying, “I can't take this from you. You're my friend.”
Mindy was adamant, “A bet's a bet. You won fair and square.”
But Tilly replied, “Look, I have to admit, I saw this on the five o'clock news, so I can't take your money.”
Mindy replied, “Well, so did I, but never in a million years did I think he'd jump again!”
【Words & Phrases】 Bet:賭け threatening:脅迫的な turn:方向をかえて You're on!:(その賭けに)のった! きまった! afterwards:後に adamant:頑固に fair and square:正々堂々と admit:認める never in a million years:まさか(の例え)
A faithful husband arrived at the gates of Heaven.
The Angel admitting people through the gate asked a simple question.
"How many times did you cheat on your wife?"
One man ahead of him in line said, "I cheated five times."
"Not so good," said the Angel.
"You get to ride a bicycle for eternity."
He asked the next man in line,
"How many times did you cheat on your wife?"
"Once," the man said.
"Not perfect, but it could be worse. You get to drive a sports car for eternity," the Angel said.
Finally, it was the faithful husband's turn. "How many times?" came the question.
"None. I never cheated on my wife."
"Excellent," said the Angel. "You get to drive a 24 k solid gold luxury Sedan for all eternity. Congratulations on your faithfulness."
"Thank you," said the man as he walked through the gate.
A few weeks passed and the man driving the sports car and the man riding the bicycle saw the man driving the gold Sedan, crying in his car on the side of the road.
They asked, "Hey. Why are you crying? You were completely faithful to your wife and you get to drive a beautiful car around for eternity. What's wrong?"
A little boy on a visit to the local pool wandered into the ladies’ changing room by accident.
On seeing him, the ladies started shrieking and grabbing towels to cover themselves.
Surprised, the little boy said, “What’s the matter? Haven’t you seen a little boy before?”
【Words & Phrases】 by accident:間違って shriek:甲高い声を出す、悲鳴を上げる grab:つかみ取る
……【日本語訳】………………………………………………
■ 小さな男の子
小さな男の子が地元のプールで、間違って女子更衣室に迷いこんで しまった。
女性達はその男の子を見て、キャーと叫び、 タオルを掴んで体を隠した。
驚いた男の子は言った、 「どうしたの? 今まで男の子を見たことなかったの?」
……………………………………… ★出典:サイト「アメリカン・ジョークに習え!」
■ Autopilot
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 teenage boy was having an argument with his parents.
“I've had enough!” he yelled. “I want excitement, adventure, money and beautiful women. There's no way I'm going to find any of that at home. I'm leaving, don't try and stop me!”
He turned and walked out the door. His father stood up and started to follow him out.
“Dad! Didn't you hear me! I said don't try and stop me!” the boy yelled.
“Stop you?” his father replied, “I'm going with you.”
If your dog is fat, you aren’t getting enough exercise.
……【日本語訳】………………………………………………
■ 運動
もしあなたの犬が太っているのなら、あなたは運動不足です。
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■ Slow Game
Two men out playing golf were frustrated at the very slow pace of the two ladies playing in front of them. Finally, frustrated, one of the men says to the other, “I’ve had enough! I’m going to ask those girls if they’ll let us play ahead of them.”
He started walking off in the direction of the two ladies, but halfway there, he stopped, turned around and came back.
“What’s wrong?” his friend asked.
“I’ve just realised that one of those ladies is my wife, and the other is my mistress,” the man replied.
“Really?” Well, I guess I’d better have a word with them,” his friend set, and started walking towards the ladies. But he, too, turned back halfway and returned to his friend.
Little Sally is sitting on her grandfather's lap and studying the wrinkles on his old face. Putting her fingers to his face, she touches the wrinkles, then touches her own face and looks puzzled.
Finally she asks, "Granddad, did God make you?"
"He sure did sweetie, a long time ago," replies her grandfather.
"And, did God make me?" Sally asks.
"Yes, He did, not too long ago," says her grandfather.
"Boy," grinned Sally, "He's sure doing a much better job these days isn't He?"
A woman was rushed to hospital in great pain. Her husband waited worriedly in the waiting room, and was concerned when the doctor emerged a couple of minutes later and asks his assistant for a wrench.
A couple of minutes later, the doctor came out again and asked for a screwdriver. This made the husband very worried.
Finally, when the doctor came out asking for a hammer, the husband, in a state of terror, took him by the arm and demanded, “Doctor, what in blazes is wrong with my wife?”
“I don't know,” the doctor replied flustered, “I can't get my stupid bag open.”
An optometrist was instructing a new employee on how to charge a customer.
"As you are fitting his glasses, if he asks how much they cost, you say '$75.' If his eyes don't flutter, say, 'For the frames. The lenses will be $50.' If his eyes still don't flutter, you add 'Each.'"
One day at kindergarten a teacher said to the class of 5-year-olds, "I'll give $2 to the child who can tell me who was the most famous man who ever lived."
An Irish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St. Patrick." The teacher said, "Sorry Sean, that's not correct."
Then a Scottish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St. Andrew." The teacher replied, "I'm sorry, Hamish, that's not right either."
Finally, a Jewish boy raised his hand and said, "It was Jesus Christ." The teacher said, "That's absolutely right, Marvin, come up here and I'll give you the $2."
As the teacher was giving Marvin his money, she said, "You know Marvin, since you're Jewish, I was very surprised you said Jesus Christ."
Marvin replied, "Yeah. In my heart I knew it was Moses, but business is business."
The teacher to a student: Conjugate the verb "to walk" in simple present.
The student: I walk. You walk ....
The teacher interrupts him: Quicker please.
The student: I run. You run ...
【Words & Phrases】 conjugate a verb:動詞を変化する interrupts:さえぎる
……【日本語訳】………………………………………………
■ 文法
先生が生徒に質問。「動詞『歩く』を現在形で活用しなさい」
生徒。「私は歩く。あなたは歩く・・・」
先生がさえぎる。「もっと早く」
生徒。「私は走る。あなたは走る・・・」
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■Itty Bitty Bikini
A 16-year-old girl bought herself a very tiny bikini. She went home and put it on, then showed her mother how she looked in it. "What do you think mom?"
Her mother replied, "I think that if I had worn that when I was your age, you'd be five years older!"
【Words & Phrases】 itty bitty(itsy-bitty):小さな bought:買った tiny:小さな put it on:身につける、つける mom:お母さん replied:返答した、答えた worn:wear の過去分詞