The orthopedic surgeon I work for was moving to a new office, and his staff was helping transport many of the items. I sat the...
propus: 31 Oct 2006
The orthopedic surgeon I work for was
moving to a new office, and his staff
was helping transport many of the items.
I sat the display skeleton in
the front of my car, his bony arm across
the back of my seat. I hadn't considered
the drive across town. At one traffic
light, the stares of the people in the
car beside me became obvious, and I
looked across and explained, "I'm
delivering him to my doctor's office."
The other driver leaned out of
his window. "I hate to tell you, lady,"
he said, "but I think it's too late!"
A few years ago, I decided to visit my brother who was stationed in Germany. I assumed that most Germans would speak English. But I found that many people spoke only their native tongue - including [...]
banc precedent A real estate agent had just closed his first deal, only to discover that the piece of land he had sold was completely under water. That customer's going to come back here pretty mad, [...]
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An English professor wrote the words :
"A woman without her man is nothing"
on the chalkboard and asked his students
to punctuate it correctly.
All of the males in the class wrote:
"A woman, without her man, is nothing."
All the females in the class wrote:
"A woman: without her, man is nothing."
Punctuation is powerful
... deschide bancul Bancuri in Engleza (English) Marți, 31 August 2004
A man walks along a lonely beach.
Suddenly he hears a deep voice: DIG!
He looks around; nobody's there. "I am
having hallucinations," he thinks. Then
he hears the voice again: I SAID, DIG!
So he starts to dig in the sand with his
bare hands, and after a bit, he finds a
small chest with a rusty lock.
The deep voice says: OPEN!
OK, the man thinks, let's open the
thing. He finds a rock with which to
... citește tot Bancuri in Engleza (English) Vineri, 18 Aprilie 2008
A Chinese couple got married. When a
baby girl was born, her eyes were big
and blue, hair was curly and blonde,
skin was brown. Finally, the father
named the baby SUM TING RONG."
... deschide bancul Bancuri in Engleza (English) Luni, 11 Septembrie 2006
3 Little Pigs - The Untold Story
This is classic - a true story, proving
how fascinating is the mind of a six
year old. They think so logically.
A teacher was reading the story of the
Three Little Pigs to her class. She came
to the part of the story where the first
pig was trying to gather the building
materials for his home. She read,
"...and so the pig went up to the man
with the wheelbarrow
... citește tot Bancuri in Engleza (English) Marți, 31 August 2004
Two lawyers arrive at the pub and
ordered a couple of drinks. They then
take sandwiches from their briefcases
and began to eat.
Seeing this, the angry publican
approaches them and says, 'Excuse me,
but you cannot eat your own sandwiches
in here!'
The two look at each other, shrug and
exchange sandwiches.
... deschide bancul Bancuri in Engleza (English) Miercuri, 8 Iunie 2011
A baby polar bear comes up to his mother
and asks, "Momma, am I a polar bear?"
"Why, yes, son, of course you are a
polar bear," she replies, sending him
out to play.
Several minutes later, he returns.
"Momma, are you absolutely sure I am a
polar bear?"
"Yes, son, absolutely sure. Now go and
play."
Several minutes later, he returns
asking, "Momma, you're sure I'm 100%
polar bear?"
"Yes, son,
... citește tot Bancuri in Engleza (English) Miercuri, 13 August 2008
At a U2 concert in Ireland, Bono (the
lead singer) asks the audience for some
quiet. Then he starts to slowly clap his
hands. Holding the audience in total
silence, he says into the microphone...
"I want you to think about something.
Every time I clap my hands, a child in
Africa dies."
A voice from the front of the audience
yells out...
"Then ****** stop clapping, ya
********!"
... deschide bancul Bancuri in Engleza (English) Marți, 19 Iunie 2007
A man follows a woman out of a movie
theatre. She has a dog on a leash. He
stops her and says, "I'm sorry to
bother you, but I couldn't help but
notice that your dog was really into the
movie. He cried at the right spots, he
moved nervously in his seat at the
boring parts, but most of all, he
laughed like crazy at the funny parts.
Did you find that unusual?"
"Yes," she replied, "I found
... citește tot Bancuri in Engleza (English) Luni, 18 Octombrie 2004
About five years ago, the battery in my
beat-up VW Beetle had died because I
left the lights on overnight. I was in a
hurry to get to work on time, so I ran
into the house to get my wife to give me
a hand in starting the car.
I told her to get into our second car, a
prehistoric oversized gas guzzler, and
use it to push my car fast enough to
start it. I pointed out to her that
because the VW had
... citește tot Bancuri in Engleza (English) Vineri, 18 Ianuarie 2008
On some air bases, the Air Force is on
one side of the field and civilian
aircraft use the other side of the
field, with the control tower in the
middle. One day the tower received a
call from an aircraft asking, "What time
is it?"
The tower responded, "Who is calling?"
The aircraft replied, "What difference
does it make?"
The tower replied, "It makes a lot of
difference. If it is an American
... citește tot Bancuri in Engleza (English) Marți, 10 Iulie 2007
All eyes were on the radiant bride as
her father escorted her down the aisle.
They reached the altar and the waiting
groom; the bride kissed her father and
placed something in his hand. The guests
in the front pews, and the minister,
responded with ripples of laughter. As
her father gave her away in marriage,
the bride had given him back his credit
card.
... deschide bancul Bancuri in Engleza (English) Marți, 28 Noiembrie 2006
All the scientists die and go to heaven.
They decide to play hide-n-seek.
Unfortunately Einstein is the one who
has the den. He is supposed to count up
to 100 and then start searching.
Everyone starts hiding except Newton.
Newton just draws a square of 1 meter
and stands in it right in front of
Einstein. Einstein's counting:
1,2,3..97,98,99,100.
He opens his eyes and finds Newton
standing in
... citește tot Bancuri in Engleza (English) Luni, 5 Septembrie 2005
If you love something, set it free. If
it comes back, itwill always be yours.
If it doesn't come back, it was never
yours to begin with. But, if it just
sits in your living room, messes up your
stuff, eats your food, uses your
telephone, takes your money, and doesn't
appear to realize that you had set it
free... You either married it or gave
birth to it
... deschide bancul Bancuri in Engleza (English) Joi, 9 August 2007
I am rejecting your rejection
Dear Sir / Madam
Thank you for your letter of 4 September
2003. After careful consideration I
regret to inform you that I am unable to
accept your refusal to offer me
employment with your company. This year
I have been particularly fortunate in
receiving an unusually large number of
rejection letters. With such a varied
and promising field of candidates it is
... citește tot Bancuri in Engleza (English) Marți, 8 Martie 2005